1: theme

Theme is the core of the whole novel, and it is also the most important.

Therefore, if you want to write a novel, it's better that its theme is something you have experienced personally or something you often think deeply about.

For example, being lovelorn, failing in exams, being laid off, losing relatives, being betrayed, and failing in marriage.

Because what we experience personally is what we are familiar with, and it is also the expression of our true feelings, which can move people's hearts more.

2: Settings

After choosing the theme, we should choose the time and place where the story takes place.

Is it a contemporary novel, historical novel or science fiction! Say?

Is its location and environment (social or workplace) familiar to you, or do you need a lot of information?

When choosing a time and place for a novel, first ask yourself this question: Is your setting necessary for the theme or plot?

For example, it doesn't make much sense to put the characters in the novel in a city you are not familiar with just because you have been to or want to go when traveling. Scenic spots or landmarks have their own characteristics and ethos, but don't put your role in Rome just to "add some exotic colors".

The interaction between roles and places must be meaningful and can promote the theme.

3. Vision

In other words, do you write in the first person or the third person?

Before you start writing again, you can think about whose story you want to write. When you want to know whose story you want to write, you can choose between the first person and the third person.

4: People

What information did you get about the characters in your novel?

Write down any scattered videos about them, their looks, ways of speaking, ages, hobbies, etc.

5: Plot

A plot is an event that takes place to describe the theme of a story.

That is, where the story begins and ends, and how are you going to connect the starting points?

In fact, writing a novel is to set a path between the starting point and the end point.

6. Major events/key scenarios:

Major events drive the story.

So when you have a general idea of a plot in the novel and know how it will happen, your story is basically more systematic.

7: Start

Before you start writing, you must think carefully at the beginning. Why did this incident become the beginning of your story?

When we first started writing, we always made the mistake of advancing the story. Welcome to pay attention to the official WeChat account: the skills of novel writing materials. Let readers know all the backgrounds of all the characters before unfolding the plot, and think it is essential to explain everything clearly at the beginning of the novel.