How writing a novel is like a scientific experiment
There is a process to writing a book.
Some novice writers think all you have to do is sit down and write; put words on paper. That’s all there is to it. But that’s not all there is to it. There is a process to writing a novel, a good novel anyway. I didn’t know that, not really, when I started writing my first novel.
My previous experience with writing was writing academic papers and health-related articles. The process for that type of writing is based on the scientific method.
1. Begin with a hypothesis.
2. Decide what you want to determine. What are the questions you want to answer?
3. Collect data to support or refute your hypothesis.
4. Analyze the data.
5. Come up with a conclusion, answer the questions.
6. Test that conclusion.
Writing a novel is like that. Kind of. At least that’s how I went about it. The writing of that first novel was a kind of experiment. Trial and error. A lot of trials and even more errors.
