For those that have written novels/novellas and the like, how

Just write everything down and figure it out later

>>8429520
I just started out with a few bullet points in a word file, then eventually expanded the ideas and characters into a rough outline of each chapter (approx. 3-5 sentences for each one).

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>>8429520
Having structure. Read any books or watch a movie for you to see it faster. Let me take The Fault in Our Stars as an example.

>desire
>conflict
>resolution

First of all, you need a scene to hook up the readers and setup the character (he / she needs to be relatable or at least make us care for him / her).

John Green introduces Hazel Grace Lancaster early on in the novel, a young independant smart girl who is sick (makes us feel sorry and care for her) and lonely because no boyfriend (makes us relate to her because book readers are just people who lack sexual activity).

She meets fellow cancer survival Augustus. They both want to know the ending of this book that a /r9k/ writer is prepping in his comfy Amsterdam apartment.

But her implicit desire is to get laid with a hot Chad from /fit/ so her life has some gratification.

>conflict

Hazel gets sick all of a sudden and it makes her feel like she's a grenade that will blow up and ruin Chad's life. She doesn't want that and becomes sad.

They fight off the problem and prove that love survives everything.

But then in the end of the second act, Augustus (Chad) reveals that he is the one who is sick and is going to die. So we need to keep reading this shitty book.

>resolution

Augustus dies but Hazel realizes that despite of everything, she got gratification enough and that he was super great and the best person ever. And then she improves and becomes more mature herself (this is called an arch, when a character changes).

See, it's not so hard. Bravo, John Green!

Ideas kill the project. What about you start writing and see how it turns out.