How to plan your novel

[firemonkey]

How to plan your novel | Psyche Guides

[Andrey]

I’d rather be able to plan a novel… haircut. I’ve been sporting the same basic crew cut for years now.

[everhopeful]

I always wanted to write a book up until quite recently. Now for some reason I have lost the desire.

[anon57496651]

this is a really good article! I am getting back into reading more, and listening to audiobooks. Im very distractible… cohesion is hard for me when writing stories. also, creating characters that arent 2 dimensional…would love to learn to really craft a fiction series.

[anon57496651]

They used to have an app called Dragon Dictation where a person could speak or narrate a story, it would be translated into both an MP3 and a word file…speech-to-text. I think thats where I would start with if I were to create a novel…

[Andrey]

I did write a couple of short stories after coming down with sz. Shockingly, none of them in my mother tongue. One in French and three in English. Maybe I’ll publish a collection some day.

[anon57496651]

I would definitely love to read your writing or if you publish them.

[Andrey]

How about I publish the shortest one here? Or the second shortest one, whichever isn’t potentially triggering? Provided I’m able to find it.
@firemonkey do you mind if I hijack your thread?

[Andrey]

Here it is.

The old lady in a wheelchair (short fiction)

The old lady in a wheelchair Bound to an electric wheelchair, an oxygen mask and a panic button at arm’s length, she is looking out the window on the 45th floor of a skyscraper. It’s a sunny day and in the distance one can see the albescent ridge of a mountain chain. The old woman’s hair, carefully tightened in a bun, is at least as white. “This is the last time you are going to see me alive” she says to a young man and woman respectfully seated next to each other, watching silently their venerable host. “I’m not implying I’ll die tomorrow, but I’ve already told you everything there was to know about my life. I chose you to be my inheritors because I don’t have kids, and only after a lengt…

[firemonkey]

@Andrey

@firemonkey do you mind if I hijack your thread?

Of course not. 1515

[anon4362788]

I just wrote the story as it came to me. I don’t do outlines or any of that.

[HitandMiss]

Usually, I try to at least get the plot down before I start writing. While I’m typing out the story, I think “this is awesome.” Then later on, I’ll go back and read what I wrote and think “this is boring as hell.” Oh well. I’m also pretty bad at coming up with endings for my stories. Still, it’s a pretty enjoyable hobby.

[anon57496651]

I think the best way to write and get readers is to enjoy writing, and really have a story to share…not just write for the sake of writing…it does take effort and skill to stretch the imagination…also I think I need to find topics that are more fun or popular. I love fantasy stories, like Harry Potter or LOTR, Game of Thrones. I’ve read some Stephen King but those novels get stuck in my head–are sometimes too disturbing for me…