Always a good sign.
Nobody reads any of mine until I've finished the whole lot and edited it many times.
Your first paragraph leads to the best advice you can ever give an aspiring writer. It always sounds flippant but 'start writing'. You'll never know until you put words on a page. You don't need fancy tools or a degree in creative writing, just a pen and paper or a computer.
@Epping may have got there before you.
It's interesting to see how others approach this kind of stuff. I generally don't plot my stories before I start (did with The Wanderer up to a point) but I have hundreds of pieces of paper floating around with ideas written on them. I still have them all for The Wanderer, loads of loose sheets and a couple of notebooks. I'll see if I can dig them out and photograph them. I often don't write them chronologically either. I've written the endings for a few of my stories well before I should have just because an irresistible idea hit me. I think this method is useful as it gives you a bit of focus as to where you're going to take the story. Didn't have a phone when I did the novel, but now I make notes on my mobile too. Saves time as I can email them to myself and edit them on my laptop. I looked at a pro writing tool as some of the options seemed useful but baulked at the price. Didn't seem worth it when I write so sporadically these days.This series of blogs is more about how long it takes and what's involved in writing a novel, so maybe not for the OP although the last two may be of interest.
Time to write (How long does it take to write a novel?)
Writer’s get asked many questions “what’s your proper job?”, “are you rich?” and “have you thought about writing about a wizard who lives under the stairs?” being just a few of them. One of the mos…wp.me
Time to write. (How long does it take to write a novel Pt.2)
As discussed in my previous blog, I’d been dipping in and out of the idea of writing Troll Life for about a year or so and did some work on a synopsis and character profiles in the summer of 2016. …Time to write. (How long does it take to write a novel Pt.3)
In my previous blogs I have tried to outline how long it is taking me to write my latest novel. I’d got up to the second read through of the first draft and that had taken me 140 hours. Synopsis an…
Time to write. (How long does it take to write a novel? Pt 4)
It’s been a while since I posted about the editing of my new novel as I’ve been a little bit busy with other stuff. More to follow on that in another blog soon. In my last blog on how long it was t…
Time to write. (How long does it take to write a novel? Pt 5)
It’s been quite some time since I last gave an update on my editing process. Back in October I was up to 197 hours worth of effort in writing and editing my fourth novel, Troll Life. This week I hi…
The final edit. (How long does it take to write a novel Part 6)
The final edit. (How long does it take to write a novel Part 6) It was way back in June when I last did one of these blogs on how long it was taking me to write my fourth novel, Troll Life. At that…
My process has changed again with the fifth novel and I now have a professional editing tool, ProWritingAid. Gives a great insight into how the novel is shaping up.
My approach has evolved and has changed again since I wrote those blogs.
After you told me about him, I had a google, and well I never eh? Fair play to the lad. I would never have thought it when we used to meet up with you at the match.
Nope, amazing isn't it. He credits me with getting him to do it but it was all him.
I am a nutritionist and my mate is a top chef, together we have a beauty of a recipe book.
It isn't.
She'll be hearing from my lawyers. That's praise indeed! Glad you liked it. A short review on Amazon would do wonders for my sales and, if you're on Goodreads I'd appreciate it if you could give me a positive rating.
It's something I've never really done. Can you pop a link up so I can have a peruse?
It's about The Length of 1.5
It isn't.
That's praise indeed! Glad you liked it. A short review on Amazon would do wonders for my sales and, if you're on Goodreads I'd appreciate it if you could give me a positive rating.
Thanks a lot. Reviews often mean a boost in sales, so I appreciate you taking the time.Done
“I really enjoyed reading The Wanderer. I am a big fan of dystopian genre, and this was a slight different angle of just a young man trying to survive one day at a time.
I liked the idea of somebody who doesn’t conveniently have skill set to survive, but every day a challenge, having to learn survival by trial and error. His fear of the unknown is well written.”
This is the one I find most helpful for good book recommendations;It isn't.
That's praise indeed! Glad you liked it. A short review on Amazon would do wonders for my sales and, if you're on Goodreads I'd appreciate it if you could give me a positive rating.
It's something I've never really done. Can you pop a link up so I can have a peruse?
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