• Essays,  General Thoughts

    How to write a novel in twelve (easy) steps

    There are steps for everything these days, so I reverse-engineered what I did to become a writer to put the process into 12 steps. The steps were easy sometimes, and other times, they caused some tears. The end result was worth all the effort. Step 1: Read a lot Without reading, what’s the point of writing? Reading everything I could get my hands on when I was a kid developed my love of reading and also made me think about some things I would like to read that were not available.  Don’t just read fiction. Read about the art of writing to learn everything you can. Take a writing class…