I decided to take a step back and make an outline of my novel. It's a very rough outline, but I have finally planned out the book. I have a plot, which I had worried it didn't, and I am building upon the skeletal structure.
I've read this book called Your First Novel by Ann Rittenberg and Laura Whitcomb. It has helped me so much with several fears I've had.
Progess has been made, and I finally can feel like I am getting somewhere. This story I have created will be amazing. And, no matter if it does get publish (I will definitely put tons of effort to get it published believe me), it will certainly be a story worth telling.
If you are wanting to write your first novel or need some guidance, I have found some wonderful advice/knowledge/support in just one book. They have helped me relax and enjoy the ride in writing the story.
I haven't finished yet. I'm only on just a skeletal outline. An outline I never considered to use. I always thought that tactic was a step you could skip.
Well, I was wrong.
Outlines are your friends. They keep you on track and have the objective of the story right in front of you. I set the story in front of me, and now, it cannot be changed...or forgotten.
I tend to do that a lot.
The next step...outlining each chapter. The first needs a little introduction that has my narrator/main character looking back to the beginning. It's harder than it sounds because you have to make it believeable. That's the hard part.
James Patterson can do it. Perry Moore can do it. Rick Riordan can do it. Stephenie Meyer can do it.
With the right words I think I can climb over this bump in the road. I say bump because there are larger hills and mountains down the way.
Right now, I just have to get over this bump.
I can't wait. :)
Silent Bones
