Charlotte’s Web is one of the many now famous Puffin Books that was published in the 1950s. In 2000, it was named by Publishers Weekly as the all time best-selling children’s book.

The book is about a pig named Wilbur who is born the runt of the litter and is destined for slaughter. The farmer’s daughter, Fern, begs her father to let her keep the piglet, which she has named Wilbur. When Wilbur is too old to say on the farm with Fern, he is sent to live with her Uncle Homer, where he meets Charlotte the spider and a whole barnyard full of interesting new friends. You will laugh, you will cry, you will fall in love with Charlotte’s Web.

One of the best places to begin to be acquainted with the written text is at your local public library. The library is a fun and exciting place where you can learn all sorts of things. You can learn about one of you heroes in the biography section or get help on a school project in the science section or get informed in the current events section. There are so many different genres to explore at your local public library; you will find yourself coming back again and again just to experience them all.

Most libraries these days also offer CDs and DVDs. Many libraries also provide internet access. All you need to get started is a library card and you are ready to let the exciting world of books pull you into the magic.

Age

It is not that relevant, if the person is old enough to write his or her name, he or she can indeed write a book
Topic

If it is your very first book, the ideal thing is that you write about something that you are passionate and well versed about

Research

Once you get a hold of what it takes and how to write a book, then you can choose a topic and do the corresponding research; however, even if you are extremely well versed on a subject, it will never hurt to do some additional research, just to freshen your knowledge.

Materials

It is “greener” to do the writing directly on your computer, using a mechanical typewriter is indeed something that some writers prefer and for others having the simple notebook is what suits them; however, consider materials and cost of such materials: Paper, ink, pencils, pens and so on.

Shared publishing

Some houses like to try out new writers, but they are still a business that needs to have a secure gain to continue trying with new writers and at the same time being able to pay their employees. Therefore, they will publish your work just as long as you agree to cover half of the publishing expenses; you will have the endorsement of the publishing company and all the connections, you will just have to pay your half.

Author’s promotion

This means that the publishing house will agree to print your book, BUT you will have the sole responsibility to sell it nationwide. To achieve this, mostly you will have to visit libraries and other book stores and ask them to sell your book on commission, that is, if they sell any books, they will pay you minus their commission and they will return to you all the books that were not sold.

Publish online

There are many websites that will accept any and all works and present them to visitors, they will in turn participate on a voting poll and those writers whose books have the highest votes will be real-world published.

If you are a novice writer, you will certainly be tempted to send the whole work to each and every possible publisher, but there is no need to do that. It will suffice if you make a summary or even a condensation of the work that you have and submit this short compilation to the prospective publisher.

Keep in mind that it has to be short, but not that short that it will diminish the quality and impact of your complete work. That is, if your book is 300 pages, a 15-30 page summary will suffice.

But the most important thing is for you not to submit anything if you haven’t got your author’s registry yet. Once you have finished your work, make sure to make the short overall overview and submit that one too for author’s registry. As soon as you’ve got the registry for both of them then you are good to go.

There are many ways to overcome the infamous writer’s block, each writer has to seek the one that will suit the best, however, here are some pointers:

Take some time off

Try to focus your activities into something that is completely and totally opposite to the thing or subject that you are currently doing your book on; if you are writing about or of poetry, seek something opposite like science fiction or even a horror movie to do the trick.

Work on something else

Sometimes the writer’s block appears when you are saturated in the subject; if, for instance, you are writing a biography of an important military character, then try writing a short story on fairies and goblins.

Do any other activity

Sometimes a writer’s block is caused by simple stress; performing any physical activity will help you get rid of such stress and as a result, you will be able to overcome the writer’s block.

But there are other types of books that are more “artistic” to name the overall style, they are fictional books that are not based upon real life events. Either because the place does not exist or because it is placed in an imaginary world with imaginary characters; either human or otherwise. It is indeed difficult – to say the least - to control inspiration in such a manner that you can experience it from 9 to 5 and then switch it off.

Needless to say, what happens with poetry, the ultimate artistic written expression; the poet cannot sit down at a desk for a specific time and develop what will constitute the fuel for human emotions.

Even still, there are those who state that there is no possibility of successfully writing a book if there is no schedule and deadline set in advance. Therefore, if you are planning on writing your first book, novel or even poem, then you need to seek what will work better for you; scheduled or not.