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To: Marak

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I have good ideas but its hard for me to actually write them


46 posted on 08/05/2013 10:21:33 PM PDT by GeronL
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To: GeronL

You don’t know until you try. I actually wrote my first book on a dare from my teenage daughter. I was trying to show her that you can do anything you want to if you work at it. I found that I loved the process of creating a story and just kept writing.

Give it a try. If just sitting down and starting to write doesn’t work for you, try outlining the story first.


57 posted on 08/05/2013 10:30:28 PM PDT by Marak (I don't deal with reality.)
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To: GeronL

Start writing, dude. It’s hard to have good ideas. I have good ideers for beginnings, and then nothing. Every day, too. I read an interview with a Spanish author recently, having a big 500 page bestseller all over Europe, as we speak, and he said that when he starts out he doesn’t know what the book will be about. Some work that way, and there’s nothing wrong with it. Others plan it from beginning to end before writing down a word.


62 posted on 08/05/2013 10:34:35 PM PDT by Revolting cat! (Bad things are wrong! Ice cream is delicious!)
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To: GeronL

There’s an inside joke among Writers Guild members about a writer who’s approached at a party by someone who wants to partner with him. The guy says it’ll be really easy because he has the whole story all worked out and all the writer would have to do is just the easy work of putting it on paper. The writer replies, “I have an even better idea. I have a bunch of great story ideas, why don’t I tell them to you, and you can do the “easy” part”.


63 posted on 08/05/2013 10:35:05 PM PDT by ArmstedFragg (hoaxy dopey changey)
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