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AngryAmish

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32. Take a book you like and outline it.

Reply to angstlessk (Original post)

Fri Jul 7, 2017, 11:46 AM

Jul 2017

Use that as the skeleton to hang your story from. Lots of it will suck, rewrite and change the outline to make yours read better.

I wrote a few books but never bothered trying to publish.

My published work is all technical law related stuff.

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Does anyone know how to write a book? [View all] angstlessk Jul 2017 OP

Fiction or nonfiction? The Blue Flower Jul 2017 #1

Non Fiction...but could go either way angstlessk Jul 2017 #5

Do you mean a memoir? That is a very specific style, otherwise non-fiction and fiction are miles anneboleyn Jul 2017 #15

Thank you, very informative angstlessk Jul 2017 #19

See I am getting angry...angry for my mother who sent me there angstlessk Jul 2017 #20

It sounds like you have a really important story to tell. Do it. Tell it. I have no Squinch Jul 2017 #27

You open a new document in Word The Velveteen Ocelot Jul 2017 #2

I want to say...very funny, but you are probably the best advise... angstlessk Jul 2017 #7

And find a good proofreader who will know you meant 'advice'. trof Jul 2017 #21

The question is...where do I post it..with proof it will not be stolen? angstlessk Jul 2017 #9

Don't post it at all, or if you do, add the copyright symbol to anything The Velveteen Ocelot Jul 2017 #11

ROFL snooper2 Jul 2017 #18

For some people, this actually works. musicblind Jul 2017 #25

Have you looked here? Wounded Bear Jul 2017 #3

Do you journal or blog? NRaleighLiberal Jul 2017 #4

I love to read, but never journaled my life angstlessk Jul 2017 #6

My advice - read Stephen King's book On Writing NRaleighLiberal Jul 2017 #8

Open Microsoft Word and type the first sentence. MineralMan Jul 2017 #10

You are correct...no shortcuts angstlessk Jul 2017 #12

Message auto-removed Name removed Jul 2017 #30

I do not know how to write A book, I only know how to write this one. politicat Jul 2017 #13

This is fabulous. I'm bookmarking this. Squinch Jul 2017 #29

I've been published three times. musicblind Jul 2017 #14

Great advice -- I also pointed out basics that are very hard (dialogue for example). I can always anneboleyn Jul 2017 #17

For some, dialogue is hard. musicblind Jul 2017 #24

Speaking more as a reader than as a writer, dialogue seems to be The Velveteen Ocelot Jul 2017 #31

Funk and White's Elements of Style... haele Jul 2017 #16

For later tnlurker Jul 2017 #22

This message was self-deleted by its author tblue37 Jul 2017 #23

One word after another. Go from there. WinkyDink Jul 2017 #26

Contact your local University English Department.... Adrahil Jul 2017 #28

Take a book you like and outline it. AngryAmish Jul 2017 #32

My mom used to do that, she was the ghostwriter for a few books. hunter Jul 2017 #33