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Unleash your creativity. You can rein it in later when you reach the point of cutting and editing. Make it interesting. If it interests you, it probably will interest others. Write a One-Sentence Description To help you focus on your subject, write one sentence or a sentence fragment that describes your book. Check bestseller lists to see how they do this. Here are some examples: Brooklyn, a novel by Colm Tóibin. The story of a young woman from a small town in Ireland who leaves the world she’s known and moves to Brooklyn in the 1950s.
They will be here in some form as long as there are writers to write them and readers to read them. Books will continue to be essential for entertainment and education. They provide information that can help us change our lives for the better. They allow us escape from boredom. They bring us adventure and comfort, pleasure and solace, imaginary love and vicarious revenge. Most of all, they reveal a new and exciting world for the reader to experience no matter what is going on in the “real” world.
You will have to be sure that your information is accurate, current, and has not already been written about in the way you intend to write it. Even if you are writing a novel there is likely to be information you will need. For example, suppose your protagonist is a cardiologist. You will need to know something about heart problems, surgical procedures, hospital protocol, and so forth. If the action in your novel takes place in Hong Kong you will have to know enough about the geography, climate, customs, people, and laws to make your story feel authentic.