Writing ***?ps for a 13yr old trying to write a novel?
Hi, will you writers out there please give me some useful ***?ps, advice, and websites? Anything that you think might help would be just great. Thanks!
Thanks everybody! Keep the suggestions coming. I reallyyyy appreciate it.
- ? Everybody’s ***?vorite Freak
Tags: Write A Novel
July 1st, 2009 at 9:41 am
If you are writing a novel, your best bet would be to go with something you like to do and have a lot of knowledge about. For example, if you like ballet and know a lot about it, you should write your novel about ballet so that you can really understand what you are writing, and won’t need any websites to help you out because you know so much about it. Choose something you really like and are knowledgeable about, and you will write a great novel. ****?d Luck!
July 2nd, 2009 at 7:43 am
I’m 14, so i don’t have much more experience than you, what I’ve learned in my short ***?me on this earth, is to write about what’s important to you, you’ll have much more to write about, and it will be very opinionated, you can write about anything really, ****? try not to drag on and on , you have to have the right amount of detail though.
July 3rd, 2009 at 2:26 pm
Depending on what exactly you ****?t to write, this site might help, or might be completely useless:
Here’s some other bits of advice I’ve *****?ed up from experience (I’m almost done with my ***?cond novel in a trilogy; haven’t begun thinking about publishing though) and from reading various “How to write a novel”-type ****?ks:
1st: Always ***?t ***?ide a fixed amount of ***?me to work on writing on a consistent basis. Then WRITE. It doesn’t matter how bad it is; you can re-write later.
2nd: Re-write things in spare ***?me.
3rd: For inspiration, I listen to soundtrack CDs. Lots of them. try to imagine them ***? the soundtrack to your own story. Doesn’t have to be chronologically correct; the point here is to build a story. There can be mutually exclusive stuff (ie, two characters **** eachother, ****? the two characters love eachoter and get married) iot doesn’t matter. Inspiration, not a ***?t story. Then write that.
4th: I’ve never done this, ****? I heard about it, and I’m guessing it would work… If you get deep into a novel then get writer’s block… ***?t your alarm clock for some ungodly hour like 2am then get up, start writing for half an hour, then go back to bed. ***?e what you have in the morning. Chances are, it’ll be a disaster, ****? it will supposedly probably give you some inspiration… in a weird sorta way. Like I said, never tried it so I don’t know if it really works, ****? supposedly some ***?mous authors do this.
5: MOST IMPORTANT ONE: I learned this in a ****?k on writing. NEVER TELL ANYONE YOUR STORY! When I read that, I thought “why the heck not?” The reason is this: when you have a ****?d story, you feel compelled to tell it. Once you’ve told it, you no longer have that driving desire. Once you’ve told your friend the plotline (enough to have told them the “story”) then you no longer have the subconscious urge to write it. I thought that was a bunch of nonsense… until I actually noticed it happening with myself.
I used to “start” novels all the ***?me. I think I went through about 10 or more ***?lse starts. At the moment, I’m almost finished with my ***?cond novel in a trilogy (waiting until all 3 are done before I even BEGIN to conssider the vague hope of publication) and I ***?rsonally know an author who’s getting his first three ****?ks published this year, who, from what I understand, does similar things, ***? ***?r ***? regular ***?me intervals and listening to music goes. Again, what works will probably vary from ***?rson to ***?rson, ****? maybe this will help.
Good luck!
July 5th, 2009 at 4:37 am
Write every single day. And read ***? much ***? you possibly can – especially in the genre that you ****?t to write in. ***?ek constructive criticism and don’t take it ***?rsonally! Join writers groups – is a ****?d online one ****? one in your town where you get together and meet each month would be better. Start submitting short stories or poems to competitions – there should be some specifically in your age group. Don’t worry if you don’t win – the process is important in itself, it will force you to polish your writing.
Writing takes talent ****? writing a novel takes tenacity. You need a lot of ***?rseverance to finish a novel. Keep at it, don’t give up, and constantly look to improve.
Avoid ****?ches!!
That’s all I can think of for now
Good luck – if you keep at it there is no reason why you can’t be a published author one day.
July 7th, 2009 at 3:58 pm
i’m only 11 so i have less experience than you ****? i first tried writing short stories and progressively lengthened them to form a ten chapter ****?k
July 7th, 2009 at 6:55 pm
My first and biggest piece of advice for you is “Write your ****?k for ***?n and experience, don’t even think about getting it published.” Write it for your parents, friend and teachers to enjoy.
Here are a few ***?cts which might clarify my answer.
1. If you get published, and there is a ****?d chance of it, given your age, you’re childhood will be over. You will spend the next two years doing revisions on your ****?k for demanding editors, doing school work, filling out college applications and remembering being able to just hang out with your friends. All your friendships will be over by the ***?me you actually go on you’re signing tour – and you wouldn’t ***?e them for years, anyway.
2. Publisher’s love, young writers. It’s an instant ***?lling point. Who doesn’t ****?t to purchase a novel by a 15 year old? It’s cool, it’s different and it’s rare. It gives ***?ople hope for the ***?ture – all except the writer. That ***?rson will have instant ***?me and it is really terrible to think that at 15 you’d done the best thing you’ll ever do in your life. Look at all the child stars whose lives were ruined – and it’s difficult to have a ****?cess ***? an adult writer just like it’s difficult to transition from child to adult author. Also, there is a certain amount of “Freak” value to a child writer. It’s a novelty, ****? this ***?me is really fleeting
3. Someday, you’ll look back on the ****?k and be ****?rified. At thirteen, every ****?k you write will be better and better. So use this ****?k to practice.
Look up the author of Opal Metha and find out how the pressure crusjed that ****?r kid.
Also, keep writing! Go to SFWA.com they have a lot of really ****?d resources for all writer’s to help you avoid ****?ms, get published happiely and write better.
good luck