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PostPosted: Mon Jul 19, 2010 12:41 pm


Hi my name is Yuki. i have wanted to be an author for as long as i can remember.
i have some really good ideas that i have told people and they say the ideas are good, you should write about them, but i have neaver figured out a good way to start a book...can anyone give me some ideas on how to start a book?...
PostPosted: Mon Jul 19, 2010 1:47 pm


I find that the best way to start a book is by taking the idea for the book (for me its usually a really good scene) and writeing that down first. After that you just kind of fill in the blanks.

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PostPosted: Mon Jul 19, 2010 2:46 pm


Bring on your torture, your bullets, your pains

I would recommend you start with a plot line. I make pretty flow charts. It relieves stress from writer's block later down the road. Next, decide if you're going to write in first, third, or third person omniscient point of view. Then start typing or writing somewhere. Normally the best place to start is at, well, the beginning of everything. Focus on one or two characters to begin with, and develop them. From there, let your words fly.

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