How To Write A Book For Dummies

By David Gray


Writing a novel is something that is quite difficult to do but extremely fulfilling especially if one has a good story in mind. Now usually, the most difficult part for any writer would be starting the story because his flow is not yet there. So for those who are not experts in writing yet, here are some tips on how to write a book.

Now the first step after conceptualizing the idea would be to of course think of the flow of events. To start off, one first needs to determine the setting of his story which means that he has to know the time and place of his story. Aside from the setting, one also has to create a list of characters that he will be using throughout the tale which would include the hero, the villain, and the supporting characters.

Now after this has been finished, then the next step would be to create the outline of the events per chapter so that one will know what happens after what. Now the usual flow of events would be the introduction, the build up, the climax, a little twist, and of course the resolution of the hero. Now once one has already determined his flow of events based on this traditional one, then all he has to do would be to fill in the blanks as he tells the tale.

Now in the first chapter, the author would usually be introducing the characters and describing the place that the characters are staying in. This is basically giving the readers an overview of the life of the protagonist. This is done so that the readers can get to know the hero more and see what his background is.

Now after the protagonist and some of the other characters have been introduced, then the antagonist will most likely be introduced next. In this stage, the author has already reached the climbing stage which would consist of a conflict that the protagonist has to resolve. The antagonist, of course, is trying to stop the protagonist from doing so.

Now when the story would start to pick up the pace, then it is heading for the climax part wherein the main battle of the hero would begin. Readers would all agree that the climax is the most blood pumping part as this is where the resolution would come in. It is the part that leads directly to the resolution.

Now in this stage, there would usually be a twist. For those who do not know what the twist is, the twist is an unexpected turn of events that happened to the hero. There are times that the twist would come before the climax but traditionally, it would come after.

The final part is the conclusion or the resolution part. In this stage, the hero has already resolved the conflict that he was trying to fix. Then it will be the choice.of the author to give the hero a happy ending or a bad one.




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