Episode 7

Everything you learned in school, is wrong. Adverbs are bad verbs. The writing world is different than the educational writing world.

1. Go to a writers conference. Now.
2. Read in your genre and subgenre. Learn the style of that genre.
3. Get the resources you need from the beginning. (Emotions thesaurus & Story Trumps Structure)
   TIP: The 1st book might not be published.
   You can practice into publish later.
   Fear: I won’t have another story after this one.
   Tip: Learn the rules first before you break them.
   Modern story is based on 3-act structure. Act 1 is short. Act 2 is rising action over the middle and it’s longer; character development. Climax. Act 3 is descending action.
   Fantasy: Hero’s Journey of the 3-Act Structure.
4. Know how to structure a story.
5. Set a regular writing time period or a daily word count. Earnest Hemingway - writes 500 words a day. Stephen King writes 2000 words a day. Jack London - 1500. Mark Twain - 1400. Michael Crighton - 10,000 words - Jurassic Park. Suggestion - start lower until you’re consistent.
6. Just write and don’t edit.
7. Write in scene, not sequence. The Tik Tok guide to writing a book.

Tip: Know the word count for your genre.

Bonus: Write flash fiction.

Tools: Word Scrivener

Resources

SW Fiction Proposal

The Emotions Thesaurus by Angela Ackerman

Story Trumps Structure

https://stevenjames.net/books/story-trumps-structure/

James Scott Bell - Write from the Middle

https://writershelpingwriters.net/2014/03/james-scott-bell-write-middle-method/