On Writing

How to write a novel! Hint: you need a beginning, middle and end.

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25 Responses to “On Writing”

  1. I’m not much of a story writer but do enjoy to read. I had an idea to write a story but couldn’t finish it, so I started a webstie called STORYJOIN It allows you to create stories with other members. You start a story and others finish it for you, it’s fun to see how the story ends.

  2. Um,er, um…if you turn off the sound it looks like she is conducting an orchestra!

  3. You are so funny Meg.

  4. i love your necklace!!!

  5. she should be a YouTube Partner :)

  6. Thank you so much, Meg:].

  7. THX SO MUCH!

    YOU’RE, LIKE, THE MAIN REASON I’M DEAD SET ON BECOMING AN AUTHOR!!!

    But, of course, the cat body parts kept distracting me haha. :)

  8. Indeed! Everyone loves the cat XD

  9. The cat, the cat… :)

  10. lol the cat made me laugh!

  11. I love you so.

  12. This video is the miggidy-miggidy-miggidy-mack daddy!

  13. Dear Meg Cabot,
    I love your book series Allie Finkle’s Rules For Girls and the Princess Diaries and also 1-800-WHERE-R-U-?I am your biggest fan!

  14. That’s true but Stephen King has been writing A LONG TIME and when you’re just starting out, it’s better to have a system. I think people should start with this method and as they get more practice they can start trying out different methods.

    This method is best if you want the story to actually get finished. I have so many stories in my head that I’ve never finished because I tried doing it the way you say Stephen King does it. I can never figure out the ending.

  15. ZOMG!
    Thank you soooo much! Seriously.
    I’m writing this book, and I had writers block for so long, but I realllyy want to publish it, so now I’m done with it because of you! Thank you sooo much! :D

  16. Aghh!
    I love you so much!!!(:

  17. Beginning, middle, end… it shows a cat being put together! LOL so random I actually did laugh out loud.

  18. haha the cat XD .. so funny .. but good im going to try now and write a short story :)

  19. It’s kind of funny, Stephen King writes in a whole other way. He makes up charecters, and a premise, starts writing, and let’s the story flow, until it ends.

    He says that he never knows how his stories are going to end.

    So I guess there are many different ways of writing, and that you have to find your own way of doing it.

  20. thanks meg!! aspiring writers always love a little bit of advice

  21. thanks meg!

  22. Good video! Oh, and your books are great, too!

  23. Omigosh!!
    THANK YOU!!!!
    By the way, when does the sequel to Airhead come out?

  24. I needed this…lol. My friend and I are attempting to write something.

  25. Benny the puppy.

    5 pg long novel.

    The rest of it’s fine, but a 5 pg booklinglet isn’t a novel…

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