Write that book

By Neil Heath-Hartley

Writing a book can be a daunting job, especially if you don't know where to begin or how a story must flow, this guide will basically help you through this process.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Neil Heath-Hartley
• Release date: Feb 7, 2024
• ISBN: 9798224221769

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Dedication and Thank you:

This book is dedicated to the following people, without their ideas and help this book would never become a reality:

Bertus Flemming.

Augusta Strydom

Plotting

Well, well, well you have decided you want to write a book, but don't know where to start or how to go about setting up your story. You've come to the right place and encourage you to write, write and write some more. Throughout this book I'll talk about different sections or aspects about writing and there are some exercises that you can do therefore keep a pen close by and make notes as you go along. Don't be shy. The number one rule I want you to remember is to have fun!

Before we get into plotting, we need to first determine what type of writer you are, which is divided into three sections. They are as follows:

Plotter.

As a plotter you will plot out your entire manuscript, from the cast of characters, how they look, speak, act, to each scene, conflict even down to the first kiss. Plotters very seldom get writer's block (more about this in chapter writer's block.)

Plotters use apps, notebooks, sticky notes to jot down their plot, even commissioning artist to draw their characters or using pictures on the web as examples of their character.

Plantser.

If you are a plantser you may have planned out your cast of characters and bits and pieces of the storyline, except you tend to go with the flow allowing the story to build as you go on.

Pantsers.

As a pantser you don't plot anything you might have a character and that's it, you basically write the entire story blind, you fly by on the seat of your pants. Becareful though as a pantser you are more likely to get severe writer's block.

Take the moment to consider under which group you would consider yourself as.

Now that you have placed yourself under a certain group, the question is what is plotting.

A plot is a set of settings or scenes placed or grouped together with a cast of characters that follow a structure to tell a story.

Now what is a setting?

A setting not only is