Most every teen, especially us girls, has read one of those extremely interesting, comically romantic, page-turning teen books. Being a teen and working on a book is pretty tough stuff, so here are some ideas to get you started!
Steps
- Pick a genre before you start writing, so you don’t end up with a romantic historical fantasy tear-jerking book.
- Once you pick your genre, pick a city. (If you want you can make up a town. This is a very good idea if making a fantasy book. Also, pick a region or city that you are familiar with.)
- Next make some characters. Go outside the stereotypes of the popular girl being a rich, blond, cheerleader that dates all the guys or the Asian kid that is nerdy and smart and never gets anything lower than an A on anything. Instead make the popular girl have red hair or that irresistible bad boy Asian.
- Give your characters little quirks, because in the words of Hannah Montana “Nobody’s Perfect!”. Make your popular girl have a scarf fetish or a hat frenzy or make your jock guy always wear Tommy Hilfiger. Just something to make the characters unique.
- Next start your story. Try to write for at least ten minutes a day, but don’t push yourself to write random junk.
Tips
- If you’re writing a historical fiction story, research that time period to find out what the newest technology and fashions were. God forbid you mess up and a princess isn’t wearing a corset in the 1700s.
- Read a lot of the genre you want to write, because it will be easier to write then.
- Carry a little notebook and pen or pencil so you can write down interesting names or conversations you hear or any ideas you think of.
- If you go on a vacation or see an interesting place make you sure you take lots of pictures of the place or describe it in great detail in a notebook. Pictures are best though.
Warnings
- Be careful not to accidentally make a Blaire Waldorf and change her name to Susy Andrews.
- DO NOT copy any author’s work! You can get in serious trouble!
- It will be hard to write about something you know nothing about.
- If you try to get it published and you don’t get anyone liking it after a few times, don’t worry. It took Agatha Christie somewhere around 9 or 10 times to get her first book published.
- If you write a mystery, be careful of red herrings. If it’s obvious who did the crime or whatever it won’t be fun to read.
- Be careful of having too much dialogue and too little description or vice versa.
- Avoid Mary Sues or Gary Stus- AKA characters who are too perfect.
Things You’ll Need
- Imagination
- Something to write on and with or a computer
- Characters
- Research (if needed)
- Publisher (if wanted)
Related wikiHows
- How to Write Teen Literature
- How to Write a Story With a Clique
- How to Create Lifelike Characters
- How to Write a Short Novel
- How to Be a Creative Writer
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