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myLot reputation of 71/100. utsadetti (2557)   ranked 220 out of 245 in write a novel3 years ago

I can write any stories, or scenarios. But when i try to write a novel, it is blank! How to be able to write a novel?

 
 
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arleccio (389) response was accepted on 12/26/2006.
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1. myLot reputation of 84/100. arleccio (389)   ranked 103 out of 245 in write a novel   3 years ago

I had the same problem some time ago, I only found links to schools which would teach me writing though my only problem was to make my stories longer... while reading a book I realized that there is a way to make a short story long...

You need a rough idea to start with, that is the short storie. Short stories normally have no chapters but you need to find stories in the story. Don't worry too much if you only find one or two, the new stories you're writing could give you new material for new chapters.

Think about your main characters. Who are their parents? Where are they from? What have they done so far? What are they going to do? Whom do they know from the other characters and whom do they get to know?
Writing short biographies could help. Especially when there are several main characters with similar histories or names... You don't need bio's for characters that occur only a few times even when the character has some importance to the story. But you should have a bio for characters to which you only rely without them ever being an active part like the dead grandfather or someone who lives on the other side of the world.

While writing all the stuff around your story you should collect quite a few short stories which would be the chapters. If it's still to short think about the used language, sometimes it helps a lot to change a word into another or to describe a situation more exactly...

A novel is nothing more than a bunch of short stories;)


myLot reputation of 71/100. utsadetti (2557)   ranked 220 out of 245 in write a novel  3 years ago

i like your axplanation lol.


myLot reputation of 84/100. arleccio (389)   ranked 103 out of 245 in write a novel  3 years ago

it worked for me... maybe it's working for others too...


myLot reputation of 71/100. utsadetti (2557)   ranked 220 out of 245 in write a novel  3 years ago

what's your novels buddy?


myLot reputation of 84/100. arleccio (389)   ranked 103 out of 245 in write a novel  3 years ago

I haven't published it yet, everytime I read through it I felt that something was missing... now I am having a break for 2 months to clear my mind (I gave it away so I can't access the file) and then I will read it again and hopefully find the thing I don't like and get an idea how to change it... it's in German though... kind of a biography but of a fictional person... If I ever come to translate it I will sure provide a link here to get it read and to get opinions...


myLot reputation of 71/100. utsadetti (2557)   ranked 220 out of 245 in write a novel  3 years ago

okay, publish it and let me know lol. i pray for your best.


myLot reputation of 91/100. ilvrshn (371)  3 years ago

Thanks for tip. I amin the process of finishing my novel and maybe all my mylot friends can help support me!

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2. myLot reputation of 93/100. plumwish07 (2907)   ranked 230 out of 245 in write a novel   3 years ago

its will be difficult for you to start writing by writing novel. why you not start with the easily first as like write a short story? i believe if you are able to write the short story, after few time you will know about the pattern should be. well, you also shoud read more about how to write novel, story or anything related with these things:)


myLot reputation of 71/100. utsadetti (2557)   ranked 220 out of 245 in write a novel  3 years ago

yeah, your pic so cute.

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3. myLot reputation of 89/100. Red_Nanaki (108)   ranked 194 out of 245 in write a novel   3 years ago

I've started writing for real in November. And it was all thanks to NaNoWriMo ( http://www.nanowrimo.org ). It's an event in which we have to write 50000 words in one month - November. It may seem impossible, or a big waste of time - and you're probably right, but I've done it. To write 1667 words a day you must completely forget your inner editor that says: "Cut the last sentence, you know it sounds bad" or "That last scene sounded really impossible", and concentrate what your story, your characters, your heart is saying. I didn't knew how good I was to translate my thoughts into words. They just flowed away.


myLot reputation of 71/100. utsadetti (2557)   ranked 220 out of 245 in write a novel  3 years ago

I have opened the web site. It seems amazing. So what did you get after finishing writing a novel, buddy?

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4. Naushil (58)   ranked 196 out of 245 in write a novel   3 years ago

I think i can help you with your problem.
A novel, unlike most essays and short stories, comes straight from the heart.
It is the embodiement of something you believe in, and are truly inspired by.
It is in this spirit that you start writing the novel.
you will find that words flow into your mind, and the only thing that you have to do is write them down.That is the beautiful thing about the human psyche. It needs no prodding to do it's work.No amount of force can make it think, make it generate ideas.
That is why you must find a topic that you can relate to.

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5. myLot reputation of 92/100. Vladilyich (1111)   ranked 2 out of 245 in write a novel   3 years ago

A novel is only a group of scenarios tied together. I will start with a dozen or so scenarios that I want to include and then figure out how to coherently make them flow. It's that process that turns a short story (which is harder, IMHO) into a novel.

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