Every person I have ever met says they are going to write a book someday. There are a lot of great stories out there and I wish the best for those that actually start writing. I am doing it and finding out just how demanding and hard it is.
Right now I am in a basement reading a secret book and for the life of me I don't know how I am going to get out of there. So I am constantly thinking about this as I work on other things. Scenario after scenario just to get me out of a basement.
I mentally marks things that are wrong as soon as I write them, knowing that every page will need revision after revision and then revision.
I am having to learn to write what I see in the story. This is massive amounts of description and back story that you never think of as you read your favorite author and I am getting better at it, but the book has a long way to go.
Meanwhile, I've got to get out of this basement.
3 comments:
If you're in there long enough, the pigs will smell you and dig you out.
Just a thought.
Trying to be helpful, y'know.
Seriously, good luck! I've started a half-dozen times, and every time I get pulled away it's harder to pick up where I left off.
You haven't posted today...are you out of the basement yet??? :)
If your book is half as good as your dad's books, you've got nothing to worry about.
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