The key to writing a good book

 The best way to write an amazing book is to be absolutely in love with the idea of it before even writing anything for the book. 

I've written a few books now and it dawned on me while writing my current book, that I can do so much better if I'm eager to read my own book. When writing a book doesn't feel like a chore or work, it's far easier to write something worth spending hours reading and the process goes along smoothly. Your ideas are able to naturally flow and the story writes itself through your hands. You should love your character or characters before you know exactly who they're going to be, it's important that your story has a strong grasp on you. I wrote a book that looked amazing on paper and I wanted to know more about the character before plotting the story, but I wasn't in love. So it ended up being a hard process and it took me far longer than expected to create the book. I worked hard on it and I wanted to finish the story, but I lost interest in reading it myself. Reading it to edit felt like something I was forced to do. With my current story I can't stop anticipating the end, I want to be done with it already so I can read it myself. Everything in each chapter is just flowing out and I'm on pace to be finished weeks before I planned to be. But to be very clear, this doesn't mean that you can't write a great story if you're not madly in love with it. I just found that loving what you're doing makes the process far more satisfying. Sometimes you're not in love with a story and don't find it to be interesting, while everybody else is waiting on the next instalment. I'm just saying that it's enjoyable to write a story you want to be a part of, the fulfilment of finally finishing it is far more immense. Try to write stories that you find yourself stuck in and stories that you randomly think of new ideas for. Writing shouldn't always feel like a never ending job.