One of the things I found early on was that I, apparently, write pretty fast. Joe asked me the other day how I'd already written more than four novels in my short writing career. I laughed. Why? Because I thought I was going too slow. You see, my goal is to write a lot. A l...
You’ll also want to think about how many viewpoints (also called perspectives) you want to use. With first person novels, it’s fairly normal to stick to a single viewpoint, but that’s not a hard and fast rule. With third person novels, it’s common to have more than one viewpoin...
I set the Focus Booster for 25 minutes and try to write as fast as I can. I make another cup of tea, and then set the timer for another 25 minutes. I’m getting hungry now, so I write even faster. Do whatever it takes to fool your mind and get your first draft written. Stop ...
I use this process for writing my novels, and I hope it will help you. Step 1) Take an hour and write a one-sentence summary of your novel. Something like this: “A rogue physicist travels back in time to kill the apostle Paul.” (This is the summary for my first novel, ...
Here’s an example of a nonfiction premise from my bookThe Write Structure, which got half a dozen responses from agents. The Write Structure utilizes The Write Practice’s (thewritepractice.com) award-winning methodology to show creative writers how to write their best novels, memoirs, short ...
The key is to follow a proven, straightforward, step-by-step plan. My goal here is to offer you that book-writing plan. I’ve used the techniques I outline below to write more than 200 books (including the Left Behind series) over the past 50 years. Yes, I realize writing over four...
I started writing in February 2019. It was random, but there was an urge to the story I wanted to write. At first, I was all over the place. I knew the genre I wanted to write was Fantasy ( YA or Adult). That has been my only solid starting point the genre. From February to ...
So are you ready to learn how to memorize a textbook, the right way?Let’s get started.The Question That Inspired This PostSo you may be wondering: Hey Anthony, if people have been asking you about this topic for so long, what finally made you decide to write about it?Well, the ...
So (to pick one of my own first person detective novels for example), I wouldn’t write “I am a police constable in South Wales …”, but rather, “Fiona Griffiths is a police constable, based in South Wales…” You can instantly see how much more professional the third person sounds...
When I first met Serena over Zoom, I could see how lost and overwhelmed she was by the conflicting information she had researched. I felt compelled to ask: “How are you sure that this is the book you were meant to write?” To this, she looked bemused. She answered that she honestly...