How to Write a Book
By Lee Pletzers
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About this ebook
There are millions upon millions of How to Write books out there. So, why bother writing another one? Simple really: David Farland. His book "Million Dollar Outlines" promises to show you how to outline. On the back cover of his book, it says he'll teach you how to analyze an audience and outline a novel. On the inside of the book, it says he'll teach you how to outline. At the end of the book, he says, he will not show you how to outline but he'll go through the process.
To me, that's a lie. I've noticed this in a lot of books. I have read many books on outlining, plotting, etc.; most are wordy and the advice is hidden (if given).
Why read this?
Because I promise to actually, really, really, really, SHOW YOU the process I use. I will also try my best to answer your questions.
As a practicing writer, I am always looking for tips to improve. I'm a discovery writer (AKA pantser) and I would like to blend the process.
This book contains only meat and bones. No fluff, no filler, no BS.
Topics covered:
Recommended writing movies
Recommended writing books
Brainstorming
The initial Idea
Characters
Setting
Outlining
Writing the book
Synopsis
Editing
Research
About the author section
The Comfort Zone
When the words won't come
Breaking self-doubt
All of this info is packed into only 162 pages.
No chapters, but section breaks.
The book is from start to finish. Follow along.
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How to Write a Book - Lee Pletzers
How to Write a Book
© 2023 Lee Pletzers
Raging River Press
Wellington New Zealand
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Dedicated to all writers.
Recommended writing movies:
Throw Mama From The Train.
Finding Forrester.
Secret Window.
Stranger than fiction.
Shakespeare in Love
Recommended writing books:
Giants of the Genre
Dean Koontz How to write bestselling fiction
The Anatomy of Story by John Truby
The Kick-Ass Writer by Chuck Wendig
Save the Cat! by Blake Snyder - perfect for showing how to write a synopsis.
Story Structure Architect by Victoria Schmidt
Take Off Your Pants by Libbie Hawker
Each book is a universe with a part of you inside, peeking out.
Lee Pletzers
INTRO.
This is my second non-fiction book. Why (yet) another book on writing? The answer is simple. You see, I've read a lot of books on writing. In the hopes of gaining knowledge of outlining. The writing process is, for me, learned by fire. I'm a discovery writer but I wanted to know how to outline, and as I learn by doing, writing a book about it seemed the best option. And I'll do it as blog posts—using the blog for the first draft. As all writers know, things change, especially when writing.
The books I have read over the past two years (I will not list them) have all dealt with outlining. I want to know how to do this as it may improve my output. Writing a book is not an easy process. It takes more than creativity to pen a compelling tale. You will need a strong dose of willpower and determination.
Writing is a solo act, even if you write books with a partner. When you sit down to scribe, it is just you. And if you are a social person who loves to be surrounded by friends and going out on dates, dancing, drinking, etc, every weekend—it's going to take you a long time to finish your book.
This book is in response to Million Dollar Outlines author David Farland. In the book, he says that he'll show you how to write an outline. After reading through the book to the final chapter Writing Million-Dollar Outlines, he said: "I'm not going to show you how to write an outline." So, pissed off, I decided to do exactly that.
Image by me.
When I wrote this How to book, I was basically teaching myself.
Image by me.
At the time I was working on a werewolf novel, like none other. That book is in a rewrite, holding pattern as I switched to writing a couple of thrillers, screaming to escape my noggin. I might get back to it one day. I mean, I do have the outline.
Image by me.
This book deals with novel writing AND outlining using Scrivener. However, I'm using Zoho Docs to write this book. It seemed like a good idea to utilize an online platform as I use more than one machine on a daily basis. Also, writing more than one book on one piece of awesome software at the same time seemed like a bad idea, as I would be closing one file to open another file to make notes and changes. An online universal program appeared to be the better choice.
Whoops, I got off track (a habit of pantsers AKA Discovery Writers). All the books I read, even by famous writers and all dealing with outlining, gave no actual outline details or buried gold nuggets with the text making it impossible to find, or they used films to describe the outline (and that’s just cheating. The film’s already been made). Each book spoke of characters, settings, and so on. Not one of them gave any solid plan. Not a single one of them showed us what they did, or even gave us a starting point.
This is why I have decided to write this book. It is short and to the point. Also, I penned this book at the same time as I was working on my werewolf novel. Everything that is mentioned in this writing book will be reflected in the