Young Novelist Top Tips for Noveling Success over Break

Top Things You Can do to Keep your Novel Alive Over the Break

Period 1:

Write Every Day~Zak

Do Word Wars at Home~Sergio

Read someone else’s novel to get inspiration~Brandon

Go outside and write~Noah

Go to cafes where other people are writing~Andres C.

Follow your character’s habits (taking walks, experience the setting/habits your charcter does)~Aires

Work on a schedule~Mitchell

Starting the day with noveling~Ms. Witham

Brainstorm ideas before you write~Spencer K.

Interview someone who has been in your character’s situation~Sergio

Ask someone else to read/respond to your novel~Andres C.

Take experiences from your daily life~Laura G.

Novel Before Napping (or any other activity you are looking forward to)~Chris G., former student novelist of Ms. W’s

Don’t procrastinate.~Zak W.

Watch a movie to get inspiration. ~Matthew D.

Just Do It. ~Gia (Thanks Nike!)

Use your experiences over the break in your story. ~Matthew J.

Act out parts of your story.~Guadalupe H.

Use food for inspiration. ~Dynesha

When you get stuck, look back to your model novel(s).~Spencer T.

Read history books about the time period.~Kriseira

Do something that inspires you to write. ~Miryam

Get enough sleep. ~Maryjoy A.

Ask little kids for dare ideas. ~Dowson

Stay up late. ~Spencer T.

Always come up with new ideas.~Paola

Keey your novel on a “designated noveling desk.” (so you don’t go through the tragedy of losing it.)~Griffin

Try to get inspiration from someone else’s novel.~Timothy

Explode your creativity on your novel.~Cristian

Give a character a burst of emotion that you can follow up with events.~Janelle

Make character’s friend betray them. ~Matthew

A major even happens (death, earthquake). ~Dylan

Budget your time. Figure out how long it will take you to write a certain amount of words, and don’t give up until you’ve made your goal. And make sure my phone’s away. ~Sarajoy

If stuck, reread so you can see where you want to head in the story. ~Jake

Write the first thing that comes into your mind and stay true to your ideas. ~Andrew

Even if the writing gets tough, keep going. ~Angela

Look for inspiration all around you. ~Cattia

Remember that nothing you write is ever wrong. ~Angela

Make a writing schedule. ~Cattia

You’re gonna have to finish it anyway, might as well do it. ~John