Saturday, 2 February 2013

Different Ways To Stay Inspired To Write Your Novel

By Rosetta Drake


If you want to write your novel and successfully complete it, you have to find a comfortable mix of inspiration and discipline. You can set up a process to fuel the creative energies but harness them at the same time so that the story is written. A writer's life is filled with freedom in doing work that is loved and discipline to finish a project.

If you have attempting this type of project before, you may already know what works in terms of getting organized and keeping a written story focused. You may rely on an outline of the work, or you might just start with a sentence beginning and ending the story. You also may go with spontaneous writing based on a loose outline in mind.

If the problem is consistency or not sticking with the project, then try setting up a disciplined environment where you work at a set time every day. Allow yourself a few hours so that you can make steady progress each day. You even could build in extra time for just loose writing on something unrelated to start engaging the brain before work on the book begins.

Waking before sunrise can be a good practice so that you have some uninterrupted time in the day to work on the book. When it is dark and the house is quiet, you may not be as distracted by surroundings and find that you might work faster and accomplish more in this private time. Set the alarm earlier and see if this strategy works for you.

Time spent reviewing and going over the work is time you are not spending writing and making progress with the work. Keep looking ahead and only spend a few minutes reviewing each day. Otherwise, the main extent of the time should be focused on getting the story line to completion so that you have a first draft in hand within a reasonable amount of time.

Wait on research until the end of the first draft to save time. As you go along and you come across a detail you want to get right, make a separate list to check later. After the first draft, you may go back and fill these gaps of knowledge with what is actually true. This will prevent you losing momentum in the project.

Try not to quit right at the end of a segment. Remember that you want to stay motivated to return each day to the page, so it may be better for you to leave the story at a place where you know where the story is going, or in the middle of a scene. That way, you can go back to finish and pick up the flow where you left off.

You can write your novel and see it through to completion with discipline and continued inspiration. Try not to get bogged down in details for the first draft, and instead stay focused on the creative part of the process. The more ideas you have flowing onto the page, the faster the process may go and the sooner you may have a first draft ready to work on for a finished book.




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