Starting a Book; the Official Guide

Hello, people! This is Emilie Graye! How's all the writing going? I like posting a lot, which is an annoyance to Patricia who is like "duuuude... chill out." But I'm like "DUUR it's a blog! You're supposed to post stuff!" and she's like "YEAH BUT NOT TWICE IN ONE DAY". But anyway.
     I'm here to help you start your book. Take notes.
     Bet you're thinking, "gee, thanks..." but yeah, this kind of help is just one of the many things that make me so nice. *waits for shove from Patricia*
     FIRST OF ALL, you need to find your alley in which things shall go down. What's your genre? Do you like fantasy? Historical fiction? Non-fiction? Biographies? (nevermind...) or do you like sci-fi and dystopian? Step One is to decide. It's not that hard. (that was sarcastic, btw) Yeah, just go ahead and choose. No pressure or anything.
     After you choose, you need to follow the simple layout. If you haven't figured out, this is Step Two.

Layouts

Fantasy

1 or 2 main characters. Main characters find something that changes their lives. They have a goal they need to reach, and a problem to solve. Someone or something tries to hinder the problem. Main character defeats hindering person or thing and solves problem and reaches goal. 

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Non-Fiction and Historical Fiction

1 or 2 main characters. Main characters find something that changes their lives. They have a goal they need to reach, and a problem to solve. Someone or something tries to hinder the problem. Main character defeats hindering person or thing and solves problem and reaches goal. 

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Sci-Fi // Dystopian (if you wanna get technical on me)

1 or 2 main characters. Main characters find something that changes their lives. They have a goal they need to reach, and a problem to solve. Someone or something tries to hinder the problem. Main character solves problem but dies.

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Anyway, once you find your layout, Step Three is deciding main characters. All you have to do is slap a boy and a girl in there for automatic romance, or make them both the same gender and then have the other gender come along and you can be all like "oooooh la la!" but yeah...

     Then, the plot. I can't help you with that! BECAUSE ITS IN YOUR HEAD. Unless you want me to go all Inheritance Cycle on you, which I don't recommend. My magic is undefeatable. WAS THAT OUT LOUD??

So, I probably didn't really help you out, but whatever... I like blogging. Bye!

- Emily Graye