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Novel Update.

Posted 09-29-2008 at 09:21 by bhdean
As promised, I am keeping my friends up to date on the progress of my novel. I have completed almost 10 pages since my last post and I am very proud of that fact. It may seem like such a small amount of progress but at this rate, it may only take 6 months instead of 2 years to complete it. I am not totally convinced that I am doing everything correctly with this effort, but I am trying to learn as I go. I have heard that some writers make a complete outine before they even start a novel and follow it to the letter as they write. I didn't make an outline before I started but I may make one now just so I can stay in sequence and keep the flow going. Some people make extensive files for the research material for each chapter of their novel, copying pages from books, articles, newspapers (whatever they use for research) and put it all in nice file folders. For my effort, I think that is a little excessive because most of my novel is made up. The only research involves when in history did things actually happen. I don't want to put something in my book that didn't happen or wasn't invented until after I say it occurred in my book. That would be a red flag for someone evaluating my book and could lead to no one reading the book. If it sounds like I am just rattling on, that is because I am. I was hoping to get some feedback from my friends to let me know if I was thinking and doing the right things or if I was just completely out in left field. I will continue to post here as long as it takes to complete my efforts.

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This is really interesting, Billy! I found the character speaking out to be reminiscent of a book one of my sons started. In his book, a character he didn't expect turned up. I enjoyed what he wrote, but when that character appeared he realized the book was too personal and he abandoned it.

Your books sound interesting... keep it up!

Happy publishing to you! You do write well.
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