Best friend Byron comes by with the news "I have it. Sethra sitting in his cubicle, journaling using his implant computerĢ. For example, my Prologue outline looked something like this:ġ. The only other thing I can think of to tell you is that I did chapter by chapter outlines. Or even *+Hey, I will wanna italicize and bold this later+*. If you go that route, and you think "Hey, I'll want this italicized later on.", then put some set of symbols enclosing that phrase: *hey, I'll want to italicize this later.* Choose a different set of matching symbols for where you'll want to bold +Hey, I'll wanna bold this later+. You might also, depending on how you like to work, prefer to do everything at first (as a rough draft) in a minimalist text editor, such as Darkroom or Q10, to name a couple. As you'll see when you read my book, there's a lot of action and dialogue, relatively little exposition. But make the story progress by the words and actions of the characters, not (by and large) by describing how they feel, what they do.
A little bit of exposition is fine, even needed. The other bit of advice I'd give is show, don't tell. 3000-6000 words per week is doable, and quickly adds up to a novel 70-90K words. I'd make it words/week because there'll be a day now and then you just can't write (flu, family, computer crash). I know YA Romance is THE genre to be writing in right now, but doesn't interest me as a reader and so I figure I'd totally suck at it. So, I had two advantages going in: (1) I had some idea what I wanted to write, and (2) I was writing the kind of fiction I personally enjoy reading. Loved Stephen King's "The Stand" and anything in that vein. The alien angle was just a dash of seasoning thrown in because, "Hey! Who doesn't wanna see humanity show ingenuity, bravery, and even a touch of panache when dealing with an overpowering alien foe?" Post-apocalyptic fiction has long been a favorite of mine. I'll be honest: in this case of this particular book, I'd had an idea to run a roleplaying campaign set in the not too distant future, in which VR became a bit more real than expected (tip of the hat to Tad Williams). I agree with everything that wraith said above, about finding inspiration or "getting it done".
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Where'd you buy from, Smashwords? The advantage there is buy once and then download in as many different formats as you like (and as are available: usually nine). That's been my biggest obstacle- actually finishing off, thanks for buying a copy of the book! I really hope you enjoy it and are able to give it a good review on Goodreads. And there's a variety of places that accept and publish short stories, and it gets you in the mind of actually finishing something to actually submit.
In general, my stories were to gel a world for RPGs or PbEMs before now. Short stories help to gel the world in your mind. And just like with exercise you don't start out with a marathon, don't start out with a 50k+ novel. Set a goal of how many words you're going to write a day, and just like consistency is key in exercise, it is key in writing. It seems like it's pretty obvious, but it wasn't to me. So I decided on an approach based on a writer that I really respect. but I found that it still wasn't solid in my mind. Then, once I had all of that, at first I started with the novel. Taking notes about key elements that I want to appear in the novel. I find that for me, when creating a new world, it's best to start with that rather than the story. I know you asked Bryan, but I figured I'd chime in, as I'm working through this now.
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