luvbug
12-31-2009, 11:36 AM
I`m wanting to write my first book,i have the title i know what it`s about can`t seem to find where to start i know once that happens it will start to flow,just can`t seem to get the first words on paper.
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photolite
12-31-2009, 07:03 PM
So write about that, that you can't begin and what it feels like because you really want to write about such and such and just write about it all.
I`m wanting to write my first book,i have the title i know what it`s about can`t seem to find where to start i know once that happens it will start to flow,just can`t seem to get the first words on paper.
I`m wanting to write my first book,i have the title i know what it`s about can`t seem to find where to start i know once that happens it will start to flow,just can`t seem to get the first words on paper.
Imagery
01-01-2010, 12:09 AM
'Twas a dark and stormy night...
oliviathunderkitty
01-01-2010, 12:36 PM
Here's my best advice. Get up every morning and write before you do anything. Just write. Don't edit, don't censor. Write for a set period of time that works for you, 15 minutes, 30 minutes, 5 minutes, an hour. If you have trouble getting started put anything down on paper, including "blah blah blah." Describe your book even if the words seem clunky and wooden. Just write, only write, write, write, write.
Then do whatever the day requires of you.
At the end of each day, reread what you've written. Edit as you like. See if any themes or ideas emerge.
Repeat daily.
I know from experience that this works. At least for me.
I`m wanting to write my first book,i have the title i know what it`s about can`t seem to find where to start i know once that happens it will start to flow,just can`t seem to get the first words on paper.
Then do whatever the day requires of you.
At the end of each day, reread what you've written. Edit as you like. See if any themes or ideas emerge.
Repeat daily.
I know from experience that this works. At least for me.
I`m wanting to write my first book,i have the title i know what it`s about can`t seem to find where to start i know once that happens it will start to flow,just can`t seem to get the first words on paper.
KellytheSinger
01-01-2010, 01:47 PM
These are you first words...include the difficulty in writing the book, in the book.
I`m wanting to write my first book,i have the title i know what it`s about can`t seem to find where to start i know once that happens it will start to flow,just can`t seem to get the first words on paper.
I`m wanting to write my first book,i have the title i know what it`s about can`t seem to find where to start i know once that happens it will start to flow,just can`t seem to get the first words on paper.
Joan Price
01-02-2010, 01:36 PM
I`m wanting to write my first book,i have the title i know what it`s about can`t seem to find where to start i know once that happens it will start to flow,just can`t seem to get the first words on paper.
Start anywhere -- the middle of a chapter, the last chapter, anywhere at all. Thanks to word processing, you can always move things around. Just write.
Joan Price (published author of 6 books, now writing #7)
Start anywhere -- the middle of a chapter, the last chapter, anywhere at all. Thanks to word processing, you can always move things around. Just write.
Joan Price (published author of 6 books, now writing #7)