![]() ![]() ![]() And while this type of planning has its place, in my experience as both an author and a writing mentor, it isn’t particularly useful for really getting to know your story in a way that’s going to help you stay on track from beginning to middle to end. Some people love pre-writing: compiling timelines and planning and research, doing character deep dives and questionaries, vision boarding the setting… I am not one of those people. Or that writing about your book is going to take all the magic out of it-the story will come together once you get going. I know what you might be thinking: that you have to get all of this out of your head and down on paper now, before you forget some essential element. ![]() The key to writing a book is to first write about it, delving into the how and why of your premise. Four things, to be exact.īecause the key to writing a book is to first not write it. And before we go much further, in the words of David from “Schitt’s Creek”: “I feel like that needs to be celebrated.” Go, you! If you’re like a lot of people right now, you’ve resolved to make this the year you finally get that book written. ![]()
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