Write a book in 30 days challenge3/20/2024 ![]() ![]() So you get to this point where you have a book where all the fundamentals have been executed on. You say, “Okay, when does act one end? And when does act two, start?” Your book needs to be getting in a middle and an end, regardless of whether you were thinking about those, whether you, when you were writing them or not, your book needs characters, all the things I just outlined you apply them retroactively. And so if you sit down and you make your book up as you go along, if you’re a pantser or a discovery writer, you write your book and then you go backwards and you apply all those things to it. I mean, these are the fundamentals of Western storytelling at least. A story needs a character to go on a journey or have a character arc, learn some skill, or overcome a flaw. ![]() I think it’s largely a failure of creative thinking and really doesn’t reflect the reality of what storytelling involves and what writing a professional quality novel that people actually want to read involves because there are indisputable fundamentals of the craft.Ī story needs a beginning and a middle and an end a story needs conflict. And so the idea that you’re either a planner or a dancer, and that these are two completely different things. There are shades of gray all over the place in the world. And I think the whole idea of pantsers and planners, it is a bit of the same misguided thinking. In a recent episode-I don’t remember which one it was-but recently I remember talking about how life isn’t binary, how especially these days, for some reason, we love to think of things as being good or bad or black or white or, or white or laughed. It is your host as always writing coach Kevin T Johns here. Hello, beloved listeners and welcome back to The Writing Coach podcast. ![]() Click the above image to get the book for free now! The Writing Coach Episode #135 Transcript Get Kevin’s FREE book: NOVEL ADVICE: MOTIVATION, INSPIRATION, AND CREATIVE WRITING TIPS FOR ASPIRING AUTHORS. Listen to the episode or read the transcript below: The Writing Coach Episode #135 Show Notes In this episode of The Writing Coach podcast, I explain my personalized approach to story planning and explain how you can create a rock-solid outline for your novel in thirty days or less. Knowing where your book is going, who it’s about, what it has to say about the world, and why readers are going to love it before you even write the first page frees up creativity, relieves stress, and speeds up the entire writing process. There are, of course, many ways to go about writing a book.īut having worked with hundreds of authors over the last decade, I’m absolutely convinced the most efficient, effective, and productive way of doing so is by planning ahead. ![]()
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