How does one start writing a novel? I have a long, detailed idea

>>35773757
Set up a few chapters and start writing. You don't need to write them in sequence either. Fill in between those chapters. I'm currently writing a math book

Write a short story around the premise of your novel and expand from there, or write a few chapters (not necessarily contiguous ones, just ones where the idea is clearest to you and you could do the most thorough job).

Kinda like drawing, anon. You start with a sketch and then flesh out from there.

sit down and start writing it

you won't have an easier time doing it any other way.

>>35773757
Whats your storybook gonna be about Mr Robot

>>35773841
A Vampire King who collects taxes in blood not shekels

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>>35773757
>Be me
>Watch Game of Thrones
>That scene where Jon Snow talks to the King Beyond the Wall
>Notice that the scene, in isolation, is two people discussing an armistice
>I try my hand at writing interesting scenes
>Main character convinces someone to go to war
>That someone has to lie about main character's city of origin
>Main character talking to a girl in an army camp
>Two kings arguing with each other at the end of the war
>The scenes don't even have sequitur, but they're all kinda cool in isolation

At that point, I had already sussed out my writing style and established the world it would all take place in. Writing the story from that point was less about thinking about it and more about doing it. By the end of the drafting process, the final chapters were a complete story that detailed every part of the undertaking with something interesting happening in every chapter.

The hardest part is figuring out a creative way of starting it. Then you just keep writing out the plot.

t. ~30k words into my shitty novel

>>35773757
1. get off /r9k/
2. write novel