Achieve Your Milestone: The Best Tips To Finish That Long Novel
Posted: Friday, November 07, 2008
by Franz Bonaparta
There are those days that we become sick of being uncivilized video game playing, potato chip munching, and Superbowl watching homeboy and you decide to inject some culture into your system. So how do you start? You take the thickest novel that you can find in your home library. Say, a Don Quixote or an Anna Karenina. The first chapter flies by without a hitch. The language is starting to take its toll come the second chapter but still you manage to pull through. But come the third chapter you suddenly let out a shrill cry, throw the hapless book out the window and start watching some reruns of 'Cops'. Your stint with sophistication began, endured and ended in all but 20 minutes.
l Listen to music that you abhor: The biggest problem with using music as a reading aid is that listening to music you like can distract you from a lot of the things that you are doing, and that includes the novel you are struggling to finish. So what could be better than listening to that horrid Spice Girls records of your youth to get you concentrating on your literature?
l Practice the chapter break: After you finish a chapter, it would be an amazing idea to stop for a while to rest, reflect, and prepare your mind for what comes next. If you are a coffee drinker or a smoker, this would be the best time to pick up your beloved companions. Breaks like these not only give you a few moments peace, they also give you time to ruminate on what happened last chapter and the actions of the characters.
l Character impressions: This may be a bit of a stretch for some casual readers but this is one of the best ways for a disconnected reader to get into the shoes of the characters and almost feel the situation for themselves. Repeating the exploits of your favorite characters would do wonders to get you involved in the story. If you chosen character got hit by a car, you can ask your bodybuilder of a neighbor to give you a tackle. Just make sure you don't go overboard!
These are just a few ways for you to get into the novel reading groove. Who know, with these methods you may be the one writing novels in a few years! If you want more tips on how to finish that novel, just visit: http://lifehackery.com/2008/10/30/entertainment-4/.
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