Episode 26, Part 1: So, You Want to Write a Book? Here’s What Nobody Tells You.

Everybody has a great idea for a book.

Then you actually have to write it.

This week, we're doing something a littledifferent. We're taking you behind the scenes of what it really takes to turnan idea into an actual book.

Because writing a book isn't just sitting down at a computer and waiting for inspiration to strike.

There are about a thousand decisions nobody tells you about.

First person or third person? Who's telling the story? How long should a chapter be? Where should it end? How much research do you really need? And what happens when the characters YOU created suddenly start telling YOU what they would and wouldn't do?

And then there are the opinions.

The minute you tell people you're writing a book, everybody suddenly knows exactly how you should write it.

Some advice is wonderful.

Some of it makes you think... Absolutely not.

We're talking about how The Brooklyn Witch: The Battle forBrooklyn went from an idea to a finished novel, what I've learned while writing Book Two, and what Jim is discovering as he gets closer to finishing his own first book.

We'll get into character development, protagonistsand antagonists, chapter endings and cliffhangers, world-building, research, creating rules for magic, deciding whether you're writing one book or an entire series, and why sometimes you'll spend an hour researching something that becomes one sentence in the finished book.

And eventually, after all the writing, rewriting,researching and second-guessing...

You type:

THE END.

You're finished!

Right?

Not exactly.

Because writing the book is only the beginning.

Next week, Episode 26 continues with Part 2: You Wrote the Book. Now What?

That's when we get into the things nobody thinksabout when they dream about writing a book: publishing, copyright, ISBNs, covers, paper, pricing, distribution, marketing, and everything that happens after you type THE END.

📖 Learn more about The Brooklyn Witch:

www.thebrooklynwitch.com

📚 The Brooklyn Witch: The Battle for Brooklyn
By Lisa Dolan

✨ Take the Cannoli and Leave the Magic. ✨

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