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how do you write a book??
someone has sparked that idea in my head.
would i just grab a recorder and talk and then transcribe it?
how does someone do such a thing??
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Re: how do you write a book??
Posted by libby2595
someone has sparked that idea in my head.
would i just grab a recorder and talk and then transcribe it?
how does someone do such a thing??
It depends what you are writing, but it would probably work better if it was more structured, and you have somewhat of an outline of where you are going & what your point is.
I don't really see the need for a tape recorder--I think that is used more for interviews, and for reporting of situations where you want to recrod your thoughts as they happen, but can't write them down.
Are you writing just to write or to be published?
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| Posted 7/8/09 4:15 PM |
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Re: how do you write a book??
Posted by tourist
Are you writing just to write or to be published?
i would start off just for the sake of writing and then give the publishing idea a shot... just for the heck of it. the worst they can say is no... and i'm already unpublished lol
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| Posted 7/8/09 4:18 PM |
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Re: how do you write a book??
Posted by libby2595
Posted by tourist
Are you writing just to write or to be published?
i would start off just for the sake of writing and then give the publishing idea a shot... just for the heck of it. the worst they can say is no... and i'm already unpublished lol
Okay--fiction or non-fiction?
It is hard to sell a book that wasn't written with a market in mind.
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Re: how do you write a book??
Posted by tourist
Posted by libby2595
Posted by tourist
Are you writing just to write or to be published?
i would start off just for the sake of writing and then give the publishing idea a shot... just for the heck of it. the worst they can say is no... and i'm already unpublished lol
Okay--fiction or non-fiction?
It is hard to sell a book that wasn't written with a market in mind.
Article
this is why i love this place... there is always someone here with an answer to anything that crosses my mind.
thanks for the link. i'll be reading it tonight.
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Re: how do you write a book??
I am working on one
I did an outline first
and now I am writing it chapter by chapter
I read that the first few chapters need to be your best to get the attention of an agent or publisher
so I am going to really fine tune those and then work on the rest
I also bought a recorder for when I got ideas while driving- that happens to me alot
I need to work on it this week- it's not easy to find the time
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Re: how do you write a book??
I am working on a nonfiction, I have my chapters outlined, and have been interviewing people, arrange my notes, and am preparing the sample chapter to send for the book proposal....
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rojerono
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Re: how do you write a book??
Charles Bukowski says this:
If it doesn't come bursting out of you
in spite of everything,
don't do it.
unless it comes unasked out of your
heart and your mind and your mouth
and your gut,
don't do it.
if you have to sit for hours
staring at your computer screen
or hunched over your
typewriter
searching for words,
don't do it.
if you're doing it for money or
fame,
don't do it.
if you're doing it because you want
women in your bed,
don't do it.
if you have to sit there and
rewrite it again and again,
don't do it.
if it's hard work just thinking about doing it,
don't do it.
if you're trying to write like somebody
else,
forget about it.
if you have to wait for it to roar out of you,
then wait patiently.
if it never does roar out of you,
do something else.
if you first have to read it to your wife
or your girlfriend or your boyfriend
or your parents or to anybody at all,
you're not ready.
don't be like so many writers,
don't be like so many thousands of
people who call themselves writers,
don't be dull and boring and
pretentious, don't be consumed with self-love.
the libraries of the world have
yawned themselves to sleep
over your kind.
don't add to that.
don't do it.
unless it comes out of
your soul like a rocket,
unless being still would
drive you to madness or
suicide or murder,
don't do it.
unless the sun inside you is
burning your gut,
don't do it.
when it is truly time,
and if you have been chosen,
it will do it by
itself and it will keep on doing it
until you die or it dies in you.
there is no other way.
and there never was.
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| Posted 7/8/09 7:00 PM |
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Re: how do you write a book??
Posted by rojerono
Charles Bukowski says this:
If it doesn't come bursting out of you
in spite of everything,
don't do it.
unless it comes unasked out of your
heart and your mind and your mouth
and your gut,
don't do it.
if you have to sit for hours
staring at your computer screen
or hunched over your
typewriter
searching for words,
don't do it.
if you're doing it for money or
fame,
don't do it.
if you're doing it because you want
women in your bed,
don't do it.
if you have to sit there and
rewrite it again and again,
don't do it.
if it's hard work just thinking about doing it,
don't do it.
if you're trying to write like somebody
else,
forget about it.
if you have to wait for it to roar out of you,
then wait patiently.
if it never does roar out of you,
do something else.
if you first have to read it to your wife
or your girlfriend or your boyfriend
or your parents or to anybody at all,
you're not ready.
don't be like so many writers,
don't be like so many thousands of
people who call themselves writers,
don't be dull and boring and
pretentious, don't be consumed with self-love.
the libraries of the world have
yawned themselves to sleep
over your kind.
don't add to that.
don't do it.
unless it comes out of
your soul like a rocket,
unless being still would
drive you to madness or
suicide or murder,
don't do it.
unless the sun inside you is
burning your gut,
don't do it.
when it is truly time,
and if you have been chosen,
it will do it by
itself and it will keep on doing it
until you die or it dies in you.
there is no other way.
and there never was.
This could apply to so many artistic careers including mine. Thank you for posting!
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Re: how do you write a book??
if you're doing it because you want women in your bed, don't do it
Damn  
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| Posted 7/8/09 10:50 PM |
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Re: how do you write a book??
There are a lot of resources out there for this sort of thing, but "book" is really broad.There are different standards, requirements & ways to approach it, depending on what type you are writing.
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rojerono
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Re: how do you write a book??
Posted by lipglossjunky73
if you're doing it because you want women in your bed, don't do it
Damn
You didn't have to write a book for THAT Liza.   
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MarathonKnitter
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Re: how do you write a book??
Posted by rojerono
Charles Bukowski says this:
If it doesn't come bursting out of you
in spite of everything,
don't do it.
unless it comes unasked out of your
heart and your mind and your mouth
and your gut,
don't do it.
if you have to sit for hours
staring at your computer screen
or hunched over your
typewriter
searching for words,
don't do it.
if you're doing it for money or
fame,
don't do it.
if you're doing it because you want
women in your bed,
don't do it.
if you have to sit there and
rewrite it again and again,
don't do it.
if it's hard work just thinking about doing it,
don't do it.
if you're trying to write like somebody
else,
forget about it.
if you have to wait for it to roar out of you,
then wait patiently.
if it never does roar out of you,
do something else.
if you first have to read it to your wife
or your girlfriend or your boyfriend
or your parents or to anybody at all,
you're not ready.
don't be like so many writers,
don't be like so many thousands of
people who call themselves writers,
don't be dull and boring and
pretentious, don't be consumed with self-love.
the libraries of the world have
yawned themselves to sleep
over your kind.
don't add to that.
don't do it.
unless it comes out of
your soul like a rocket,
unless being still would
drive you to madness or
suicide or murder,
don't do it.
unless the sun inside you is
burning your gut,
don't do it.
when it is truly time,
and if you have been chosen,
it will do it by
itself and it will keep on doing it
until you die or it dies in you.
there is no other way.
and there never was.
wow! them's some powerful words.
thanks for posting this
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