How to Write a Novel in 6 Easy Steps*

Step 1: Write a word, any word. Don't panic, you can change it later if you don't like it.

Step 2: Write more words. Add some punctuation if you need it. Don't forget the period after the last word. Congratulations, it's a sentence!

Step 3: Write more sentences until you have a respectable paragraph.

Step 4: Write more paragraphs until you have a scene. Make sure that things happen in the scene. If nothing happened in the scene you wrote, delete it and try again.

Step 5: Write more scenes. Put them together to form a chapter.

Step 6: Repeat steps 1-5 until the story is finished. Congratulations! You have written a novel. Have a cookie, or several cookies (proceed with caution if eating several cookies).

Step 7 (Optional): Repeat steps 1-6 until madness descends.

*Warning: Steps are not all easy. Post may not be helpful.