my equation for writing a good book

catch you up to speed: in my last post i gave you an equation to writing a good book. i use it and i hope you'll enjoy using it, also! :)

quotes... capture... fully... breath... in... out... vhs tapes... movies... books... + writing... thinking... brainstorming... doodling... planning... characters... love... romance... plot... scenery... surroundings... sight... hear... touch... smell... taste...  capture....; perfection = amazing book.

so here is the equation to writing a good an amazing book. see? says it in the equation. so, the first part is just little details that start to bring the book to life. the main character, let's say her name is Abby. so Abby loves quotes, vhs tapes, movies, and/or books. so this part is giving the book a little spark; a stem to just keep growing off of. or, maybe Abby has a quote/movie/book that inspires her. and if the book is in first POV, it inspires the story a little bit, too.

let's say the movie... cinderella inspires her because it shows her that anyone can be a princess. there's your main core; main stem right there. then comes the feelings and stuff like that that keep the story moving. 

capture; you want to capture the surroundings in a photograph, that you imagined in your mind, and describe it entirely. overdo it, too. more detail is better. but don't be droning on with detail. like let's say you're talking about Abby eating an apple. don't describe it like, the deliciously scrumptious, juicy red-raspberry apple was going towards my mouth. i can smell the seeds, core, inside and can taste it in my mouth already. mouth-watering, yummy, tasty, flavortastic taste. it's at my mouth. i decide to take a bite. it is deliciously scrumptious, juicy, mouth-watering, yummy,and tasty.

do you see how it's too detailed? it doesn't need that deeply described. unless you really want to bore the reader to death, don't detail something so insignificant to your plot that much. but you don't want to go, yummy apple. then it's too not detailed. for something insignificant, describe it like this: the juicy apple has my mouth watering. see? it's perfectly detailed.

now, these words are supposed to run in together. fully, breath in and out. in other words, it's kind of like capture. only this, you're taking in everything and breathing all of the junk out for describing. so it's like the narrowing down of capture. this also helps you refresh, and come up with new ideas. 

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here's where your story comes into place. 

writing... start writing. if you get in idea, don't start planning out your story! just write. don't bother with detail, yet if you can't think of it. because if you just start going with the unnecessary things, for now, you're going to forget your main idea. then, your story is gone! just keep writing until you have to stop. then worry about everything else later.

thinking... think. think. you want to think about your story, how to make it better; how to improve it. what detail can you add to make it juicy. what describing words that won't sound bland in your book. words such as plain colors like red, shouldn't be added to your book as much as other words. you can describe the red to make it juicier. like, cherry red. my dress was a beautiful cherry red. sounds better than, my dress was red.

brainstorming... thinking of new ideas. try to brainstorm up the conflict, resolution, characters, etc. if you haven't thought of them yet.

doodling and planning... these two run together. here, this is just to help bring the story to life. i honestly just kinda draft a plan together and see where it leads me. i might change my mind in the middle of the story and go a different path. that just means i have to re-plan the second half of the book, and that's totally fine. author's do that all of the time. now, where doodling comes into play. to help you visualize what's happening, doodle it out on a piece of paper! this helps me all the time.

characters... characters. yikes. this one is a hard one. every story has complicated characters. i know the main character in my book is very confusing. the thing is, come up with a name, a quick personality, and make up the rest! let your imagination create your perfect characters. i like doing my characters in the moment; not planning them. it gives them a fresher look, and feel, and that's what you want.

love and romance... my favorite! today, novels are always sizzling with romance! so even if it's just a crush, you might want to add some, it can increase the length of your novel, and keep your readers reading!

well, i'll do the other part of the equation later! xx. mEeNa