Comments on: Building Books

By: Lotta

Lotta — Mon, 22 May 2017 05:35:08 +0000

In reply to Kiara. This is a neat suraymm. Thanks for sharing!

By: Lydia

Lydia — Thu, 11 Dec 2014 21:43:32 +0000

I’ve been working on my outline and I basically have the basics down, just have to work one the minor details. Just to let you know, I also found these novel writing templates on Pinterest. You should glance over them when you get the chance. https://www.etsy.com/listing/164342745/novel-writing-templates-v20?ref=sr_gallery_9&ga_search_query=nanowrimo&ga_order=most_relevant&ga_view_type=gallery&ga_ship_to=US&ga_search_type=all

By: Lisi Harrison

Lisi Harrison — Thu, 23 Oct 2014 00:46:14 +0000

In reply to Rhema Joy. Rhema, just elaborated on this for today's blah-g. Check it out, and thanks for the post inspiration. xo!

By: Lisi Harrison

Lisi Harrison — Thu, 09 Oct 2014 00:08:52 +0000

In reply to Alicia Rivera. I'm addressing you on the blah-g today. :)

By: Lisi Harrison

Lisi Harrison — Thu, 09 Oct 2014 00:08:16 +0000

In reply to Lydia. So glad it helped! xo

By: Lisi Harrison

Lisi Harrison — Thu, 09 Oct 2014 00:07:36 +0000

In reply to Kiara. I've never heard of quotev, but I'll look into it. Thanks for keeping me on the cutting edge. ;)

By: Lisi Harrison

Lisi Harrison — Wed, 08 Oct 2014 05:15:34 +0000

In reply to Rhema Joy. READ: Outline first, :) Get an idea down of how you want the story to arc and resolve before you dig into writing it and then fizzling out.

By: Lisi Harrison

Lisi Harrison — Wed, 08 Oct 2014 05:12:42 +0000

In reply to Novella. Love this info, Novella! So hopeful for young writers. xo

By: Novella

Novella — Sat, 04 Oct 2014 16:50:06 +0000

Thank you so much for sharing your amazing writing advice! But I do agree that the major thing is writing an outline. If you don’t have an outline, you’re pretty much writing spur of the moment, and you don’t really know where to go. You can’t have those little hints of foreshadowing that readers dismiss and then they go like, “OHHHH! I should have noticed that!” if you don’t know what’s going to happen in the future. The most helpful thing about an outline is that you have your ideas all straightened out, so you don’t have to wrestle with those. You just have to put your thoughts into words and mess with icky stuff like grammar. It just makes things so much easier. If you’re on a deadline, outlines help a ton too. Another thing that’s helpful? Write a mini -biography of all your characters life. It can be anywhere from a couple sentences to almost a page. It just really helps with character development.

If you are a new author, I found this website filled with great tips. It’s so hard to follow these rules, but it makes your writing SO much better: http://www.plottopunctuation.com/blog/show/forty-five-more-flaws-that-expose-your-lack-of-storytelling-experience-part-1

By: Alicia Rivera

Alicia Rivera — Sat, 04 Oct 2014 12:39:37 +0000

Lisi, this post is very helpful to a lot of young writers! And I can't wait until the next post! Do you think there's a way to spice up my blah-g writing? I'm not really sure where exactly I should go with it. ︎ Alicia