: Things you can do: Fan Fiction Forums Building on nick012000's answer, find a forum that hosts fan fiction for a book series you already like and participate in it. Write up whatever you think

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Fan Fiction Forums
Building on nick012000's answer, find a forum that hosts fan fiction for a book series you already like and participate in it. Write up whatever you think is interesting, post it to the forum, and then pay attention to the criticism. Learn what makes a story good, and take that knowledge to producing your own original work.
You will make absolutely no money at all from this, but consider the time invested as your education for your intended vocation.
Read, read, and read some more
Read books on every subject, non-fiction as well as fiction, so that you have broad knowledge on as many different subjects as you can find the time for. Your capacity for learning will never be higher than it is now, so take advantage of it.
The only books you should avoid: Works of fiction from the genre in which you intend to work; you will run the risk of imitating them in your own works.
Give up your other hobbies
If you're serious about this, you no longer have a favorite TV show or video game. In fact, aside from reading, writing, and reviewing feedback of works you have submitted for criticism, your only hobby should be something to do with physical fitness; everything else will just eat up your time and give you nothing worth the time in return.
E-publishing
You are wonderfully lucky to have this available. It wasn't around when I was your age.
There are quite a few electronic publishing houses that will publish your book without charging you any money up front. The process is highly automated, so the costs are minimal, and so both you and they get paid when individual copies are sold.
However, these involves things called contracts, and you will need a parent/guardian to sign on your behalf.
Don't Brag
You are at the age where real-life bullying is at its worst. Don't tell anyone at school about your hopes to be a novelist, or dwell on your plans. At this stage it cannot help you; your friends will still be your friends, even if you don't tell them, and the bullies will use anything you say as another pretext to go after you.

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