Pumping Iron on the First Draft - You spend years filling your heart and soul, and the first tip many new authors hear is, "Do not worry, your first project is always crap." I do not agree at all. The fact that you created the first draft should inform you that you are a winner. I've heard that he said that 80% of people living in America want to write a book. That means that 260 million people want the same thing as you. But how many people happen? Not much How many people start their book, but it never ends? Very much. So, if you have a design, take a moment to celebrate ... you've done something that millions of people never did.
The first draft is exactly the way it looks, the FIRST step, not the last one. If you weigh 200 pounds, you do not expect to go to the gym the next day. Congratulations, you have entered the front door. What now? Here are five basic steps to help you streamline and shape this novel.
Step 1 - Cut off the grease. The key point of the design is to highlight all your ideas so that you can make the best possible story. When I write 70,000 words in the first draft, I assume that 10,000 words are lost in the editing process. Your results may vary, but it is important to know that you never use six words when you form three words.
Step 2 - Keep an eye on your grammar. Few people can write like Mark Twain or William Shakespeare. Maybe after two or three hundred stories under your belt you can ignore the rules ... but I doubt it. Yes, it means more work, but it's not something you should not miss just because it's not fun. Check the spelling, the punctuation, follow the sentences, the time words and repeat the process.
Step 3 - Do not show ads. Why is everyone saying that the show is not saying? Maybe because we keep telling the story. You are not a reporter, you are not a storyteller ... you are the creator of worlds. As Anton Chekhov once said:
"Do not tell me the moon is shining, show me the light on broken glass."
But do not forget that you do not give up bizarre sentences and pretend to show something new to the reader.
Step 4 - Strong dialogue. Not every conversation should have a conversation tag. If you say ten times on the page, "He said," or "She said," the reader is bored. However, if you use too many different tags, forget step 3 (show to tell). My solution is simple, if possible, DO NOT USE the tag. Of course, if you have multiple characters, you do not always have that choice, but the less used tags are better. Give the character a character so that the reader never knows who said what.
Step 5 - Keep it simple. On the first try with NaNoWriMo (50,000 words written in 30 days) I failed. I was stunned, it was more than I could. Many newbies also do that with their readers. They play a role and after a few hours they have ten pages of a grandmother going to the store. This applies to background stories, secondary characters and too complex descriptions. If in doubt, skip it. If he does not advance the story, it will shut down. You have to decide which words are most important.
If you've never been to the gym before, do 200-pound squats and sit on the treadmill five miles a day. Like your letter, you start at the beginning and start to work. The above steps do not make your work look like Mr. Universe overnight, but here you start making a difference. Repetition is the key. They write, edit and practice. Do it and once ... you no longer dream of writing this great American novel ... you finish it.
The first draft is exactly the way it looks, the FIRST step, not the last one. If you weigh 200 pounds, you do not expect to go to the gym the next day. Congratulations, you have entered the front door. What now? Here are five basic steps to help you streamline and shape this novel.
Step 1 - Cut off the grease. The key point of the design is to highlight all your ideas so that you can make the best possible story. When I write 70,000 words in the first draft, I assume that 10,000 words are lost in the editing process. Your results may vary, but it is important to know that you never use six words when you form three words.
Step 2 - Keep an eye on your grammar. Few people can write like Mark Twain or William Shakespeare. Maybe after two or three hundred stories under your belt you can ignore the rules ... but I doubt it. Yes, it means more work, but it's not something you should not miss just because it's not fun. Check the spelling, the punctuation, follow the sentences, the time words and repeat the process.
Step 3 - Do not show ads. Why is everyone saying that the show is not saying? Maybe because we keep telling the story. You are not a reporter, you are not a storyteller ... you are the creator of worlds. As Anton Chekhov once said:
"Do not tell me the moon is shining, show me the light on broken glass."
But do not forget that you do not give up bizarre sentences and pretend to show something new to the reader.
Step 4 - Strong dialogue. Not every conversation should have a conversation tag. If you say ten times on the page, "He said," or "She said," the reader is bored. However, if you use too many different tags, forget step 3 (show to tell). My solution is simple, if possible, DO NOT USE the tag. Of course, if you have multiple characters, you do not always have that choice, but the less used tags are better. Give the character a character so that the reader never knows who said what.
Step 5 - Keep it simple. On the first try with NaNoWriMo (50,000 words written in 30 days) I failed. I was stunned, it was more than I could. Many newbies also do that with their readers. They play a role and after a few hours they have ten pages of a grandmother going to the store. This applies to background stories, secondary characters and too complex descriptions. If in doubt, skip it. If he does not advance the story, it will shut down. You have to decide which words are most important.
If you've never been to the gym before, do 200-pound squats and sit on the treadmill five miles a day. Like your letter, you start at the beginning and start to work. The above steps do not make your work look like Mr. Universe overnight, but here you start making a difference. Repetition is the key. They write, edit and practice. Do it and once ... you no longer dream of writing this great American novel ... you finish it.
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