Steps to Write a Book

I want to write a book.

What are some tips.

How do you outline it.

Thanks

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The best advice is the simplest, and that is write. Just write and keep writing. Start working on your book and then revise whatever your write. Don't throw it away or quite because it sucks, if this is your first book its bound to suck in the beginning. Keeping a diary is also a good way to improve your writing and your ability to order your thoughts.

As for outlining, its just what it says on the tin. Outline what happens in the story in very basic terms (the plot), decide where the story happens and when (the setting), and decide who is a part of the story (the characters).

At this stage everything will seem shitty and 2D because you haven't actually written anything substantial. You may then begin fleshing everything out as you please.

These two things are not mutually exclusive. You may do them separate but simultaneously or one but not the other. It all depend on which is your preference.

But really the best thing you can do is stop stalling by asking shit like this on an anonymous image board and get off your ass and write.

Take your favorite story from non lit medium, write it from memory, change character/place names, and then pretend u are an editor, tear it to shreds in your mind and improve it

I wrote as I went along and went back to re-edit what I wrote for the day. It's very slow work and it altogether took me 3 years on-and-off, but it made the final edit a LOT easier.

This is my style though, some people find it easier sharting out a 500 page book and then editing it down to 250 or something. Test it out on a 50 page short story and see what works for you OP.

>final edit
published?

I just get a general outline in my head.

Then I have a simple txt file that I writes notes down in, dialog scenes, themes, ideas and specific stuff. I don't put it in any real order, don't organize much of anything.

Experiment.

Start with general bulletin points regarding the premise, characters, setting, themes, etc. If you think of any scenes, get them down too so you won't forget. I've found it easier to come up with the end first and let the rest develop from there.

This is somewhat optional, but you can break it down by chapters and come up with brief initial ideas for what happens in each one too (a couple of sentences to a paragraph, maybe even less if you're just starting the project). Even if you decide to scrap or significantly alter them later, having the structure in place will give you a better idea of where you'll want to go with the whole thing and how to get there.

Others have made good points, but make sure you read a lot too. If you don't read, you can't write.

Try not to look back while you're writing, because it might discourage you at first. If you think your writing is shit after sitting on it for a while, maybe your tastes have improved since then, and since you can tell it's shit, you're making progress, and at least you know what's good and what's not.

There'll come a time after a couple years (or whatever, depending on how fast you learn), where you'll be good, but not great. Maybe you'll write good schlock, but every once in a while if you need motivation, launch up amazon and look at the first couple pages of a John Green or Dan Brown novel and realize how far you've come.