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Novel Writing Basics Week

The biggest part of writing, and finishing a piece of literary work is actually doing it. This should be the easy part. Yet it is finding the time to write; that is the writers' battle. It is carving out the time in our busy days to do the thing, to work on the writing project that we procrastinate about. How do we as writers get the thing that we want to get done, which is simple writing? Without giving into the daily time wasters like DA, Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr, ect. That take so much of our time up.

One of the first steps is to choose, and stake out where you are going to write. Pick a part of your home that is your dedicated writing space. This is the space where you will come to during your writing work hours to work on your craft. This is your space to create your world. This is your space to bring your dreams into written reality.

Set up your work environment. Grab your laptop or notebook with preferred writing pen or pencil. Make your coffee, tea, grab what ever you need to keep yourself watered. A few snacks would also be a good idea. Set your timer, yes use your cell phone for this! Matter of fact turn off your cell ringer so you can get what you need to get done done without the phone distracting you.

Set working hours for yourself. Let your family, and friends know that you have set working hours for writing. Pick days you want to write. You can write five days a week, and give yourself two days off. You can work seven days a week with no time off. That is your choice. Once you have chosen hours, stick to them. The people that know you will learn when your writing hours are. They will also learn to not bother you during that time. Be firm with them. Be firm with yourself. Use your working writing hours to write or work on the things you need to create for the world you are writing in. This is YOUR time; use it.

Your working hours will depend on when you feel most creative. Set them for that time. I set mine for in the morning before the other souls in my house get up for their day. I feel I work better knowing it's just me awake, and I need nothing.

Example: My working writing hours are 8:00 am to 12:00 pm, Monday through Friday. Sometimes I use all the hours I set aside for writing. Sometimes I am done with a few hours to spare for my muse is like DONE. I sit down at this time Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday; and I write in one of my original novels. I will even use the same time on the week-end if I feel moved to. Just depends on what is happening on my week-end.

Keep with the same time or times and your creativity will flow so much easier than you realize.

Pick an amount of time to write in. Could be between an hour to eight hours. Depends on you as the writer. Decide what you are doing with that time. Researching the new novel. Creating the characters to populate your world. Creating the world your characters live in. Or just writing the story that has all these elements you have been working on. Or working with prompts because you need something to spur your writing, or just to write short flash fictions to stretch your writing wings.

As you write, you will learn what your sweet spot for working hours is. The trick; which is not a trick; is to just sit down, and write. To work on the story, or stories as your muse desires. You will find that some days it just flows. Others it is a sentence or maybe a paragraph or even just one word. Do not despair. You are doing what you can!

Even if you write a sentence everyday. Soon you will have a paragraph. Soon you will have page filled. Soon the novel will flow even if it is one sentence a day. This happens to the best of us. Sometimes all we can do is one sentence a day. Just remember you are writing. Even if it is just one sentence at a time.

The story will write. The story will live, for you are taking the time to write it. Go forth, and create your worlds! Go forth, and create your stories! For there is nothing worse then a story that wants to be written yet is caged within the one that feels the need to write it. Use your time wisely. Defend your right to carve out writing time for yourself. Writing hours will help you more then you realize.

Write everyday. Write at the same time, everyday. Do not be mad at yourself if it is one paragraph, when you expected to finish chapter four that day. You took the time to write. You did the thing. Be proud that you did the thing. Keep doing the thing. Keep writing. Keep creating.

I believe in you. Believe in yourself, and your novel will be written in no time.