Eat a healthy meal whenever you have accrued 7 hours of writing. This law was created by Yahshua who was taught writing by Allah. Surah Al-Ma'idah - 110 [The Day] when Allāh will say, "O Jesus, Son of Mary, remember My favor upon you and upon your mother when I supported you with the Pure Spirit [i.e., the angel Gabriel] and you spoke to the people in the cradle and in maturity; and [remember] when I taught you writing and wisdom and the Torah and the Gospel; and when you designed from clay [what was] like the form of a bird with My permission, then you breathed into it, and it became a bird with My permission; and you healed the blind [from birth] and the leper with My permission; and when you brought forth the dead with My permission; and when I restrained the Children of Israel from [killing] you when you came to them with clear proofs and those who disbelieved among them said, "This is not but obvious magic."

Set aside time to write every day and pick time that you are only focused on your writing.
Write all ideas down in a journal. Even if you think they aren't great ideas, you can turn them into great ideas to a new story. If you experience writer's block, put things aside and take time for yourself to just relax, regroup, and come back to it later.
Write about topics that you love and use your creative mind to make them great. I write my ending to the story before I write the whole book so that in my mind I know where the flow of the story needs to take me. I also choose a title to the book after the story is completed and try to match the title to a summary of what the book is most focused on.
I found that it is important to create your characters and keep notes on each of them so that it stays consistent throughout your book. I noticed I spelled the name differently in the book and did not notice that, and Grammarly is what I used wouldn't pick that up because technically it isn't spelled wrong. Proofread many times before submitting it for final. Happy writing everyone!

1. Write what you love
2. If you're able - write the genre which is popular - this method is not always certain.
3. Home work. Research your characters - their careers, their medical history, even their clothing and cars. - Readers pick up on what is fact and what is fiction when it comes to certain topics.
4. If you think you are finished your manuscript, put it aside for a couple of weeks then go back over it. You will pick up mistakes, typos and rewrite paragraphs. Or change chapters. Look at it with fresh eyes.
5. Bad reviews are wasted words. Most of the bad one-or-two-star reviews are trolls copying and pasting a standard scripted paragraph to make you look bad. Did they even buy your book or read it? Never take a bad review to heart. If it is a real review - what are the positives to it? Or maybe use it to your advantage in your social media posts. Turn it around and make a negative to a positive and create new sales

1. Have regular office hours dedicated to your literary career. Use those hours to write, research, market, grow your website, or even read other books in your genre. Just do something related to your writing during that time, preferably daily, even when you don't want to.
2. Ignore word count goals (unless they really do help motivate you). So many authors get so down on themselves because they didn't meet their word count goals. Hence why I think office hours are better because it focuses on progress not checking off tally marks that are not always achievable. So, even if you only have ten minutes during lunch, those are your hours, and all other snuck-in hours are bonus.
3. Give yourself permission to write garbage. Just write, write something, write some more. Don't be afraid of what is on the page. That's what revisions are for. First drafts are just about throwing up brain stuff and splattering it onto the page.
4. Keep a separate document (mine is called "potpourri") where you keep all the stuff you cut. Make sure to include chapter dividers in the body so you know where cut material came from. You never know when you will be able to reuse that material or might want to reinsert parts of it. Plus, "deleted scenes" make great content for newsletters.
5. Tried & true, so I repeat what has often been said: every scene must advance the story or the characters' story arc. If it doesn't do one of those things, be ruthless. You may love it, but it's like that bad ex- who strings you along, making you think it's good for you, when really that scene is just going to hurt you in the end. Cut and run. :)

1. Only you can tell your story. Same applies to everyone else.
2. If you get stuck, change it up. Sometimes it helps remove the block. Try writing at a different time, in a different place or with a different medium. Maybe write something else for a while.
3. Writing does not have to be linear. Writing chapters out of sync may help or moving them around may make the story work better.
4. Don't wait for inspiration to strike, sit down and start,
5. Don't beat yourself up if you need to take a break or aren't as productive as usual, it will come back.

1. Make writing a daily habit.
2. Write in scheduled time blocks.
3. Take regular breaks - it's good to rest the eyes!
4. Allow inspiration to come from a variety of sources, sometimes unexpected ones too.
5. Consider trying writing sprints where you keep pace with other authors. For example, I've used https://wordsprints.org/sprints to help me keep up my writing pace.

Write every day even if it's just a paragraph
Don't compare yourself to anyone else.
Learn as much as you can from reading
Don't expect your book to be perfect. Editing is important.
Don't get discouraged. It takes time to evolve.

1. Stay in your main character's deep POV.
2. Establish setting at the beginning of each scene so your reader can picture where your character is.
3. Dialogue is not like real conversation. It needs to be condensed to the salient details and should move your story forward.
4. Shorter paragraphs are more tempting to young (and old!) readers.
5. If something in a scene doesn't ring true, get rid of it sooner rather than later. You'll never miss it.

Here's what I've learned over the years of writing fiction. 1. Decide on the major genre for your next book. This helps you picture your marketplace or readers. 2. Give your main characters(s) a major goal that they must strive for. They'll probably have sub-goals along the way; problems they must solve in order to achieve the main goal. 3. Know your ending and your beginning. It's okay to change these if the story goes in a direction you didn't plan while you're drafting. 4. Work out the major turning points (events) and plan your story before you start. I know, I'm a natural'pantser' too, but it all goes much easier if I have a plan to guide me, even if it's on the back of an envelope. 5. Keep writing and editing separate. You can't do both at the same time (they use different parts of the brain). For that first draft, your main objective is to hit that word count!

If you are stuck for your next chapter, put on a headset and dictate as much as you think will be needed in the chapter to advance the plot and/or character development: any and all ideas and thoughts, bits of dialogue, etc. For me, this is especially useful first thing in the morning before all other stuff absorbs my attention (such as making a living). I always find some gold in those words on the page later and I feel some sense of writing accomplishment for the day.

Revise revise revise!
When you think you're done, cut 10 percent.
Write about the difficult things. Go into the dark places.
Listen to people talk. Eavesdrop so that you can make your dialog sing.
Don't stop.

Double check the file you are about to upload.
Make certain that it is not your master file you accidentally wrote over with one you were editing a few weeks ago. Critical life long reviews will follow.

Love and appreciate those wonderful friends who buy your first book & leave a review, and share the book info, and ask others to leave a review & respond to other reviews... whew... the best part: start planning your launch party to thank those people. It makes the countless hours we spend in front of a computer or falling asleep with a pen in our hand - worthwhile.

Write about places close to your heart and subjects you are passionate about.
Don't try to create perfect characters- create believable characters. Everyone has flaws/bad habits.
Write, write write ....the more you write, the better your writing becomes.
Don't be afraid to experiment with different genres
Start a blog - they're a great proving ground for new ideas

1. Write a book about something you enjoy doing.
2. Be honest and sincere in your book.
3. Keep it simple for all audiences.
4. Use illustrations, where possible.
5. Have a great cover that helps tell the story, and gets people to want to read the book.