The Beginners Checklist to Writing a Novel - WritersLife.org

The Beginners Checklist to Writing a Novel - WritersLife.org     Grab your free writer's toolkit by going to http://www.writerslife.org/toolkit  Where to follow and listen to WritersLife.org:    Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/writerslifeorg/    Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/writerslife.org/     Twitter: http://www.Twitter.com/writerslifeorg    Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/writerslifeorg/    Google +: http://www.WritersLife.org/googleplus     Website: http://www.WritersLife.org   Products: http://www.WritersLife.org/shop    Podcast: http://writerslife.org/podcast    Join Our Team: http://writerslife.org/contribute/    Advertise your book and.or writing  https://www.facebook.com/WritersLifeAdvertisingPlatform/?ref=br_rs   Thank you for listening Please Share it. 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Hi I'm Jody from riders life's at work and today we'll be talking about the beginner's checklist to writing a novel you think the opening to every novel is different that perhaps there is no right or wrong way to start we have all heard the phrase begin at the beginning but what exactly does that mean in fact there are strategies you can employ when starting your novel that will give it a greater chance of success remember while most people might not judge a book by its cover if you haven't grabbed a person's attention before the first chapter is through you don't stand much of a chance of them continuing the opening of your book needs to be powerful and exciting it needs to reveal enough of the characters and their stories to engage the reader and make them want to find out more there are in fact only four good ways you can start your novel and almost every successful book will fit into one of them pick one of these approaches and you are far more likely to keep your readers interested the prologue opening your book with a prologue is a clever way of engaging the reader from the beginning you take the reader to a time far earlier than the present story and describe a scene that reveals some of the background or a standalone scene that intrigues the reader and will have significance later in the book a prologue helps establish why things are the way they are it hints that action later to come it can be used to create suspense intrigue and delights a prologue sets the tone for your novel without necessarily having to bring any of your main characters into it the action opening another classic way to start your novel is to open it with a scene where your protagonist is in the middle of some action action which is relatives in the main story the action doesn't have to be the helicopter exploding in the sky but it needs to be something which relates to the core of the story whether it's your heroes daily routine a fight which catalyst is the breakdown of the relationship a car crash anything where you see your character doing something interesting something which reveals a little about them that will spark the readers interest and keep them at reading on starting in the middle a rather more unusual approach is to start your novel in the middle of the story the lot has already happened and you want to introduce your protagonist having been already deeply affected by these events and this might be the best way to do it much of your story is then told in Reverse explaining how things came to be this opening can be very effective if you write it well as readers will immediately want to know the how and why of it all and therefore it will continue to read your book in order to find out the frame device another common way to begin your first chapter is a tell a story within your story an example of a frame device would be a character in your story settling down to read a book which then becomes the main story this is a clever way of coaxing the reader in as writing about someone being interested and intrigued by your story makes the actual reader trust and it must be worth reading - this device is also used to make huge jumps in the story as you can have a narrator summarize a long passage of time in just a single sentence for example it continued this way for years taking time to consider how to approach the first chapter of your book is so important find the one that works best for you and thanks strategically and you will have a better chance of drawing your reader in as well as bringing out the best in your story - don't forget if you're having a hard time writing or finishing your book check out our free writer's tool kit it can help you overcome procrastination get organized stay focused and get your book published just head over to http://www.writerslife.org/toolkit to download your free copy if   you enjoyed this video don't forget to give it a thumbs up turn on our notifications and subscribe down below and be sure to visit writer sly org for more writing tips and tricks and I'll see you next time