As you’ve probably guessed from my Twitter feed, I’m a big fan of “want to learn to write? write five novels.”
Doing it teaches you. I can lecture you for hours. You’ll nod your head, make me feel better about myself – but what have you learned?
Here’s how to write. Guaranteed method.
Open Scrivener.
Start a new project using my template, or whichever one you like best.
Write the word “the”.
Follow it with 84,999 words.
Now learn to edit.
Edit your book massively.
Repeat this four more times.
That’s how you write.
