A few months ago, I blogged about wanting to start writing a book, so I did begin to write it. But I got part way through, and I hated it, so I stopped. Recently I opened up that file again, and read parts of it, again, I agreed with my previous thought that it "sucked", but I insisted on continuing writing.
So for the next few days I decided to brainstorm new ideas for a book to write, until June 30th, I came up with an idea of what to write about.
But how will I know that I will actually finish the book?
I don't. But I want to. I am going to work hard on it.
I think part of my problem is that I don't plan it out enough, in advance. So right after I am done writing this blog post, I am going to start brainstorming. Coming up with ideas of what to talk about, look for inspiring quotes and photos, chapter ideas, etc. I realized in my Writer's Craft course, one of my weaknesses was not doing enough planning.
I wanted to just write and have everything come out natural and amazing. Well you know what? That only happens like 2% of the time. Most writing requires planning, or else it sucks and/or is confusing.
I'm not going to put deadlines on this. Originally, I wanted to have it done by the time I moved to North Bay, but by putting a deadline on it, especially that short of one, it doesn't give me room to make mistakes or get caught up doing other things. I hope to have it done by the end of 2014, but I doubt it will take that long. I have not written a whole novel.
I have a lot of research to do. I've realized that those stupid things you do in english and in school... even in primary school, the whole "Hamburger" and "plot graphs" etc., they actually have a purpose. Although I am writing a non-fiction novel, not a fictional one.
I actually do need to make pointless t-charts in which I write down what I know, what I need to learn and what I don't need to know. I do need to research how to write a book, how other authors have written books, similar to the same genre of mine. School actually does teach you things if you stick around long enough and remember things YEARS after you've learned them.
Anyways. I am not giving away my whole concept of the book, mostly because I don't have the whole concept yet, but essentially it is going to be about atheism.
I might make the occasional blog entry to talk about my progress in the book.
That didn't work out.
So for the next few days I decided to brainstorm new ideas for a book to write, until June 30th, I came up with an idea of what to write about.
But how will I know that I will actually finish the book?
I don't. But I want to. I am going to work hard on it.
I think part of my problem is that I don't plan it out enough, in advance. So right after I am done writing this blog post, I am going to start brainstorming. Coming up with ideas of what to talk about, look for inspiring quotes and photos, chapter ideas, etc. I realized in my Writer's Craft course, one of my weaknesses was not doing enough planning.
I wanted to just write and have everything come out natural and amazing. Well you know what? That only happens like 2% of the time. Most writing requires planning, or else it sucks and/or is confusing.
I'm not going to put deadlines on this. Originally, I wanted to have it done by the time I moved to North Bay, but by putting a deadline on it, especially that short of one, it doesn't give me room to make mistakes or get caught up doing other things. I hope to have it done by the end of 2014, but I doubt it will take that long. I have not written a whole novel.
I have a lot of research to do. I've realized that those stupid things you do in english and in school... even in primary school, the whole "Hamburger" and "plot graphs" etc., they actually have a purpose. Although I am writing a non-fiction novel, not a fictional one.
I actually do need to make pointless t-charts in which I write down what I know, what I need to learn and what I don't need to know. I do need to research how to write a book, how other authors have written books, similar to the same genre of mine. School actually does teach you things if you stick around long enough and remember things YEARS after you've learned them.
Anyways. I am not giving away my whole concept of the book, mostly because I don't have the whole concept yet, but essentially it is going to be about atheism.
I might make the occasional blog entry to talk about my progress in the book.
I am excited.
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