How to Write a Book explained with very easy 4 steps even a kid can do

Four Parts

If you love to read, chances are you’ve thought about how cool it would be to become an author yourself. Being a kid doesn’t mean you can’t write your own book, and even get it published. From finding your inspiration to getting your book printed, you can do it all. If you work hard and do your best, you can be an author, too!

Finding Your Inspiration

Read a lot of books. No matter how old you are, if you want to be a great writer, you must be a great reader, too! Read as often and as much as you can. If you aren’t sure what books to read, don’t be afraid to ask your teacher or school librarian for some suggestions.

·         Reading is a great way to get a better idea of what sort of writing you actually enjoy reading. When you read new books and find one you really like, take a moment to think about why you like it. What is so great about the story? Does it have really fantastic characters, or setting? Use the things you like in books you read as examples of how to write those things yourself.

·         Just like doctors must learn from other doctors, writers must learn from other writers. You might like a specific kind of book, but try to read lots of different kinds of books to learn things from different kinds of writers.

Use your own life as inspiration. It might not seem like anything exciting or interesting happens in your life, but you can still use it as a place to begin your own stories. It can be as easy as taking something that might seem plain or simple, and changing it into something interesting and new.

·         For example, if you wanted to write a story about a superhero, use the backdrop of your every day life to form your new character. Maybe your superhero is a kid just like you, and one day at school, discovers his powers.

·         You can also use settings and locations you are familiar with in real life and write a fictional story set in these places. For example, maybe there’s a creepy old house somewhere in your neighborhood. You could write a story about someone who goes into the creepy old house to investigate, and finds something they didn’t expect.

Explore your family history for stories and ideas. Ask your mom, dad, grandma, or grandpa to tell you stories about their lives. Learn new things about what life was like when they were kids, and learn about people in your family you don’t know very well, or at all.

·         If you are writing fiction (a story that isn’t real or true), you can use stories from your family’s history as a starting point, but change names, places, and details to fit your ideas.

·         If you are writing nonfiction (a story that is true), make sure your family knows you are writing about them, and that they feel comfortable sharing their stories and histories for you to write about.

Do some research on people, places, and things you’re interested in. Maybe you studied something in school that really caught your interest, like a historical event, or an interesting person. Use the things you like and are interested in to find ideas for your stories.

·         Your hobbies count here, too. For example, if you really like horseback riding, maybe you could write a story about a character who also rides horses. Or, if you like soccer, maybe your main character could be a famous athlete.

·         Think of your interests and hobbies, and then do some research on these things for even more inspiration. Use your school’s library, or ask your parents’ permission to do an internet search on the subject.

Writing Your Book

Start with an outline. An outline is a tool for organizing your ideas into chronological order. By making an outline, you will be able to write your book without forgetting any ideas you had for the plot. You will also be able to have a clear idea of what will happen in your book before you write it.

·         You can format your outline however you want. Traditionally, you start each section with a shorthand header, and then use bullet points below that header to briefly map out what will happen in that section.

·         You can also write separate outlines for different parts of your book. For example, you might have one outline that explains the plot, and have another outline that organizes all the information and ideas you have for your main characters, or even your setting.

Move from your outline to writing your first draft. Once you have your outline written, it should be easier to start writing your actual book. This will just involve taking your shorthand ideas on your outline and expanding them into full chapters and scenes.

·         You can try using what is called “The Snowflake Method” which means you start with one sentence—maybe the first sentence of your book, or just of a certain chapter—then work to expand that into a full paragraph, and so on, until you have a large chunk of text.

·         The great thing about having an outline prepared is that you can make changes to it as you write and not end up confused or disorganized. So, as you expand your outline into your book, keep tracking your changes on that outline to keep yourself organized.

Write interesting scenes and dialogue. A very important part of writing a good book is making sure you have a lot of action and dialogue between your characters. A great place to look for an example of good scenes and dialogue is in your favorite books.

·         Try not to be too formal with your dialogue. Think about who your characters are—are they kids like you? Grownups? If they’re kids, think about how you and your friends talk. Think about how your conversations sound. Try to write dialogue that sounds like a real conversation.

