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By Edward French, January 12, 2012 11:06 am

Writing a novel is one of those many things in life that are easier said than done, and we can attest to this. You are not alone when you make this discovery, as many novice writers and even published authors find themselves in the very same predicament. Perhaps one of the most difficult things may be trying to discover who, what, where, when, why and how you are going to develop the next “Pulitzer Prize Winning” fiction book. This article will provide you with a number of thoughts and ideas which should make your task not quite so difficult and much more enjoyable.

Your mental attitude, about why you are writing the book of your dreams, may well be the governing factor in the success or failure of your book. While there is nothing wrong with climbing the rungs of the ladder, right from rags all the way to riches, you should have the right motivation for writing your novel, and a whole lot of initiative to see its completion through.

To help you get in the right frame of mind about this, perhaps you should check out some of the statistics about having a book published in the United States. Everybody should know that here in the U.S., about 162,000 books are published on a yearly basis. Trepidation is NOT something you should feel upon reading these numbers! On the contrary, if 162,000 books will be “born”, yours can be too. There is a possibility, to put it succinctly, that if you show the passion and the gumption, the interest and the initiative, the desire and the derring-do, we could be seeing your name in the list of the New York Times’ best-sellers! If you have a passion for doing something, that should make it easier for YOU to reach your objectives.

You should be imbued with the proper mindset to be a writer — but now that we’ve established that, on to the next part, which is the subject of your novel.

Let’s face it — if you hadn’t a clue about what you want to write about, you probably wouldn’t be reading this article. For “newbies” in the world of novel writing, the approach that would most likely work for you would be to write about something that you are passionate about in life; write about something you consider a primary interest. By sticking to what tickles your fancy, that minimizes the chances of becoming bored; bored enough to stop writing your book in the middle, and if you manage to complete it, bored enough to bore people into deeming your novel as a turkey, and NOT that turkey you find on the dinner table every Thanksgiving.

Your style of writing would generally be one of those factors that are most inter-related to the subject of your book. Let’s presume you are a police officer and have decided you are extremely knowledgeable and passionate about solving murder mysteries. Take a trip to your library and check out as many books, by different authors, about murder mystery as you can. Every book be written by its respective author in a writing style that is distinct from that of the other. Find the style and the tone of voice closest to yours and use it in your writing.

As you are well aware there are many other aspects to writing, which can make writing a book difficult, they are beyond the scope of this article at this time. However, by having the right mental attitude, writing about something you know or very passionate about, taking the time to develop your own style, you should be able to start writing a novel which could become the next “best seller” - especially with some solid guidance.

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