C.M. Gray
Firstly I advise that you just give it a go, writing is a blast!
Sit in a quiet room with a blank screen in front of you and breathe... then think of a good starting line. Look at a few opening paragraphs from published books and get a feel for what works and what just doesn't.
You will find that after a few lines a flow starts to happen. Sometimes it goes nowhere, so start again on something different. Eventually a story will begin to take shape.
Once you have a completed manuscript (Hooray!) edit edit edit
Once you have edited, pay money for a good editor, because they will find a whole bunch more typos than you can find!
Then get a professional designer to design you a cover. Do not do it yourself or ask a buddy who thinks they are a whizz at designing stuff. The cover is what will sell your book, even if the story isn't good, you need a good cover!
Sit in a quiet room with a blank screen in front of you and breathe... then think of a good starting line. Look at a few opening paragraphs from published books and get a feel for what works and what just doesn't.
You will find that after a few lines a flow starts to happen. Sometimes it goes nowhere, so start again on something different. Eventually a story will begin to take shape.
Once you have a completed manuscript (Hooray!) edit edit edit
Once you have edited, pay money for a good editor, because they will find a whole bunch more typos than you can find!
Then get a professional designer to design you a cover. Do not do it yourself or ask a buddy who thinks they are a whizz at designing stuff. The cover is what will sell your book, even if the story isn't good, you need a good cover!
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