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So now we are in fsms authors and shitkickers country club, what do we do? Tell each other how to write?! Ha ha.
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Hey mgh, 11 novels, thats impressive.
Have you done one yet where the heros name is Randolph Scott and everyone takes the piss out of his name?! Might be fun.
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"Hey mgh, 11 novels, thats impressive."
MOST impressive, indeed!
…and I thought I was a "big shot"  because I'm working on number two!
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The hardest part for me wasnt the writing. It was finding the energy to make the commitment to start an all-absorbing project.
An excuse ive used for about 7 years of keyboard inactivity.
These days i gotta face facts, im just a bum.
By the way, well done peter. Congrats.
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Thanks guys and to those who say they fell off the writing wagon, my best advice is just to sit down and do it. I know how difficult that can be, you have to be in the mood. You have to be feeling it. It took me four years to write this bad boy. I often took breaks in the middle. The book was originally 800 pages when I finished it! But realizing I'm not on the status J.K. Rowling, I made the wise decision to cut the book into two separate parts. So I have the sequel to Dragon Heart already finished! I don't know when I'll publish that one!
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And Michael, that's an awesome accomplish. Your books look really intriguing.
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You guys are awesome. I am not a prose writer, so am very much envious of those who have that knack!
writing is about communication mike. Like a morricone theme going straight to the brain. More important is rhythm and flow and succinctness. Short and long sentences. And use 4 words instead of 7.
Prose is nice if you can develop it but chopping out fat and wasted words is whats really important.
Creating tension is fine but in a world where people's attention span is so urgent, waffle and gilding the lily is the worst thing you can do if you want to hold your reader.
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You guys are awesome. I am not a prose writer, so am very much envious of those who have that knack!
writing is about communication mike. Like a morricone theme going straight to the brain. More important is rhythm and flow and succinctness. Short and long sentences. And use 4 words instead of 7.
Prose is nice if you can develop it but chopping out fat and wasted words is whats really important.
Creating tension is fine but in a world where people's attention span is so urgent, waffle and gilding the lily is the worst thing you can do if you want to hold your reader.
My best advice is also to just write your style. Be you and write in whatever way that makes you happy. Obviously make sure you're using good grammar and what you say makes sense, literally, but have fun with it. I've had a lot of people tell me my book is like an action movie, which is exactly what I wanted. I don't shy away from cool one-liners here and there and some really kick ass action scenes. I wrote the book in the style of a movie while taking advantage of a books ability to focus on amazing character development and deep plots.
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