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2. Comes to me in the form of posts, photoshops and occasionally t-shirts. 3. Publish? I intend to just hand it over and giggle like a girl. 4. About 5 or 6 years. Should be done by the end of this month. 5. 
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Imago said: 1. What software do you use? Is it running on a mac or PC? a good word-processing program is essential. most publishers have specific formatting guideliness for submission of manuscripts. 2. How do you formulate your stories, characters, etc. dream them, lots of time. sometimes, observe them in real life by watching people on the bus, in the shopping mall, etc. 3. How do you plan to publish your book, or how did you publish your book? went to a writing seminar, did some research about publishers, used the 'writers guide to the market' (big old reference book available at bookstores, highly recommend this tool). sent manuscript in to the publisher most likely to buy my stuff. 4. How long did it or will it probably take to write your book? depends on the deadline. once i cranked four books out in ten months, but that's not really a good thing 5. Describe the editing process. painfully re-reading and re-reading and re-writing and re-writing. finally hurling manuscript at wall and walking away. come back later, more painful re-writing and editing 6. Biggest frustrations? the moment when you are editing and you read your work and honestly, for a second, feel like 'this is utter crap' who'll want to read this crap? good luck. writing is a lonely business and keeps a person from going to the beach and spending time in coffee shops with friends. it'll make you glance at your watch when you're shopping, makes you think i should be working now. writing is where you shuffle around in your bathrobe all day, ignoring the phone in favor of making sure the coffee pot is full. maybe it's just me but writing kind of makes a person  | |
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XxAxX said: Imago said: 1. What software do you use? Is it running on a mac or PC? a good word-processing program is essential. most publishers have specific formatting guideliness for submission of manuscripts. 2. How do you formulate your stories, characters, etc. dream them, lots of time. sometimes, observe them in real life by watching people on the bus, in the shopping mall, etc. 3. How do you plan to publish your book, or how did you publish your book? went to a writing seminar, did some research about publishers, used the 'writers guide to the market' (big old reference book available at bookstores, highly recommend this tool). sent manuscript in to the publisher most likely to buy my stuff. 4. How long did it or will it probably take to write your book? depends on the deadline. once i cranked four books out in ten months, but that's not really a good thing 5. Describe the editing process. painfully re-reading and re-reading and re-writing and re-writing. finally hurling manuscript at wall and walking away. come back later, more painful re-writing and editing 6. Biggest frustrations? the moment when you are editing and you read your work and honestly, for a second, feel like 'this is utter crap' who'll want to read this crap? good luck. writing is a lonely business and keeps a person from going to the beach and spending time in coffee shops with friends. it'll make you glance at your watch when you're shopping, makes you think i should be working now. writing is where you shuffle around in your bathrobe all day, ignoring the phone in favor of making sure the coffee pot is full. maybe it's just me but writing kind of makes a person that explains a lot, i mean, you must do a lot of writing? 
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sinisterpentatonic said: XxAxX said: good luck. writing is a lonely business and keeps a person from going to the beach and spending time in coffee shops with friends. it'll make you glance at your watch when you're shopping, makes you think i should be working now. writing is where you shuffle around in your bathrobe all day, ignoring the phone in favor of making sure the coffee pot is full. maybe it's just me but writing kind of makes a person that explains a lot, i mean, you must do a lot of writing?
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sinisterpentatonic said: XxAxX said: good luck. writing is a lonely business and keeps a person from going to the beach and spending time in coffee shops with friends. it'll make you glance at your watch when you're shopping, makes you think i should be working now. writing is where you shuffle around in your bathrobe all day, ignoring the phone in favor of making sure the coffee pot is full. maybe it's just me but writing kind of makes a person that explains a lot, i mean, you must do a lot of writing?
