Posted By David R Christensen on August 4, 2010
Today, I get to begin re-writing a book. I do not look forward to it at all. I wrote the first draft of this book nine months ago, strictly for fun. My publisher is convinced that it has great market value, but I need to change this and that and add this and that. I agree with him, but am having a hard time starting. You see, I don’t write in the same way as many other authors. My sister, for example, plans her books (connieawalker.com) from beginning to ending. She outlines the book, she defines the characters, she develops the settings, etc. Then there’s me. I know where my books begin and where they end. I have confidence that I can create and interesting middle, and I define my characters. From that point until I finish the first draft, the characters write the book for me. So far it has worked. I have written six books this way. Three of them are in print and I am pleased with how each one turned out. Most all of my readers are too.
But to take a book that wrote itself and now shape it into a book that goes somewhere else, even though there is probably more money in the revised book, is difficult to undertake. But, I will begin today. I am not closed to new experiences. Most likely, I will discover that the process was fun and not nearly as difficult as I had anticipated.
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Posted By david on June 8, 2010
My name is David R. Christensen. I am new at blogging, and for those who check my website, I would like to welcome you. I am not new at writing books. As you click on the headings above you will come to learn that I have three books in print. If all goes as planned, books four and five will make their way into print in 2011. These two books are already written–just going through the final phases of polishing and refining. A sixth book is also done. It is the first in a series of three books. I won’t let it go to print until the second in that series is written. I wouldn’t mind having the third book written as well. It makes it a lot easier to maintain continuity throughout the series.
I understand there are bloggers who develop followings. I would like to post blogs that are interesting and helpful to the reader. One idea comes to my mind that I believe would interest those who are learning to write and those who already know how. And that is a step-by-step posting of an author taking a new book idea from first thought to completed book.
I have a three-ring binder that contains enough marketable (my opinion, of course) ideas to keep me writing for the rest of my life, assuming I live and can write until I am at least well into my 80s. My next blog will be a short blog, but will let you know how the process is going.
If you find the blogs interesting, please let me know at david@davidrchristensen.com.
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