This post is on books: coming up with, writing, and editing books. The reason that I did this is that I do it all the time; i.e. Arizona Fletch. People tend to think that writing a book is some tedious, huge, really hard thing to do that can be avoided via the internet. But that is not writing a book (if that is what writing a book is to you, then you've gone down the wrong path). That, my friend, is writing a school paper (a completely different subject, I assure you). Writing a book is fun.

1: To Come Up with a Book

Coming up with a book is probably the easiest part of writing a whole book. In this first step, you simply take your ideas for writing a book that are in your head and get them down on paper or memorize them for future use. I've read in a book somewhere that some people like to carry a little book or notepad and pen around with them so that whenever an idea for a book comes to them, they can easily get it down on paper without trouble. You can use one of these. I don't really care. The most important thing to remember is this: whenever an idea for a book, either remember it or get it down on paper. It will make the next step so much easier.

2: To Write a Book

This step is rather simple. All you do is take your notes from the above step and "fill in the cracks" between them. What does this mean? I'll show you. Suppose one of your notepad pages lokked like this:

Boy gets captured by ghosts who live on clouds

Boy finds Dragon freind in ghosts' city

Dragon helps boy escape, but not before getting injected with poison

Dragon dies

Filling in the cracks of this story could eventually answer these questions and more: Who is this boy? Why do the ghosts capture him? What is the dragon's name? Where did the boy live? Can the dragon talk? So imagine it like this: to fill in the cracks of your notes/ideas is kind of like filling in the cracks of a broken vase with putty. Except you use words, not putty. That would be kind of weird.

3: To Edit a Book

My description of editing a book is this: easy, easy, easy! Basically what you're doing is changing things that you don't like in your story or that you think need more added to them. Don't get me wrong, when you first write your book, you read it, sit back, and say "Aaahh... I'm finally finished." But then later that night you might be lying in bed thinking and, using the story from the above step, you say to yourself, "Wow, you know what, I really think that the boy in my story should meet a girl during my story who he falls in love with, but then later she turns out to be one of the ghosts in disguise." Trust me, I've edited AF (Arizona Fletch) so many times that I can't count them. Seeing this, your story might never be truly finished. But that's okay. Even the best authors, after publishing their books think that one or another parts could have been better. It's just what happens to an author. I even do it with this blog of mine.

Well, I hope this post has informed you on book writing.

Until we meet again,

HRTF