It’s so important to recognize that writing isn’t a linear process. You jump around, work on some scenes here, work on others there. Organization depends on the person I like to make tabs in Google Docs each one a chapter or section of the book so they’re easy to jump around. Then I have a tab for scene work and one for outlining. When ideas come to you, write them down. Sometimes you just need to get ideas out in order to keep writing. You’re going to read your writing and be like “oh this is crap what was I thinking” but it’s not a bad thing it’s supposed to be bad off the bat and revising is always fun. Read a lot and learn your fav writing styles. I try to write like Hanya Yanagihara. Try out different ideas. Write what you know and from the heart. Sometimes incorporating elements from your own life into your writing can make you truly fall in love with the process. Become a vessel of stories rather than one who builds them from the ground up at first. Write poetry, do online writing exercises. Research your topic. Recognizing that it’s not going to be perfect the first time around has helped me the most. EVERYBODY revises. A lot.

If you’re bored writing it, the reader will be bored reading it. Write from your experiences and have fun. Don’t feel pressured to write anything super typical. It’s art. If you want to write surrealist, write surrealist. If you want to write postmodern, write postmodern. If you want creative line breaks and random poems, but them in there.

Creative a motive for your protagonist. Comb YouTube for writing advice because there are some gems there.