Writing A Book For The First Time

If you're wondering how to start writing a book for the first time, you should first consider the mistakes to avoid. As new writers, mistakes can cause setbacks that can cost you time and money. So in this video, I will be sharing five common mistakes that writers make when writing a book for the first time.
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[@thelifeofawriter]

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[@MandiLynnWrites]

Setting a due date for your book is a great idea, at least for myself. If I don't give myself a goal/date, I just let the project drag on forever

[@maxpainmedia]

😂😂

[@maxpainmedia]

How do you write your books mandi? Ipad? Laptop? Pen and pencil? What works best

[@Luxliry]

Thank you I’m writing my first book now this is very helpful ❤️

[@thelifeofawriter]

Glad it helped!

[@mahamo92]

I agree with you dear 😊👏 Every writer should believe in his/her writing ✨✨

[@TheBattleGrounds100]

This is my 5th video on this topic and the only one that I actually liked and wanted to engage in. Thanks for the info!

[@thelifeofawriter]

I feel honored! Glad you liked the content.

[@Roseyyyyyyyyyyyyy]

That thumbnail was literally me about 25 minutes ago!!! 😂😂💀 Le Struggle

[@thelifeofawriter]

🤣

[@thenewperception8768]

😂😂😂😂thanks for the laugh. 🤣

[@justinarobson4669]

I've just found your videos after deciding I must get more savvy about marketing now that I'm in a self-publishing moment. I've been published for nearly 20 years by major houses and I was worried about how to even start but I find your tips and analysis really helpful and easy to get along with. Thanks!

[@gracefrasch2406]

Great video! It’s really helpful. I’m a kid trying to write a book. It’s gonna be trash but I need a bad book before a good one, right? Have a nice day whoever is reading this

[@thelifeofawriter]

Your first book may be amazing! I wrote my first book in 1st grade and it won an achievement award at school.

[@tomoyazahard7244]

I'm younge aswell, I've always wrote short stories in my free time but I've always wanted somthing longer with a more wide variety to show in the words but I don't want to make every mistake possible so I'm trying to see what I can watch out for.

[@77777aol]

@@tomoyazahard7244 : Never fear making mistakes, they are a great teacher. Naturally you wish to minimise them; at least spot mistakes to rectify them. Reading quality books, classics from different genres, eras and cultures is always inspiring, wires the brain and feeds your sub conscious and furthermore your own work..

[@caitlinkennedy6613]

I am too

[@doggs4life788]

12

[@aherculesjackson]

I saved and just watched it again. Thank you, and Happy New Year!

[@thelifeofawriter]

Happy New Year!

[@aherculesjackson]

Happy New Year!

[@joewilliams-nelson5594]

The best concise advice I’ve heard since beginning this writing journey.

[@marilynl5146]

Thank you. All great points and most apply to me. I haven't STOPPED writing but I find myself making very slow progress when it comes to the second or third re-write!

[@thelifeofawriter]

2nd and 3rd rewrites are hard because you've been looking at and refining the same manuscript for quite some time. Consider beta readers or a manuscript critique so that you can get to your final draft sooner.

[@rebeccaamodeo7901]

Thanks for the encouraging video. Happy New Year to you, too!

[@shambhvishah6163]

Hi i am a teenager and i want to become a writer this vid was reallyy helpful thank you so much for making this vid

[@thelifeofawriter]

You're welcome.

[@DarrylJohnsonII]

#5 is real. I fell right into that one!

[@mcproactiveligament]

I'm gonna use this

[@heartofalion4469]

I have wrote a rough draft working on writing my book and how long should my chapter be

[@Roseyyyyyyyyyyyyy]

#4 Setting a date ... 🧐😫I’ve been really slacking on that, which is one of the reasons why I haven’t finished this book. Because in my head, I have to already have the funding for edits and publishing, and life happens, way too often.... Whats do you suggest? I was thinking by my birthday in August ... #5 taking a hiatus.... I’ve done that enough 😂😂💀 Although I need to right the chapters down, for clarity on where this book is going.... ??

[@thelifeofawriter]

Have you started reaching out for quotes for edits and the actual publishing of the book? If you start to know some of the publishing costs, you can better plan for the completion of the book.

[@Roseyyyyyyyyyyyyy]

thelifeofawriter Yes I have (you’re the first) but that was a while ago, I’d like to touch base soon. I researched and found three in terms of publication as well. I actually made some kind of excel spreadsheet on what the cost would look like.

[@sajaldas4018]

Thank you madam for giving the valuable information regarding writing a book .

[@thelifeofawriter]

Welcome!

[@mcproactiveligament]

Oh I love this video so much

[@gilianjournals]

VEry helpful. I'm at this point where I stopped writing my book. It's almost good to go. I just had to polish it. I stopped. Now, I'm writing a new one and you are right. It's hard. I've failed so many times in setting the date. I know myself, that I don't follow dates. Just bad.

