A new year and new hopes, dreams and expectations. It's the time we pursue new and exciting adventures in our lives. Mine is publishing even more books. I'm currently in the process of getting a children's book published. I am so excited, the waiting is the hard part. I've got so many more projects in mind for this year but where do I start? With writing of course.
Getting the ideas from mind to paper (or computer screen) is the hard transition stage. I can think it, I can picture it in the form of letters but when I begin to transfer from mind to finger it gets lost some how. Or if I am lucky enough to start the process something or someone always seems to interfere. So this is what I have started to do and it seems to work:
I just close my eyes and imagine what the book looks like from start to finish and begin typing chunks of each section. What I've got when I'm done is the main body of the whole entire book and from there I can then break it down even more into smaller sections and fill in the blanks with actual words. This way when I need to stop for whatever reason I can do it without forgetting where I left off. I know it probably doesn't sound like it makes sense but if you try it you'll see what I'm talking about.
Not everything works for everyone but just be willing to try different methods may inspire something new and exciting for you.
If you have a tried and true method that's not typical please leave me a comment and share with others struggling for ways to make the writing process not as painful.
Happy New Year and wishing you successful writing!
