How To Simply Write A Book

Step 1 - CollectCollect what? Collect everything. IfThis is the fun part! This is simply the act of actually
you are writing nonfiction you will collect informationcommunicating everything that you've put together
about your topic. You might collect magazine clippings,from the first two steps. In other words, write it
newspaper articles, along with various notes anddown! The sorted, organized collection that you have
quotes from any variety of sources. You might alsofrom steps one and two is now your outline. All you
collect things like sights, sounds (record audio), andhave to do is follow your notes in order and write
smell (take notes about how things smell). If you'reabout each note and topic in turn. If you have your
writing a novel the things you collect will be differ anotes broken in to sub-categories, treat each one as
little from this. Instead you'll collect thoughts, ideas,a book in itself. This allows you to focus on just one
character ideas, and scene ideas, along with anysmall part at a time rather than trying to tackle an
information (similar to the above) that involvesentire book all at once. Just get through one section,
research for your novel. If you're writing a crimeand then, move on to the next.
novel you might collect information above the criminalIf you have done this right, by step 3 your book is
justice system. If you're writing a romance you mightpractically written for you.
collect notes and ideas from relationship books, dating"What about grammar?" Here's a little secret about
websites, and your own relationships and experience.grammar and punctuation: 90% of your grammar and
The important thing to do is to collect, and to dopunctuation problems will go away if you will keep
nothing but collect at this phase. Don't analyze stuff;your writing (and by writing, I mean your sentences)
don't try to figure out the order of things too early.short, concise, and to the point. Keep it short. Keep it
Just collect!simple. The best writers aren't the ones who have
Step 2 - Categorizesentences three paragraphs long. The best writers
In this step, you are free to unleash your innerare those who can get the same information across
control freak. Organize, categorize, analyze, criticize,in just a few words-no matter how complex the
hypothesize... I think you get the point. The wholetopic might be. As for novels, if you can "move"
purpose of this stage is to take what you collectedpeople with 5 words as opposed to 50, you are
in the previous stage and organize it into an orderdoing a great thing.
that makes sense. Read the articles and books, siftKnowing and applying these simple steps can be the
your notes down to the finest details, and sort it alldifference between having a dream of writing a
out into related areas that make sense together.book and having a stack of books that you've
Once you have the related areas grouped together,written. I have written five books so far using this
put those "categories" into an order from first to last.method. One of the books describes this method in
If you have a ton of notes and other collected stuff,detail and is available for free online (How To Write
don't stress about trying to tackle the whole pile atAlmost Anything).
once. Just take part of it, and work on ONLY thatYou've just learned one of the easiest systems of
part until you have it organized and sorted. Then grabwriting in existence. Whether you're 40 years old or
some more notes and do the same thing with those.10 years old you can use these steps to accomplish
You can add to either if you need to later. Once youjust about any writing task that is set before you.
have everything analyzed, described, and sorted youGo ahead and try it and you'll see. Your new writing
can then move on to the third step in the process.career starts now!
Step 3 - Communicate