How to Develop Your Initial Book Idea - WritersLife.org

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We LOVE to read comments so please leave a comment and subscribe to Our channel:  https://www.youtube.com/writerslifeorg Grab your free writer's toolkit by going to  http://www.writerslife.org/finish-your-book ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Hello its Peter here again from Writer's life and today how to develop your initial book idea there's nothing quite like a feeling of coming up with a brilliant idea for a new book it might come to you in a flash when you are relaxing or thinking about all the things you might see or hear is something that inspires you all you might have added the idea at the back of your mind for a long time and feel now is the time to explore it further however you happened upon your initial book idea it can be an exciting time when you get that first spa knowing what to do with it next however can be a little more tricky writing a novel is no mean feat after all a while it can be tempting just to jump right in and start without researching and taking the time to understand your story idea and whether it can work you can end up in trouble some writers like to simply write and see where it takes them while this can be freeing and productive most writers find that they'd end up backing themselves into a corner suddenly their story runs out of steam all the plots has gotten so complicated there's no keeping track of what is going on or they have backed themselves into a corner and there is nowhere left to go finding out that your story isn't going to work when you've already invested time and energy into it can be very disheartening that's why it's a good idea to take some steps to ensure you can get from chapter 1 right through until the end so how do you do this first of all shape your idea once you have your brilliant initial idea don't stop there spend lots of time bending and shaping it experimenting with it and allowing it to grow think about your characters motivations work out how to add unique twists to your plot push the limits of your imagination by breaking from the mold one great idea does not make a novel so make sure you spend time adding to it and then chipping away at it and then adding to it again until your idea is something much more sculpted and much more powerful as a result next pay attention to everyone and everything it's easy to get too focused on your main characters and too bogged down in the main plot however a good book has minor characters and subplots too and these should be just as fierce and imaginative and intriguing and fantastic as the rest of your novel make sure it has depth and layers and make sure you can tie everything together at the end when writing your first draft write about everything include it's all pack your story full of interesting characters and places and things to make it burst from the page next give it space to write a book you need enough material to keep it going if you find that you're struggling to find enough to say or are trying too hard to fill out your chapters but soon find your book will feel slow and lethargic keep up the energy pick up the pace and if parts of your plot feels slow work out how to add drama to amp them up and drive them forward so you're right a real page-turner next get rid of the excess once you've written your first draft you can now start to strip it back get rid of everything that isn't sorry even if it's brilliantly written you'll know when something has no place being in your book and even though it may hurt to take it out it's the only way to make sure your story is truly great by implementing these techniques you'll take your story from its initial idea to something far more exciting something tangible well developed and ultimately something that you can be truly proud of developing your book ideas takes focus but doing so and allowing oneself the time to truly explore the creative process will mean that your book will be all the better and no doubt your readers will think so too and don't forget if it's struggling to write or finish your book our free writers toolkit can help with it you'll learn how to overcome procrastination get organized stay focused find time to write and finally get your book published to get access to it now while it's still available simply go to http://www.writerslife.org/toolkit that's http://www.writerslife.org/toolkit that's it for now be sure to give us a thumbs up and subscribe to our channel for more and I'll see you next time