Writing Tips

Was wondering, what it takes to write a book and how to get it published; and here was the response from Pattabhi Ram Sir - "Love, Laziness, and Long hours. As in love for writing, laziness (As defined by corporate guys who think the office revolves around them), and ability to put long hours on the writing effort. You try out with main stream publishers or go to independent publishers"

Eric Karl Anderson the lonesomereader, with his blog, you tube and Instagram, has been an inspiration and great recommendation. – My Bibliotherapist. The Novel cure. The fact is, one cannot read all the books that exist. And the more you read, the more your are tempted to write. Just like breathing is complete only when you inhale and exhale.

In his essay Why Write?, Sartre explores how a writer uses literature in order to “manage his escapes and conquests.” He describes how each writer “has his reasons: for one, art is a flight; for another, a means of conquering.” Such motivation as based partially in the writer’s belief that they are “essential in relationship to the world.” Giving permanence to an experience of our world through writing is a consequence of the writer imposing unity between their mind and the things they depict. “The operation of writing,” Sartre proposes, involves “an implicit quasi-reading which makes real reading.” An author does not see the words he writes as a reader sees them, as the words existed to him before he wrote them, while the reader’s perception of these words is unique.

Margaret Atwood's Top 5 Writing Tips; she says don’t know where ideas come from – but when it comes, working out of it, structure, pacing is important. Something has to happen, and it has to be a surprise. Some of it will be draining, as you cannot go from one happy scene to the other. Show how the character is dealing with it. Mere act of writing is an act of optimism – it will be finished, publish, will have readers. And the tips –

1) Have note book – write down
2) Read Critically – decide what you like and what you don’t; how languages are handled.
3) Pay attention to your posture – it will catch up to you as you get older – exercise.
4) When you get into a block – go for a walk or go to sleep.
5) Don’t be afraid to throw things out – when you are writing, no one else is seeing. Put out, and then decide what needs to go to the waste basket

Create, Analyse , Forecast

How to Write a Book: 13 Steps From a Bestselling Author: Jerry B. Jenkins
Have you ever had a book idea so captivating you just knew it would finally push you across the finish line?
1. Establish your writing space.
2. Assemble your writing tools.
3. Break the project into small pieces.
4. Settle on your big idea.
5. Construct your outline.
6. Set a firm writing schedule. (Firm Deadline).
7. Conduct your research.
8. Write a compelling, reader-first, opener.
9. Fill your story with conflict and tension.
10. Turn off your internal editor. (While writing).
11. Don't quit during the Marathon of the Middle.
12. Write a resounding ending.
13. Become a ferocious (aggressive) self-editor.

If you have several ideas, pick the one that is the most emotional because readers remember what moves them. Excellent advice. If it seems boring to you, your reader is asleep . “You Can edit a Bad page, but you can’t edit a Blank page”

So how do writers really write? Shorn of all technical details, here is what Revathi Krishna think happens when a writer sets out to write ( https://revathikrishna.com/how-do-writers-write-the-journey-of-an-idea-from-conception-to-completion/ ).
Phase 1: Germinating:
Phase 2: Solidifying:
Phase 3: Thinking:
Phase 4: Outpouring:
Phase 5: Editing