mercredi 6 janvier 2016

How To Start Writing A Book

By Kevin Harris


When writing books, the hardest part would always be the first part of the process because when one gets his flow going, then he will be able to just keep on working until he is finished. The hardest part is the planning or the outlining since this is the part that would be the most tedious. So for those who want to create a good written material, then here are some steps on how to start writing a book.

Now the first step in creating a good written work would be to first decide what kind of material it would be. If one is the story type of person, then he might want to decide on writing a story wherein he would then have to decide what genre he will write. If one likes to write self help books or instruction books, then he should create one in this format and so on and so forth.

No matter what kind of material one will be creating, he will definitely have to create an outline so that he has something to follow. Usually, the outline would include a foreword or an about the author section, the first chapter, then the succeeding chapters. Of course for the novels, there would sometimes be a prologue.

With each outline heading, there should then be a bunch of subheadings. For example, if a certain chapter talks about ways to save money, then the subheadings of this chapter would be the methods to save money. This would help give the author coherence while he writes.

The foreword is extremely significant which is why it has to be written well. Now most readers would actually be curious as to how the author came up with the content of his material and what exactly inspired his work. Now included in the foreword would also be the thank you messages that the author would want to share with the public.

Now the first chapter or the introduction is always very significant because it would be the part that would give the birds eye view on what to come which means that it has to be written properly. In a novel, the first chapter would usually give the readers an illustration about the setting and the characters. The self help or instructional books on the other hand would give the readers an idea of the topic so that the readers would know what they are going to read about later on.

With that, one can actually write the rest of the book now. One has to remember to follow the subheadings for each chapter so that he will not get lost. Since the hard part is done, then the next parts are easier already.

So for those authors out there who are having a tough time getting started, here are some techniques to help. The hardest part would usually be the outlining and beginning the story. Once those two parts are done, then the rest will just flow.




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