The Secret Strategies Writers Use To Finish Writing The Book

Grammar and punctuation are not the writer’s biggest foe when it comes to writing. Putting the words on paper comes as a much bigger problem and you’ll need a fast solution to keep you working.
White Page-itis can be a serious disease if you’re a writer. Don’t let it stop you. Instead, follow the advice of writer-pro, Kenton Verhoeff, who continually focuses on getting the book done, “Start with the three main things in your book and never let the page go blank!”
“Define the main character, write up a killer ending to your book (you have to know where you’re going), and put together a beginning sentence that grabs the reader by the gonads and won’t let ’em go until the end of chapter seven.” ~Kenton Verhoeff
Define the Main Character –
Give this person a name that can’t be forgotten. Add in some character that keeps your readers wondering what he’s all about and a little bit of magnetism that attracts the reader to him so no matter what happens in the book, your reader still loves your main character. Writing up his life story can be fun, filling and keyword activated so your main character has some power behind him, not just in the book, but in real life searches on the internet.
Once readers are captivated by the character in your book, they’ll start blogging about him and telling their buddies about him on Twitter and Facebook, then you’ve got it made. They’ll all start searching him out and buying your books. Marketing your book becomes easy, because the readers market your book for you.
Write a Killer Ending –
What’s on the last page of the book? Does your star character get his woman? Does he win the race? Does he negate the rapids on the river and attain his goals? Exactly what do you want to happen at the end of the book? This is important, because no matter what you fill up the pages with, your ending had better be rockin’, smokin’, and hoppin’ or your readers will drop the book and go home. Even if this isn’t a trilogy, write the ending with a bit of a hook so your readers wonder what happens next. Make them want to search for your next book.
Make them seek out the next chapter in your character’s life. Whether you post it in your blog, to take them into the next book or in an Epilogue that you write after the book is done, keep your reader guessing on that last page.
Compelling First Line –
As if the title isn’t enough, the first line of your book has to be captivating enough to bring them into the first chapter, through the next five chapters and into the character’s life.
The sun was shining in Low Down, Arizona. — probably won’t keep your reader turning pages.
However…
Shadows of the noon day sun hid the mystery of Low Down, Arizona in the sand beneath the yucca. — might bring them into the story long enough to figure out what could be hidden under the yucca. Now, you’ve got a story to tell, because they want to know what is mysterious about Low Down.
Now you’ve got readers flipping pages and yourself a mystery to solve. Write this book!
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