![]() Try action scenes from diffeernt POVs or written from the very descriptive to the very fast. You can also do this for important places in the novel or, rather than write snippets, you can write short scenes. It will give you a good feel for the characters before you start writing. These snippets may even focus on the characters of your project (if you're the impatient type and want to get started as soon as possible). ![]() For example, imagine you want to practice how to describe characters: choose a photo of a person from a magazine (someone you don't know, preferably) and describe them from the most exaustive to the most minimalist from the most static (no action at all, just description) to the most active (mostly action and just one or two references to the most striking physical features) and seen by different people (seen by a lover, a parent, an enemy, an envious friend. If you want to develop your writing style, you may want to consider writing snippets. It may give you ideas to improve the concept for your novel. If you think short-stories will make you feel satisfied, by all means, do so first. However, if you do dive in with the long one, you must be prepared to get to the end and re-write almost everything. For me, writing short stories feels like a waste of time and I can't stop myself from creating connections that can transform the short idea into a long, far more interesting (for me) tale. I would caution anyone starting a book with the intention of selling to heed the advice of staying a bit closer to the ideal word count for your genre. It was the book I needed to write at the time, but I'm pretty sure it's going in the trunk. While it's out with alpha I'm starting up a new project. It's currently too long to publish and needs to be cut in half but it was and will be good practice. Update: finished said book and an now with alpha readers. You could go down my road, but it's a hard one. But, I'm constantly stressed about the what ifs. I'm doing a large, complicated, 3 POV novel right now. You're in for a long haul.Īside, I'm a hypocrite. Also when you inevitably hit your low point, listen to the episode about writing for fun. It's supposed to be a master class for writing your first book. The biggest recommendation I have is that you listen to season 10 of the podcast Writing Excuses. If you are a pantser, do not outline these further as it may ruin your writing experience. They are also mile markers do that you can keep a good pace. Set pieces are cool, fun things that you want to write about that you can use in a scene. To get a good middle, you're going to want to figure out what your set pieces are.
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