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Writing A Novel Create The Building Blocks by Joshua Gray
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You already have some scenes in mind. Start writing them. Remember that the heart of structure is the image of the structure. Images are based on verbs. We see people doing things. Each thing they do is an image. (This is the basic rule of writing: show, don't tell.) Write some of those images. These will be used later as building blocks for larger scenes. Just because you read a book from page one to the end doesn't mean you have to write it that way. And the important thing is to get going on the project. So never mind looking for the perfect hook, the perfect word, the perfect expression. If you are working with a novel in progress, find the best scenes it has and use them to kick start more scenes. If your novel is finished but not satisfactory to you, find the best scenes in it and really consider them. Are they truly strong? Pull them out and see if you can improve them. Or simply go through your novel and find its outline. It doesn't have to be elaborate. A simple two or three line description of each chapter will suffice. Then take each segment and ask yourself, does this relate to my theme? If not, ask yourself why that section is there at all and see if you can replace it with a better section. If you are still struggling with the idea of theme, then stop right now and explain your theme in one sentence. Do not rush. Start by identifying your theme even if it takes all day. And unfreeze yourself by remembering that you can reword and reshape it later if you want to. If you think your theme is changing, take some of time and think about why it is changing. Remember, nothing is carved in stone. Perhaps you did not fully understand your own ideas as you began but as you write, the understanding is coming to you. Are other things blocking you when you sit down to write? Do you ask yourself, "What will my family say?" Do you tell yourself, "My writing is no good and this is a big waste of time because no one will buy it anyway." "I'd be better off writing something that will sell." "My back hurts." "I'm thirsty." "I'm hungry." "I need to make a phone call that I've been putting off for weeks." "I'm tired." And on and on and on. Now tell me, how is it that you can spend an hour watching the reruns on television but you can't spend an hour with your own thoughts? thesis writing
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