Are You Really Going to Write That Book?
Often I have people come up to me and tell me that they are planning to write a book and continue on, telling me the whole plot.
What I've learned over the years that the person who does that will probably never write their book. The effort and time it took that person to tell me all the details about the book they want to write could have been better spent actually writing. No doubt this same person has told many others about the book he or she plans to write.
There is only one way to write a book: choose how you plan to write it, whether you're going to begin with pen and paper or on the computer, then plant your fanny in the chair and begin.
Once you've begun, write every day--or at least as many days during the week as you can even if it's only one hour a day. And keep on writing.
Like I've said before, don't keep going back and rewriting--keep on until you're finished. Once done, then you can do the rewriting.
The point is don't talk about it, do it.
Marilyn
http://fictionforyou.com
What I've learned over the years that the person who does that will probably never write their book. The effort and time it took that person to tell me all the details about the book they want to write could have been better spent actually writing. No doubt this same person has told many others about the book he or she plans to write.
There is only one way to write a book: choose how you plan to write it, whether you're going to begin with pen and paper or on the computer, then plant your fanny in the chair and begin.
Once you've begun, write every day--or at least as many days during the week as you can even if it's only one hour a day. And keep on writing.
Like I've said before, don't keep going back and rewriting--keep on until you're finished. Once done, then you can do the rewriting.
The point is don't talk about it, do it.
Marilyn
http://fictionforyou.com
Comments
Write or write not, there is no try!
And Heidi, that is truly the way to do it. I might give some hints about the book I'm working on, but never much because I know it will change as I'm writing.
Marilyn
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