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Tips to Starting a Book or Series - Authoring Advice📚

Before you read, you have to realize that all people are different and have distinct styles. But here’s my recommendations.

Start Writing

I do not suggest start writing your book without planning  what I have meant by this was start writing down your ideas. 

What I did was I took a blank notebook and started writing pages upon pages on my world, characters, plot and story. It took me a few months to finish but finally I was finished and ready to start my draft. 

You can do it in your own way. Perhaps on a computer, maybe on a chart, or not at all. But I highly recommend planning your novel, it could be much easier to write and finish it.

(But seriously, if your writing a fantasy or science fiction book and your characters are going to be traveling a lot, then create a map. It will be SO helpful!) 

Characters

You may not need to plan your plot your story but your world, and your characters need to be thought out. Especially your characters, your world just needs some major details written down if your not going in depth with it but your characters for any genre need to be planned.

You may have to rewrite whole chapters because you messed up your characters personality. Your characters may not be consistent or may be flat. Try character questionnaires and writing the important details of their past and personality.

(Also, make sure you keep the physical attributes of your characters the same throughout the book)

Have your Genre and your Story in Mind 

You can’t just start writing a chapter when you have no idea what your about to write. That is ridiculous, and your probably never going to get your novel done this way.

I suggest writing in a genre you love, one you adore reading. It can be more fun and enjoyable. You shouldn’t be complaining. You love it, why not write it?

Don’t start writing with no idea of a story. Even people who don’t plan their novel know the general direction they want to go, so should you. It will be much easier to write, and less likely of a boring story and writers block. 

Theme

If you want a theme to your novel, it’s best to know it before you start writing. Otherwise it will be inconstant, and it could  make your book seem out of place. 

Anyway that’s all I have (that’s all I felt like writing today). Have a FANTASTIC day, and happy authoring!📖