I wrote this Many Months ago. And, rereading it, I still stand by every word. My only alteration would be I now know this is more about Real Life than writing fiction :o)
THE ONE AND ONLY THING YOU WILL EVER NEED TO WRITE A NOVEL
The one and only thing you will ever need to write a novel is….
…YOU.
Please stay with me here. Trite as the above answer sounds, it is also a Universal Truth that we writers tend to ignore but MUST understand and then use.
Who Are You?
Do you Really Know who you are?
When you take the time to find out who you really are, you will be well on the way to writing your novel.
Why?
Why does a writer have to really know who they are?
This is a little question that could take a long time to answer. It is also a question that will breed many other questions.Writers who write both fiction and non-fiction MUST have an intimate knowledge of themselves.
- Writers write about life.
- Writers write about living.
- Writers write…
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