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Like, a real book. Not some neo-Beat typing excersize. A book over 40,000 words at least, with multiple drafts.
I think I'm fuckin' losing it. It is by far the hardest thing I've done, and it isn't even very good. I think if we adopt "novel writing" as a form of punishment, the crime rate would plummet. "I'd sell crack, but if I got caught, I'd have to write a novel." Has anyone else gone through this painful process? |
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no but i'd like to.
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I wrote a draft for a novel, or is it novella? I'm not quite sure, have yet to write the second draft though.
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I never wrote a book but since I'm an editor I've been responsible for putting together and printing about 150 books so far.
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hey junky, who do you work for? I'm studying publishing myself at the moment, wouldn't mind going down the editing route.. ideally I'd like to write a novel myself but I chose publishing as a practical fallback..
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It's all manga. I take the original book have it translated and changed over for sale in North America. I've only done 6 original books from scratch where I organized the writer and artist and gave feedback to get the books created.
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not yet; but i have friends who have. one of them describes it as having an illness-- everything you do revolves around it. sorry to hear it's lke that but yeah, you may have heard (was it balzac) "he works of genius are watered with tears" he heh Quote:
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No, I write short stories, oh !@#$%! i'll send you the document when I get home later tonight.
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between the two companies I've worked for: Lodoss War: Lady of Pharis Alien Nine Time Traveler Ai Nadesico Pilgrim Jager Apocalypse Zero Urotsukidoji La Blue Girl Level C Death Trance and a lot more
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Some kinky stuff in that list
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I tell girls that I work in pornography.
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I'm too scatterbrained to write a book. My friend, however, writes scripts and short stories and I've been trying to get him interested in getting involved with bizarro fiction since that's alrady his style.
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Have you read any of that Bizarro fiction stuff? I've read a bit about it but haven't picked up a book yet. It interests me but at the same time I'm concerned that it may be a bit self conciously weird...you know, weird for weirds sake. Actually, I did try and read a bit of Kenji Siratori but I didn't get far.
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Well of course it's weird for weird sake (you wouldn't call it bizarro if it weren't) but the virtue is in the fact that it recognizes its own nature. You know, not acting like some tortured genius but more like a comic book love for the thrill.
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psssh - that's a weak example of Toshio Maeda's stuff.
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I couldn't save the more hardcore stuff.
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well my mum just finished a book and is starting on her second.
she has got herself an agent and is in the process of sending the manuscript to publishers. it took her a long time to write though, around 3 years, doing a little bit each night.
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2 books, three including one I wrote when I was 11-13. Both unmitigated shite, but I hold out hope for the third (completing it sometime in the next year or so).
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