If you really want to know what makes me tick, take a look at my website: www.lizzie2.co.uk
If you really want to know what makes me tick, take a look at my website: www.lizzie2.co.uk
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If you want to write a novel just do it! Pick up a pen and write. It doesn't matter what you write.
Why a pen? Why not use your pc? I find that I think better with a pen in my hand. Thoughts seem to come more easily when I'm sitting in a comfy chair just letting my mind wander about. Maybe thats because I started writing long before the era of the word processor. I've been a writer since I was old enough to string a sentence together.
No one can make you a writer if you aren't a natural one. It's part of your personality. That makes it easy to do!
If you want to write a novel start by scribbling in a notebook. Take it everywhere with you and write down thoughts as they come to you. One day you'll find that the actual 'bones' of a novel come to you and then you can start the real task, incorporating all those gems you've written already. (This is another reason I like to use a pen and notebook. It's easier to carry about and I don't have to remember things until I get home.)
You can learn things like characterisation from a book but no book can make you a writer. I'm a writer.I've written two novels now and neither of them has been published. I tried sending the first one out a few times but got fed up with it. Does it really matter? I'm still a writer, even if I do get rejected. (Richard Adams got eighteen rejections for 'Watership Down' before it was accepted and I've only had four.)
If you want to be a writer you can. If your masterpiece gets rejected, so what? You wrote a book so you're a writer aren't you?
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Hi Janharper,
Its good to hear that you have a passion for writing and that you have managed what most of us don't, actually finishing 2 novels! I only gave the helpful writing as I would have liked a bit more info on what to do to write a novel, inspiration, publishing etc. Nice op.
ANNJSEC 03.03.2001 20:04
I would love to write, but a deterrent these days is it seems an absolute must to include the sex....bits and I can't do it (write it I mean). thanks for your op it's given me encouragement. Ann
Advantages: develops your creative and communication skills, great for getting jobs Disadvantages: You may have days/months/years where nothing happens
Lady-Dragon 21.02.2001 ·
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Review of Writing novels
Advantages: Brilliant plot, with accurate historical events incorporated into the novel. Disadvantages: Becomes predicable when you read the second book in the series...
Feb 28th, 2001
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