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Are you ready to get serious with your writing? Are you tired of being an aspiring or wannabe writer? If you answered yes, my nine writing tips for the serious fiction writer are for you. These tips will tell you how to get started on your fiction, increase your productivity, eliminate your distractions and start the process of learning how to edit your own work.
1. Don’t Be Afraid to Skip Around
How do you start your novels? How do you get your ideas? Do you see the opening scene first? Does the theme and major plot appear in your brain before everything else, or do you see scenes from the middle of your novel? Whatever you see first is what you should write down. This means that you may be writing down a scene slated to go into chapter nine or 10 before you write the beginning, and that’s okay. When you start a novel, the only goal is to start it.
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The biggest problem writers face is not writing. I can't tell you how many writers and authors I know that do not write on a weekly basis. I'd say daily, but I think that's unreasonable for the vast majority of aspiring, new and existing writers and authors. I don't write every day, but I do write most days. This is called having reasonable expectations.
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As a writer, few things are more frustrating than having a great idea for a story with no way to get it down on the page. While you might have battled writer’s block when you couldn’t come up with any ideas, blank page syndrome is a little different. Blank page syndrome occurs when you already have plans for what you want to write, but your mind seems to just go blank whenever you get ready to type. This can happen for a multitude of reasons, and you can use these tips to work through the issue step by step.
Read more: How to Eliminate Blank Page Syndrome When Writing Fiction
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Writing a fictional story can be a daunting task for any writer. Choosing the right words and effectively developing characters are ways to attract your readers, and editing your drafts can help you achieve that goal. You want to be able to clearly add value with each sentence of your writing so that your readers do not get frustrated and turn away.
Read more: Common Editorial Problems and How You Can Fix Them
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Because they want you to spend just as much money in prepublication as they did. Okay, probably not, but I’d be lying if I said that wasn’t one of the thoughts that crossed my mind when I hear someone say that you absolutely have to hire an editor or your work is shit. The truth is that your work isn’t shit if you don’t hire an editor. However, there are three things to keep in mind when considering hiring an editor.
Not everyone has thousands of dollars to hire an editor.
You can self-edit your book and get it ready for publication.
There are some really good reasons to hire an experienced, professional editor.
Read more: Why do other authors tell you not to self-edit your book?