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How do you do it? I mean, how do you write a real book, like a novel? Where do you learn to fill in the empty spaces to write 300 pages in a fully fleshed out story?
I have no problem writing 20-50 pages as research or study, but to create a whole fiction book from a simple idea I have seems daunting. Any advice?
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Pictures. Lots of pictures. But seriously, I would imagine that it isnt too much different than writing anything else well, starting with an outline and then filling in the details. How people write 300 page books I will never know though.
I looked into script writing at one point. I should probably dust that off again.
Have an overall outline and just go chapter by chapter?
(yeah i dont know.. i've always wondered that myself)
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What do I do to copywrite an idea? This idea I have would make a great movie, I think. I'd like to lock it up before someone else does. No, KLoD, this ain't what we talked about in another thread. You have the jump on me for that one....
What do I do to copywrite an idea? This idea I have would make a great movie, I think. I'd like to lock it up before someone else does. No, KLoD, this ain't what we talked about in another thread. You have the jump on me for that one....
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I.D. badges are long overdue. Security in this office park is a joke. Last year, I came to work with my spud gun in a duffel bag. I sat at my desk all day, with a rifle that shoots potatoes at 60 pounds per square inch. Can you imagine if I was deranged? - Dwight K. Schrute
SOH, start with an outline of what you want to put into the book, break it down into chapters and start writing. You'll be surprised at how much it takes to explain the thought you are trying to get across. Remember that it doesn't have to be book size. It can be classified as a short story and in some instances, is more readable (sellable) in that format.
I think your exploits as a car salesman could be something others would want to read about. Make sure you explain yourself fully and remember that the majority of people who will be reading this aren't privy to all of your knowledge.
Shoot for the moon youngun' and don't do like I did. Finish the damn thing!!
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What do I do to copywrite an idea? This idea I have would make a great movie, I think. I'd like to lock it up before someone else does. No, KLoD, this ain't what we talked about in another thread. You have the jump on me for that one....
You can't copywrite an idea. Once the story is written (be sure and date it), if someone steals it, it is plagerism and they can be sued for stealing your storyline.
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“So I became a newspaperman. I hated to do it but I couldn’t find honest employment.” —Mark Twain
How do you do it? I mean, how do you write a real book, like a novel? Where do you learn to fill in the empty spaces to write 300 pages in a fully fleshed out story?
I have no problem writing 20-50 pages as research or study, but to create a whole fiction book from a simple idea I have seems daunting. Any advice?
Word by word!
That's paraphrased from a book about writing that I am currently reading. It contained a story from the authors childhood dealing with her younger brother. The brother had an elementary school assignment to do a report on "birds". Of course he had procrastinated until the last moment and the report was due the next day. So there he sat at the table, nearly in tears, with his materials laid out before him, overwhelmed by what seemed to be an insurmountable task. The boy's asked his father for a suggestion of how to write the report. The father's reply, "Bird by bird, son; you do it bird by bird."
It seems a trite explanation, but the point is that you must discipline yourself to sit down and write. Doing it routinely, day by day. If you do so, over the course of time you will begin to have enough to fill a book.
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