User blog comment:Smokelahoma/Looking for a mentor/@comment-3508932-20140927094909

I need some clarification. There are different processess for writing. I find that when writing a short story, I start out with a general idea or tone for the overall tale and I see where that takes me. Sometimes I write something that just turns out horrible so I delete it and write it over again. It just takes a couple of practice rounds.

If you're writing a book, that's a different ball game. I'm currently writing a book and it is difficult. I find that character maps and event maps help me piece parts of the story together. The other half of the book isn't story, it's the voice of the author.

Make sure that before you start writing anything as a whole, you know your voice and you know exactly how you want to say something.