It seems hard for me to start writing novels, I don’t know why..
Am planning on how to be submitting my book on goodnovel and iReader, so that they will pay me for my story..

Thank you very much sir, I really appreciate.
Please 🙏 do you have a group were people learn how to write novels?

Hi Luciana,

Thank you for your comment! I believe Romeo does kill Paris in Juliet’s tomb, though I think it’s at least partly out of self-defense, as Paris is in Juliet’s tomb when Romeo arrives, and Paris mistakes Romeo for a vandal. Of course, I also read the story a long time ago, so the details are a bit hazy for me, too. We watched Baz Luhrmann’s R&J in my 9th grade English class, which captured Shakespeare’s delightful chaos impeccably well. I’m glad you enjoyed the article!

I read Romeo and Juliet a loooong time ago, in verse, but I’m sure he didn’t kill Paris.
Paris never dies, at least in that story.
It was Tibald, Juliet’s cousin. He wanted to provoke Romeo and ended up killing Mercutio, Romeo’s friend. The last thing Romeo wanted was to harm one of Juliet’s family members, but the tragedy starts with the death of both Mercutio and Tibald.
I was fifteen when I read it. I watched the film, borrowed the record… didn’t wear the t-shirt and didn’t buy the mug. Different times back then.

Lovely article. Lovely site.

Hi JT,

Congratulations on writing your outline! Use it as scaffolding for the story. You’ve given yourself this roadmap for the beats your story needs to hit, so you can start writing your draft off of this. Don’t worry about making the first draft perfect—this is where you nail the story down. Other considerations, like style and theme, can wait until you’re editing.

It sounds like you primarily write flash fiction (under 1,500 words), so you might also be interested in this article:

https://writers.com/how-to-write-flash-fiction

Best of luck to you!

Sean

I like to write stories. However, my stories are choppy. and too long, 1,000 words rather than 600 words. A proofreader suggested I do an outline. I saw your article on the internet. I followed your lead and used Freytag’s pyramid to make my first outline. Thank you. (I am so proud.). Now, how do I take the outline and convert the outline into a polished work of fiction?

Suggest whatever way does work. I.do could not see it. Thank you for your support

Sincerely,

JDT