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One of the most efficient mechanisms that leads a person into victory is his/her instincts. If you know the right method to follow your instincts, it signifies the ushering in of your victory.
Naturally, two questions spring up in your mind:

1. How are instincts related to novel writing?
2. How to let the instinct take control?

Well, the answer is relatively very simple. It’s a common five minute exercise. You might be practising this already. If not, try doing this. It really works!

You just need to take some time out from the busy shcdule for relaxing, that’s all. This method- which you might be already doing- goes like this:

1. Get yourself a timer. If you don’t have a timer, use your cellphone- almost all the mobiles have timers in them. Now set 5 minutes alarm to your timer.
2. Be strict and take only 5 minutes. Cheating your instincts doesn’t do any good than cheating yourself.
3. Imagine yourself as the view point character(in a novel with single viewpoint), or just look around the premise of your novel. By premise, I mean the general theme- or the idea on which you are going to construct your novel on.
4. Now forget about grammar and editing for the time being. You don’t want them now. Why? That’s because you are not going to write a content; you are only going to draw a map.
5. Now start writing whatever that comes to your mind. Anything doesn’t matter. Just jot down the points, you need not be very specific about the grammar and framing the right sentences.
6. If you can’t find anything to write, just read the thing what you have written over and over again. Don’t force your mind to think about the next point. Let it come to you naturally.
7. Keep tapping your flow of ideas into the paper (or software) till you run out of time. (if the flow doesn’t stop within 5 minutes- don’t stop. Keep writing.)

Now you have a very rough map which makes it more easier to write your novel. This is one rough-and-ready factor that has a tremendous effect on the actual novel writing process.

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