Comments on: Book One, Update One

By: Charlie

Charlie — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 02:43:54 +0000

And thank you for reading about the messy middle bits. I hope you find a breakthrough on your own work. Good luck!

By: Charlie

Charlie — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 02:42:14 +0000

I stole the image from my own page here:

http://www.backtothefridge.com/my-books/

By: Quix

Quix — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 22:52:35 +0000

Are you sure you want to commit to having the words "the" "and" and "of" in the title (and there is just no way to write that and have it sound grammatically correct...)? That's a big step! =) All kidding aside, I definitely empathize. I started my novel (which I am currently boycotting and throwing fits about continuing) and had this grand idea for the awesome message behind it - and it's turned into something completely different. Weird how as a deity of a story, in control of every word and happening, sometimes your characters just take control. I look forward to the final process, and thanks for sharing some of the messy middle bits with us!

By: Biz

Biz — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 16:17:59 +0000

I can't even imagine how difficult writing a book would be - you are doing great Charlie!

By: Nick

Nick — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 14:42:46 +0000

It's intrguing so far, I hope it comes to fruition! I've always wanted to publish a book - I've started writing 2 stories but one of them is little more than a few paragraphs and the other is 10-11 pages and I'm at a point where I can end it and make it a short story or continue it for a novel. But I don't know what to do with it... Regardless, I've experienced the same issue, everytime I re-read it I re-write it. It's annoying and eventually I got bored of it...

By: Tami

Tami — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 14:22:41 +0000

*laughs* Love the image - very appropriate! I agree with TexasDeb up there - sounds like writing to me! You're under no obligation to share anything with anyone (though I'm glad you are able to share what you can!) and a book is never finished until it's been published. =]

By: TexasDeb

TexasDeb — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 13:27:32 +0000

When I read established authors writing regarding developing characters and story lines, they seem to consistently say those characters seem to have lives (and names!) of their own that evolve. They often express surprise, noting the stories go where they will.

In other words, everything you are talking about sounds just like actual writing, Charlie, so Yay for you and carry on. You're a writer, writing!

Our job is to wait for your finished product and then we can thank you at the book signings later and tell you how much it was WORTH it.