StorytimeWednesday

When writing or planning to write a book, you must and I mean, must create a book outline because it’s critical for you as the writer to stay on course and to help your readers stay in line with the story and not get muddles by a story that flops back and forth or all over the place. The reason I say this is because the outline is the very foundation of your writing process, kind of like your roadmap of thoughts to stay on track.  An Outline is great to stay on track of your story, but as a writer I can tell you it also prevents that dreaded writer’s block when you sit at your desk staring at a blank page not knowing what to write next. The outline will help you prevent such writer’s block. Because no matter how experienced you are as a writer, writing a book is challenging and daunting if you don’t have your roadmap to keep you on the road to writing that novel. How daunting is you’re asking, well try thinking about it like this: try stringing together a fluid sequence of word...

So what type of book are you thinking about writing? Fiction or Non-Fiction? Will it be a short story or a novel? The type of book you plan to write has a lot of planning needed before you actually begin to put pen to paper or your fingers to a keyboard. It's just not that easy to sit down and begin to write. Over the next few weeks we're going to break down the story/book writing process to help you better comprehend what you are undertaking in order to help you better understand the process and help you fulfill the desire to write a book or story. So let's get started.  What type of story will you write? The genre is important as the picture above depicts the type of stories that go under each type of book, fiction or non-fiction. Then you have to decide what type of writing will you write, a short story, a novella, a novel, or an epic novel? Knowing what type of book you plan to write helps you to understand how many words you will need to achieve in order to fulfill tha...

Many writers start off using Microsoft Word since it comes with most computers and laptops to start their writing careers. As a published Author, that's how I started. However, since that time, I have graduated to multiple pieces of software because I am difficult to please when it comes to software. Since I write multiple versions of writing projects, I seem to use a variety of programs to produce my work. When I write a book, story, I lay it out in  storybook or celtex script writing software, because it's just easier for me to lay it out as a movie script on paper because that's how I see it in my head. Then once I am done with say, the forth draft of the script, I can then begin the process of  turning it into a book by discribing a room, a person, or a scene in general.  As I said, Microsoft Word is the cheapest way to start your writing career. Once you get one story out of your head, try investing in more strategic software that is specialized for other purposes....

 Key to why you should be Journaling  As a storyteller you always have ideas floating around in your head, but never seem to remember them when you are able to sit down and start writing. That’s where journaling comes in handy. Never leave home without some form of notebook in your bag or pocket. I have two types of journals, a larger one for when just sitting at my desk and something pops into my mind and I want to jot it down. The smaller one has two purposes, first as a journal for quick notes and the other is sketching/watercolor pieces that I want to paint later. Either way I am always prepared to ensure I don’t miss a thought or a painting idea. The large one measures 7 x 6 and the smaller one measures 5.5 x 3.5. Journaling has many purposes, lets go over the many concept ideas I have as to why you should journal. 1)       Data Dump from your mind. When you feel like you have a million ideas, storylines or plots floating in your head and you ...

As an author I love to share my ups and downs in writing that novel, plus mentoring new writers to achieve their goals of writing that novel,  script or just journal life's ups and downs to go on with life. So starting this September, 2021, I'm starting this blog to help motivate aspiring writers to start writing. Every Wednesday I will share something to do with writing. Whether it be creating an outline, creating characters, or starting that script and what type of software I use to do all these things.  Hope you will join me.    Author Elizabeth Kilbride is a former political operative, author, scriptwriter, historian, journalist. business professional, and creative artist, and life coach consultant. Ms. Kilbride holds a Masters in Criminology and a BS in Business Management who stepped out of the loop for a while, but who is now back with a powerful opinion and voice in the direction of this country and our economy. As a life coach, she is available to counsel in...