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Type: Businessman Quotes Category: Canadian Businessman Quotes Date of Birth: June 5, 1829 Date of Death: November 29, 1921 Nationality: Canadian Find on Amazon: George Stephen Related Authors: Maurice Strong Bernie Ebbers Elizabeth Arden Bernard Ebbers John Gallagher Charles Revson Richard Pound |
A couple of weeks after that, Zebra Books phoned with an offer, and I accepted.
George Stephen Actually, the 14 novels were written over a period of just over 6 years. George Stephen As well, short stories are hard to write. George Stephen During that first year, I felt guilty that my wife was out working bringing in all our income, while I was at home playing on the computer, so I made myself treat writing like a job. George Stephen Even the contemporary horror authors who have seriously influenced me are a disparate bunch. George Stephen For each book, the time is also broken up. George Stephen For the novels I wrote before selling anything, I didn't outline much. I had a vague idea of the story. George Stephen I got up with my wife, I sat down at the computer when she went to work, and I didn't stop until she got home. George Stephen I spent two months on the first draft, working 8 hours a day, five days a week. George Stephen I'm a fan of short horror fiction... in fact, the most memorable horror I've read is of the short variety... but I have a hard time pulling it off myself. George Stephen I've been reading horror since I was five years old. George Stephen I've devoted a lot of my time and effort during the past few years to developing my advertising copywriting business to the point of where I can support my family and don't have to depend on writing fiction for my income. George Stephen In the first year, 1988, I wrote and sold 3 novels. George Stephen Many of my short stories (all unpublished) were horror, and the novel I'd just finished was horror, too. George Stephen On the other hand, now that I'm not dependent on fiction for my income, I've been writing more short stories despite the fact that there's no real paying market for short horror other than Cemetery Dance. George Stephen So, I outlined a horror novel and started writing. George Stephen So, in effect, my first sale was actually two books. George Stephen The benefit of this kind of outlining is that you discover a story's flaws before you invest a lot of time writing the first draft, and it's almost impossible to get stuck at a difficult chapter, because you've already done the work to push through those kinds of blocks. George Stephen The way I outline has changed quite a bit from when I first started writing. George Stephen Trying to break into the horror market seemed natural. George Stephen When I decided to take writing seriously, I did a lot of reading and analyzing of the books I liked, and came up with what I thought were pretty sound plotting and structure basics. George Stephen When I was a teenager, I got into SF, quite heavily, and that too has had a major impact on my writing. George Stephen |
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