On Writing

How to write a novel! Hint: you need a beginning, middle and end.

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[kassemir]

It's kind of funny, Stephen King writes in a whole other way. He makes up charecters, and a premise, starts writing, and let's the story flow, until it ends.

He says that he never knows how his stories are going to end.

So I guess there are many different ways of writing, and that you have to find your own way of doing it.

[IQuiteLikeCookies]

Beginning, middle, end... it shows a cat being put together! LOL so random I actually did laugh out loud.

[smooshie3]

i love that there's just bits of cat popping up randomly

[penguin3lover82]

Continued" that the talent u used to create the mediator series should be used to create the movies like in the book I mean because of u I read now I'm doing better in school you've inspired me to read,listen and all that now I read more than 5 books a week although I have school but I do read a lot

[penguin3lover82]

Meg Cabot if u can I want you to listen. I think u should make the mediator series all books into movies i think what you created is genius and that if u do make the movie I bet u that a lot and I mean a lot would be dying over how great u made the book I just love that series and if u do make the movie I know the perfect guy who speaks Spanish and English to play Jesse he is an actor of course he is exactly and I'm not joking exactly like the dreamy Jesse u described I'm just saying that the t

[Eladrienia]

@LitChik4eva she had actualy over 50 novels published.

[gensterize]

a couple days ago, i wrote a short story at an adult site on the internet. well, i have no idea how could i end the story. i think it's just flow. no tricks or something like that required. you just need to open your mind and let it flow. also you need to prepare the genre, title, characters and story line. that's all :)

[LitChick4Eva]

@sexytubes Um... Yes, she has. She's actually a very popular author. I think she has about... 14 books published? Everyone has their own way of doing things. For instance, some authors outline their entire novels before they start writing, while others, like you, don't really outline at all. It all depends of what you personally feel most comfortable with, and this is just Meg's way of doing things. She's just trying to be helpful.

[LitChick4Eva]

@woodlist No, you can write in whatever order you want, just as long as it all runs smoothly in your final draft. I actually heard of some authors that like to write the ending first, or who like to skip around from scene to scene. Personally, I like writing from beginning to end, but that's just my way. Everybody's a little bit different.

[woodlist]

I have my ending, I have my beginning, I have some of the middle. Do I HAVE to write chronologically, or can I sit down and write the bits I like first? or maybe get the bits that will be a struggle out of the way. I have typed out my ending. so do I know where I am going? I think so. Because my antagonist is going to escape retribution, and live to do battle with my 'hero' again!

[3HeartsWereBreaking]

@fop221 A bestselling novelist who has written over fourteen books, has had three movies and one TV show made from her books, and whom has won several awards is an idiot?

That makes you brilliant, I guess. If it's backwards day.

[lindaterese33]

thats one sparkling necklace