Step 2: Determine whether you’re an Outliner or a Pantser. Only that kind of an idea will inspire you to write the novel you’ve always dreamed of.
It must capture YOU so completely you can’t get it out of your head. Take whatever time you need to prioritize your story ideas and choose the one you would most want to read - the one about which you’re most passionate and which would keep you eagerly returning to the keyboard every day. I based my first novel, Margo, on this idea: A judge tries a man for a murder the judge committed. Powerful enough to hold the reader all the way?Ĭome up with a story laden with conflict - the engine that will drive your plot.Big enough to warrant 75,000 to 100,000 words?.Intensify your main character’s problems.Engage the theater of the reader’s mind.Start in medias res (in the midst of things).Create an unforgettable main character.Determine whether you’re an Outliner or a Pantser.I hope you enjoy it and can apply it to your own writing!
#Writing process 3 steps how to#
This guide shows you how to write a novel (based on the process I use to write mine). Of course this goes without saying, but first you must finish a novel manuscript. If other writers enjoy such things, why can’t you? Imagine letters from readers telling you your novel changed their lives, gave them a new perspective, renewed hope. Or, best of all, your name on the cover of a newly published book - does that excite you? Better yet, imagine a finished manuscript. And that’s what I reveal to you in this definitive guide. I use a repeatable novel-writing plan - one that helps me smash through those obstacles. You may be surprised that even after writing 200 books (two-thirds of those novels) over the last 45+ years, including several New York Times bestsellers (most notably the Left Behind Series), I face those same problems every time. You ran out of ideas and had no clue what to do next.You feared your writing wasn’t good enough.Maybe you’ve tried before, only to get a few, or several, pages in and lose steam because:
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