·         Use action in your scenes. Give your characters something to do. After your main character tells his mom he’s a superhero, does his mom scream? Does she jump around the room in excitement? Let your characters react physically, as well as through words.

Show, don’t tell. When writing your book, you want to try and avoid telling your readers outright every detail of the story. For example, rather than telling the reader that your characters are in a forest, take some time to describe the setting in detail, and let the reader see those characters in a forest.

·         Be very descriptive. Rather than writing something that is flat or too simple, try going into detail about the scenes you’re writing. Describe the setting. Describe the way your character looks. Describe the weather or even the tone of someone’s voice when they speak.

·         When writing descriptions, think about your five senses: taste, sight, smell, sound, and touch. What does your character taste? What does the setting smell and sound like? What can your character feel or see? Use these senses to write interesting, effective descriptions

Altering and Revising Your Book

Perused and alter your first draft. After you've composed your entire first draft, you will even now have a considerable measure of work to do. Begin by perusing once again the entire thing. Perused painstakingly, and utilize a highlighter to make a note of anything you need to settle or change.

•      Many scholars recommend that printing out your work is the most ideal approach to alter. In this way, in the event that you wrote your book or story on a PC, print it out and utilize the paper duplicate to make your edits.

•      Reading you're working so everyone can hear will help you see botches you won't not see when you read it noiselessly in your mind. This is on account of you will constrain yourself to peruse each sentence painstakingly.

•      Mark any mix-ups in spelling and accentuation, and stamp any issues you see with sentences that won't not sound right, or places you need to change or settle.

•      Make beyond any doubt your written work is steady, which means it continues through to the end all through. For instance, on the off chance that you begin writing in past tense ("He was") and afterward moved to writing in current state ("He is"), you will need to alter this to stick to one tense all through.

Shine your last draft. After you've experienced once and stamped slip-ups, settle and change all that you set apart in your first draft. At that point, experience a second time. Attempt to hold up a couple days between every draft to give yourself an arrangement of new eyes the second time through.

•      Try concentrating on various parts of your book every time you alter. For instance, possibly the main alter you concentrate on the discourse, while the second alter concentrates more on the depiction or plot.

Choose in the event that you need outlines in your book. You can do them yourself, or even request that a companion help! A few writers have representations all through their book, while others have little drawings toward the begin of every part. You can choose to have a few representations, or none by any stretch of the imagination.

•      If you approach a companion for help in drawing your representations, ensure you give your companion credit on the cover sheet!

•      Try utilizing diverse mediums when making your representations, if you have them. For instance, have a go at drawing some by hand, and after that check whether making them on a PC is better.

Distributed Your Book

Utilize an internet distributed administration. There are many approaches to distribute your book online and after that offer it with your loved ones. Scribblitt is a device for children that permit you to compose, outline, and plan books, and in addition have them printed and sent to you. A few elements of this site do cost cash, however, so ensure you talk this over with your parents.

•      You can likewise distribute your story online and let an online group read and appreciate it. KidPub is a by children, for children discussion where children can post their stories and section books for each other to peruse and appreciate.

Have your book printed. Utilizing an administration like Scribblitt or LuLu.com, you can have your book professionally bound and printed, for a charge. LuLu will even give you a chance to offer duplicates of your book on the web. You will require a guardian or gatekeeper's authorization and get to and utilize these administrations.

•      Keep as a top priority that any online administrations may oblige you to be a specific age to utilize their administrations. That is the reason it's critical for you to have your folks' help when utilizing these sites and printing your book.

Send your work to a kids' magazine. There are magazines that particularly distribute work by children, so take a stab at sending your story to one of these magazines! Each huge creator needed to begin some place, and getting your story distributed in a magazine is an awesome spot to start.

•      Stone Soup is a mainstream magazine that distributes work by children, for children. To get a thought of what sort of stories they like, and for more data on the most proficient method to submit work to them, get a duplicate from your library, or request a duplicate from their site. You should be 13 years of age or more youthful to submit work to Stone Soup.

•      NewPages.com is a site that helps scholars discovers spots to send their work for distribution. There is an exceptional part of the site for children and youthful essayists. Check there for redesigned and current data on magazines that empower entries from youthful authors.