Any tips or advice for someone interested in writing something as long as a book?

i decided i want to write a story that is super long like a book.


i was wondering if anybody knew how authors planned out their stories, since books are so long. and any comments about the writing style of writing books as opposed to just short stories. if you have noticed in books a paragraph will be like 2 sentences. or something and than the next line will be indented again. i don't no. i'm interested in writing a long story, although the topic of the story hasn't come to me fully yet, i was basically looking for some good pointers, and adviceAny tips or advice for someone interested in writing something as long as a book?
I have never finished an entire book, though I certainly try. I think my fault lies in trying to go chronologically rather than writing parts that could come later when I think of them. This is what Stephenie Meyers did (even if you don't like her books, it works). Writing style doesn't seem to be much different, just be aware that when writing a book, the action can be spread out more, it doesn't all have to occur within three pages of writing or whatever.Any tips or advice for someone interested in writing something as long as a book?
ive never written a book before but i do know that authors think about each thing there going to write about. They plan out the whole story before they even begin to write it....or at least i think
I've been working on trying to finish a novel for years. I'm only 19, but I'm trying to get one done (at least a first draft) before I graduate from college, but it's a lot of work.





Basically, you need some ideas, either for a character or a conflict, and then you can build from there. It's really fun to create a whole set of characters and settings and situations.





I might suggest some English or writing classes though...it looks like your grammar could use a little work. =]





Oh, and as to style, that's entirely up to you - it's what makes what you write unique. You don't have to mimic the way that other novels are formed.
Different authors do things in different ways and you can ask a librarian for books with authors discussing how they write. Most take many notes, keeping a notebook or files of ideas and scenes and go back to review them to see what they think. Some authors create characters they like and find a story that will carry them along. Some think of plot lines and work out a more and more detailed description of the story as narrative or outline, then go back and create the details with characters that work within the story. Some find places that stimulate their ideas and people the places and write scenes for the people until something fits together.


When we analyze books we talk about characters, plots and subplots and settings, but most authors do not work with all of those constructs; they deal with one very well and have to strain to build the others in a way that will make their editor and readers happy.