Want to Write a Book – Start Writing Today

There is a famous saying that has been around for years that we all have a book inside of us. It is also just as true to say that many of us yearn to write that novel. The one sad fact is that very few of us ever put pen to paper, yet carry the dream within us all our lives.

For some budding authors they see the project ahead as a monumental task, viewing the completed work as millions of words to be written. There is an easier way, both mentally and physically.

Everything in life needs a plan, whether building a house or organizing a wedding. Writing a novel is no different, once the ideas start to flow in your mind, write them down, write them all down. How many people get an idea in one area of the house, by the time they move elsewhere...they forget the perfect scenario, where did it go? Once you start to write, words, phrases and situations will be flying through your head all the time. Keep pen and paper by your side.

You need to set out a plan of your intended novel, when you begin to start writing in earnest it will become so much easier to follow a detailed plot. If you can layout all the characters, situations, locations and story lines, you will find writing a portion of your book each and every day becomes easier when you have the necessary plan set out for you.

If the thought of the length of an average novel is giving you reason to doubt yourself. Think along the lines of writing say 3,000 words a day. Take a hard look at the amount of words in this article; all you have to do is write 5-6 times the equivalent of this short piece.

For the new budding author it has never been easier to start writing your novel and pursuing your dream. Today there is help to get you started everywhere, from online advice to writing classes held in your home town. Strange as it may seem, adding a few words to your book stored on your computer, somehow feels easier than stopping whatever you were doing and picking up your pen and notepad.

I’m not going to pretend here that writing a novel is easy; it is jolly hard work, work that will totally take over your life until completion. But the days of the loneliness of the ‘long distance writer’ are over, help is always available. eBooks and online courses provide advice and feedback when needed. However the personal satisfaction that you will gain when you have finished can only be truly understood by a fellow writer.

In our world today we are all taught that we can do anything we want and become anyone we wish to be, yet life moves so quickly. How many times have you heard people say “If only I had done such and such..” So before you feel the years are just slipping away, why not start that novel? What do you have to lose by not trying to realise that dream you have carried for so long.