25,988 people want to...

write a book


 

People who have done this

   

How to write a book



More "How I Did It" stories

It took me
18 months
It made me


It took me
3 years
It made me
Accomplished


hhdavid is working on the second draft of my first novel.

It took me
30 days
It made me
Soooo Happy!


It took me
2 weeks
It made me
Happy


It took me
180 days
It made me
really proud


See all 56 "How I did it" stories

People doing this are also doing these things:

Entries

kinorkahol will be ok!

Book Number 3 9 hours ago

I’ve written the final draft and we will publish it before December.



mariateirubinu is a busy bee

Nanowrimo Counter says: 13,427 words so far 12 hours ago

And that is about 25-26 Word pages..

I discovered Word Wars with my Romanian Nanowrimo colleagues and having a cool mentor to be of great help.

I am dreaming of a lazy Sunday but in the meantime I am so excited about reaching 20k, 30k..

Lots of inspiration to you too guys.



Deskdude "...It took me years to write, will you take a look?"

Looking like... 2 days ago

...more of a reality with each passing day in NaNoWriMo. It’s hard to tell where I’m at in the story though. Hopefully I have a lot more material left so that I can make it to the 50K mark by month-end. At the same time, for all I know, I could only be half-way at 50K.

Hard to tell for the novice that I am…



Start 2 days ago

I had the idea for over a year but only started about a month ago. Wrote a short story version last year though, it was about 15 pages (double space).

The ideas are a lot easier than the actual writing, It just goes so slow to get a thought down and well written.

I currently have 4872 words.



ranjan_miles_to_go is reading My name is Red by Orhan Pamuk

Untitled 3 days ago

Back in Sindri, my sleepy little birthplace in Jharkhand, India, we kids often played games that were basically entire stories where each of us had a role and parts to play. The basic storyline was simple with one common goal -fights and killing rampages. But the settings were different, jungles of Amazon, Sahara desert, some futuristic planet, anything that we heard/read off reecently. I never got to play any important part, but I was always asked to thought out the story.

And it was fun. Later, as I grew up I realised I hopelessly lack conversation skills even to a decent extent, girls stared at me as though I am transparent and I am poor in Math and Physics.

So I read. And read. And started feeling better.
I also attempted a bit of writing and I found that I can do it slightly better than most of the other things. I have always been an observer of sorts and I thought at some level I can connect with that universal feeling which drives us all irrespective of our location and nation-love.

I have been putting off this decision for quite a while. But now I’ve decided to really do it. I give my self 6 months to write the basic structure.



Lezzlie i could care less what you think of me but pls be careful what you say

as of mid-october... 3 days ago

this part of your life would begin a new chapter to your life.

have funn.



Kenyatta Hobson is creepin' along...

OK....I am back 3 days ago

OK, I had to stop and do a little reading and kinda take a break from all of this …stuff…going on with my life. The fall is in progress and winter is coming…. By Spring…I am going to have a book!



turbomaja is strugglin to find free modeling info

I love to write 3 days ago

I love to read and write, and have always wanted to write a children’s book.



sarahcochrane is a "Self-Improving Traveling Tree Hugger"

Joined National Novel Writing Month 3 days ago

Committed to 50,000 words in a month. Eeep!



1nt28chieve is hoping for better things.

The follow-through has stalled out . . . 3 days ago

But I continue to come up with ideas, so I probably ought to write them down before they are forgotten! And someday, when life is less busy, I will do it!



See all 4218 entries

Ask for advice: Get help from people who've accomplished this goal


SpinCycle asks, “How do you stay motivated to write?”
— 2 months ago


17 answers

Buffalo
kwilson653 asks, “I too am writing a book, I am looking for about five people to preview the first few paragraphs(and possibly more later on)Please Message me if interested. I will only take the first 5 people.”
— 15 months ago


15 answers

Shelton
justkristen asks, “I want to start an online critiquing community. Does anyone from here want to join (please?)?”
— 15 months ago


12 answers

Palm Beach County
Dan asks, “I am writing a fantasy-adventure. Four chapters done. It's not Harry Potter-like, but it is fantasy that takes place in modern times. I have never written a book before. I am looking for a few people to preview it for me.”
— 23 months ago


23 answers

Dixon
underpope asks, “I write novels and short stories but I would love to write nonfiction books... but I'm too much of a dilletante to stick to one subject. My brain's scattered... like Bill Bryson's. Help!”
— 2 years ago


4 answers

alligat0r asks, “How can I make this my living? It's so hard to break into this business; to become a well-know, respected author. It's the only thing I truly want to do with my life, but what if I can't do it? What kinds of things could I fall back on?”
— 2 years ago


19 answers

Ottawa
Soznani asks, “My writing style is "choppy" and "wooden." I can't seem to write well. I have so many ideas but I just can't get them out of my head and onto the page in a way that is readable. How can I improve my writing style?”
— 2 years ago


16 answers

London
someonehurting asks, “hi to you all i have started to write a book but i jkust wanted some advise on how to set it out like i know it has to have a plot for start middle and finish but how do you know where to go from that”
— 3 years ago


9 answers

samuel329 asks, “can you tell your experience with lulu and do you know any similar services like that?”
— 3 years ago


7 answers

Winnipeg
brownsugarbear01 asks, “Has anyone benefitted from entering a writing contest and what ones have you entered?”
— 3 years ago


12 answers
See all 23 questions

 

I want to:
43 Things Login