Now i hope that this isn’t going to come off as me seeming like a know it all, but i just want to give new starting writers the best singular advice that i’ve worked out through my ever growing writing experience, and that is trust your gut! There’re so many questions when you first start writing your novel, anything from how do i know when to end a chapter? How do i know when to do this with a character? How do i know when it’ll be the right time to add this part in? When and how do i write the perfect ending for my book?
That is just a small section to the never ending drain of questions that seem to wrack a writers brain, so lets start from the beginning.
Making the perfect chapter
Now chapters, as you would know from being a reader, are never all the same. They don’t have to be equal in length to the other chapter you just finished, they can be as long or as short as you want, there is never anything perfect about them.
Chapters are always something people get confused about and i did at the start. But if you start comparing different books together then you’ll start to realise that all authors have their own perfected way of getting their writing to look the way it should. This could take you many manuscript drafts before you are finally happy with the way it turned out, and it could also completely change when you start writing your second, third, fourth book, but that doesn’t mean that it isn’t right.
There is NOTHING right or wrong about writing!
The one thing about writing that i’m not sure if everybody feels the same, is that you will feel it in your gut when it is right. When you’ve come to a good point in that chapter to stop and start the next one. You won’t have to sit there debating it. You’ll just know. And when you do, all satisfaction is washed over you!
Knowing when you add the perfect parts
This section could also come under planning which i’m going to write a blog post on later in more detail. But adding the perfect section into your book, whether that be a fight scene, death, a budding romance, new friendship, the first kiss, it does contain a lot of drama in that compacted mind of ours. But writing with the flow everyday will help you more than you think, because when you’re set in the mindset of your book and every bit of focus in on those words you’re writing down and on the world you’re creating, the confusion will just settle itself.
You could easily get to the end of a sentence and think, “hmm, this part would fit perfectly here, let me just change a few things around so it makes more sense” and wolah…you’ve got that confusing section in. But does this mean that you should be planning things out?
Planning
I don’t think there is a right or wrong way you could be doing this, it’s just preference. A lot of authors don’t plan which in the right mind is fair enough for them, but there are also a lot of people that do. I myself am one of those.
I don’t go into huge details with whiteboards, markers, big scrap books full of illustrations and pictures, but i do carry around with me a designated notebook. (I’ve got one for each of my novels individually).
This way if things come to mind, plot line, character building etc, i can just quickly jot it down and be done with it until i come to sit down and start working, then everything is there waiting for me.
There doesn’t have to be any specific way around doing this, some people think there is, but it’s all about preference just like a lot of things, just do what you feel is right for you.
The Ending
The ending is where we’re going to be hitting dangerous territory, but this is also a none confusing case and can be helped with that little gut feeling of yours.
Even if you’re following a word or page count, you’ll know when it’s time to bring your book to an end, whether it’s a standalone or a series. You’ll just write this sentence and think “hey…i like that!” and then you’ll come to the realisation that you’re actually done, which is a whole nother blog post in itself!
The only most important thing you have to remember if this is going to be a standalone, is to make sure that you’ve tied up all those loose end. Not many people like to be left on cliffhangers if they can help it.
The ending doesn’t have to be complicated and a lot of people even start writing their novel by writing the ending first.
You’ll know what’s right and what needs to be done.
I guess the main thing i’m trying to get out here is that the whole process of book writing is to trust what you’re thinking. If you feel like it’s right then it’s more than likely going to be right.
You have full control how things are going to look and how’re they’re going to end up, if you’re not happy with it then it’s not impossible to change.
It’s time to stop second guessing yourself and just write to your hearts content, because that’s what we are right?
Writers.
r me i was extremely impressed with even though i was recieving a few rejection letters which is expectant to happen. What i didn’t expect of myself though was that i would send the agents all the wrong unedited versions of the needed paperwork, only realising it a few months later.
Nathan Byrn is on the run 
SURVIVAL.
The Thoughts of a writer 