[@thelifeofawriter]

Keep writing!

[@tomoyazahard7244]

Is there any tips or recommendations for a young begginer writter with deporesion and other mental illnesses who has a hard time staying committed to his first book/story. It would be alot of help even if it's something small.

[@thelifeofawriter]

Break your project down into small achievable goals (i.e., research, outline, writing, etc.). As you start to make progress it will help to keep you motivated. Hope this helps some!

[@DaleLRoberts]

I'm 100% guilty of #5 and the biggest issue is getting comfortable. Inertia can be killer to a publishing business. The only way to cure that is writing. Even if it ain't pretty. Great video, Stefanie! 😀👍👏

[@thelifeofawriter]

I've been guilty of #5 too lol, that's why I included it! 😩

[@linbluearrowmusicchannel6508]

thelifeofawriter I love your tips and recommendations. I also have a question... What kind of word-processor do you use or recommend? I like, "Word" but I don't know which one to use. There is one for student use (non-commercial), another they call, "Word Pro" and another they call, "Word Business." Can you tell me which one is better for self publishing on Amazon?

[@thelifeofawriter]

As far as I know they are all the same. Someone else may be able to chime in on this but I believe the student version is just discounted so that it's more affordable for students. I've written and published all of my books from Word and absolutely love the program.

[@michaelmchugh2923]

Great video. I've been playing with the idea of writing a pulp fiction book. I recently had a work injury and had more then enough time to think lol. In school I was in the bottom of my class, with Gramer, reading and spelling disabilities. I hated reading as a kid. But the last year I've read 8 books I'm a big fan of Henry Gregor Felson. I read 3 of his books hot rod is his most popular book. I love that era of teenagers in the early 60s cars no phones, all of it. I'd love to make something that mirrors his ideas and definitely his time lines. I have the ideas of using people in my life as characters and events that I could modify by putting it back in time to fit the era correctly. And events that never happened but are made up. I'm wondering how to correctly transfer my thoughts on to paper. I'm a bad speller, my vocabulary isn't the greatest. I can't even turn a computer on lol I can't even type. I'd love to be able to us an old school type writer one day. The only starting point I can come up with is if I put post boards up in my room and put down events I'd like to use. Then bounce back in fourth between the events to put in details like the breeze on top of the freshly cut green and the smells of it. Do you have any suggestions on how may characters I should use and how many events should happen in one book? And as far as details is there a thing as to much details?

[@thelifeofawriter]

I mainly work with non-fiction writers, so I don't have many videos that focus on fiction writing.

[@michaelmchugh2923]

@@thelifeofawriter thank you for your reply. For now I just building my characters

[@quackhead1084]

Holy hell you just made me think of the best book idea!!!!!!!!!!!

[@thelifeofawriter]

💃🏾 Awesome. How's it coming along?

[@a.man.5958]

Merry Christmas. And Happy New Year's, to you, and your family.. And i like the video good job.😃.

[@thelifeofawriter]

Hey hey! Thank you! Same to you and yours!

[@a.man.5958]

thelifeofawriter You welcome. And thank you so much, okay. And god bless.😃.

[@allysonmorgan5009]

I understand why planning your book is a good idea, but I honestly can’t plan it. I’ve tried to make an outline and follow it as I write, but I get sidetracked as a new idea comes to me. The book I’m currently working on(I’m in the editing process) is the first one I’ve ever made, unless you count my millions of previous attempts. Every night before I fell asleep my brain would just start telling me stories from my book, like how I imagined scenes would go. Like when I was thinking about writing the next chapter about a weird dream, as I fell asleep, my brain would just come up with narrations about the dream. This happened before I started my book. I would basically start writing a book in my mind. After a while, I decided to finally start writing. I opened a word document, and wrote everything that came into my head. I finished it a few weeks ago, and completely forgot about the plans I had made for how the story would go. I’m editing it now, and it makes more sense than I expected. I thought a book I wrote with no planning would have a really confusing plot and make no sense, but it makes sense to me.

[@karaflores5092]

Great vid

[@antoniodossantos5960]

Very nice...Thanks/El inmigrante venezolano Escritor/Writer@

[@GojiraSteve2019]

Dose this count for sci-fi fantasy novels too?

[@thelifeofawriter]

Yes absolutely!

[@antoniodossantos5960]

Hello Stefanie@

[@cherylliz99]

Is it wiser to publish your own book?

[@thelifeofawriter]

Depends on what your goals are as an author. Here's an article to help you choose: howtowriteabookthatsells.com/traditional-publishing-vs-self-publishing/

[@hannahcody05tiktoks58]

I'm in the proses of wrighting a book right now! Follow my Instagram @diarypublisher to keep updated on my progress! This will be the only book out of serval different story's I've written that I'm serious about publishing.