 i iz right reelly grate stuffs  | |
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XxAxX said: Imago said: 1. What software do you use? Is it running on a mac or PC? a good word-processing program is essential. most publishers have specific formatting guideliness for submission of manuscripts. 2. How do you formulate your stories, characters, etc. dream them, lots of time. sometimes, observe them in real life by watching people on the bus, in the shopping mall, etc. 3. How do you plan to publish your book, or how did you publish your book? went to a writing seminar, did some research about publishers, used the 'writers guide to the market' (big old reference book available at bookstores, highly recommend this tool). sent manuscript in to the publisher most likely to buy my stuff. 4. How long did it or will it probably take to write your book? depends on the deadline. once i cranked four books out in ten months, but that's not really a good thing 5. Describe the editing process. painfully re-reading and re-reading and re-writing and re-writing. finally hurling manuscript at wall and walking away. come back later, more painful re-writing and editing 6. Biggest frustrations? the moment when you are editing and you read your work and honestly, for a second, feel like 'this is utter crap' who'll want to read this crap? good luck. writing is a lonely business and keeps a person from going to the beach and spending time in coffee shops with friends. it'll make you glance at your watch when you're shopping, makes you think i should be working now. writing is where you shuffle around in your bathrobe all day, ignoring the phone in favor of making sure the coffee pot is full. maybe it's just me but writing kind of makes a person 
Informative, well articulated, answers that I didn't feel, as your friend, that I needed to apologize to other orgers for. | |
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Imago said: 1. What software do you use? Is it running on a mac or PC?
MS Word 
2. How do you formulate your stories, characters, etc. Most of my ideas are sparked by music. Music makes me the most philisophical so I usually try to have a notebook with me while listening and I jot down my ideas. 3. How do you plan to publish your book, or how did you publish your book? Might be the dream project at school. Not sure though. 4. How long did it or will it probably take to write your book? Haven't started. Hope it's quicker than Mach's
5. Describe the editing process. Write, read, review edit. Is there a science to this?
6. Biggest frustrations? knowing what I want to say and not being able to say it. 2010: Healing the Wounds of the Past.... http://prince.org/msg/8/325740 | |
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ernestsewell said: I usually edit as I go. After 3 or 4 sentences I can know if they are working or not. My brain goes too fast, so I have to edit as I go.
This is how I approach it too. I tend to get hung up on the editing part when something doesn't sound/feel right. I try to move on and write other pieces that I already have down pat in my own head and then return but sometimes this hangs me up in a way that I feel stifles the process but I can't seem to just move on without getting caught up in editing and focusing on a part til it's right.  2010: Healing the Wounds of the Past.... http://prince.org/msg/8/325740 | |
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IstenSzek said: endymion said: 4. horrible.
i read so much and such good authors that they
completely mute me. the more you read the more intimidated you get and the more it dawns on you that everything has been said and/or done before. Yeah that urgh. i just finished reading about 2/3 of honore balzac's comedie humaine novels and short stories and am more stifled than ever.[/quote] I think I do this too. I'll read something really brilliant and then think to myself that what I've just written isn't worthy. | |
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Imago said: IstenSzek said: urgh. i just finished reading about 2/3 of honore balzac's comedie humaine novels and short stories and am more stifled than ever. I think I do this too. I'll read something really brilliant and then think to myself that what I've just written isn't worthy. The only antidote to that is if you go into the bookstore/supermarket whatever the stuff that is actually 'popular' as a rule is total crusty cliche covered crap. Then again is that what you want to write What you don't remember never happened | |
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endymion said: Imago said: I think I do this too. I'll read something really brilliant and then think to myself that what I've just written isn't worthy. The only antidote to that is if you go into the bookstore/supermarket whatever the stuff that is actually 'popular' as a rule is total crusty cliche covered crap. Then again is that what you want to write
I've got aberystwyth mon amour by Malcolm Pryce, and I've only read the first chapter, but it feels more like a Joan Collin's Novel than a mystery so far.
I had to put it down to read other books. You Brits have some pretty interesting authors | |
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Imago said: endymion said: The only antidote to that is if you go into the bookstore/supermarket whatever the stuff that is actually 'popular' as a rule is total crusty cliche covered crap. Then again is that what you want to write
I've got aberystwyth mon amour by Malcolm Pryce, and I've only read the first chapter, but it feels more like a Joan Collin's Novel than a mystery so far.
I had to put it down to read other books. You Brits have some pretty interesting authors you should try Martin Amis Money or London Fields are good places to start What you don't remember never happened | |
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endymion said: Imago said:
I've got aberystwyth mon amour by Malcolm Pryce, and I've only read the first chapter, but it feels more like a Joan Collin's Novel than a mystery so far.
I had to put it down to read other books. You Brits have some pretty interesting authors you should try Martin Amis Money or London Fields are good places to start Why are you being nice to me! 
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Imago said: endymion said: you should try Martin Amis Money or London Fields are good places to start Why are you being nice to me!
I find your motives suspect! Nahh you just seem to need educating happier  What you don't remember never happened | |
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