Sam
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Lucas Flint:
How long does each book you write typically take to write? (including planning, restarts, fixing). Also, how do you go about writing? Do you start from the end and work back to create a storyline or make a plan beforehand? Thanks and LOVING the books Sam
Lucas Flint
Hi, Sam,
How long each book takes to write can vary depending on the project. For most of my books, I would say it takes a couple of weeks of pre-planning, then two to three weeks to write the book itself, and then another week or two to edit it and prepare it for publication.
All in all, I would say it takes about a month or so to write, edit, and publish a book, sometimes longer, sometimes shorter depending on the length and complexity of the project.
I don't outline and generally prefer to wing it. However, that doesn't mean I don't do any preplanning at all. Before I write a book, I typically need to know the main characters (protagonist and antagonist, with a few supporting characters here and there), the conflict (why the protagonist and antagonist are fighting), and the setting (where all of this is happening). It becomes easier with ongoing series, because each book builds on the last, though I still need to know those three basics even with later books in the series.
So long as I know all of that, I can write a book, though I definitely do more preplanning with some books and series than with others. I generally try to avoid doing too much preplanning, however, because I find that can stifle my creativity and drain my desire to write the book itself.
Hope that helps,
Lucas Flint
How long each book takes to write can vary depending on the project. For most of my books, I would say it takes a couple of weeks of pre-planning, then two to three weeks to write the book itself, and then another week or two to edit it and prepare it for publication.
All in all, I would say it takes about a month or so to write, edit, and publish a book, sometimes longer, sometimes shorter depending on the length and complexity of the project.
I don't outline and generally prefer to wing it. However, that doesn't mean I don't do any preplanning at all. Before I write a book, I typically need to know the main characters (protagonist and antagonist, with a few supporting characters here and there), the conflict (why the protagonist and antagonist are fighting), and the setting (where all of this is happening). It becomes easier with ongoing series, because each book builds on the last, though I still need to know those three basics even with later books in the series.
So long as I know all of that, I can write a book, though I definitely do more preplanning with some books and series than with others. I generally try to avoid doing too much preplanning, however, because I find that can stifle my creativity and drain my desire to write the book itself.
Hope that helps,
Lucas Flint
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Mesfin
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Lucas Flint:
Ok it was worth a try. Also I was wondering when did you know that you wanted to be a athour because I am 13 and I love reading books and I have tried to start writing a lot of them but I have a break than I look at the beginning of the book and I delete it all because it looks stupid.I was wondering if you every went through what I go through when I write a book.I want to write a book about a teenage superhero.thx?
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