Can't say what it's about, but at least I started it. I'm on the first paragraph

BTW a little background. I've written poetry since I was 9 and my dream is to have a book published.

Anyone else here a spiring writer? Written anything? Any books about how to write books that you recommend? I'm going back to school in the Fall to take some advanced creative writing courses.

I'm only a writer of code so I can't really give you any advice. But good luck with your book!

I was a compsci major before I switched and got my BA in English degree (that was before the health degree and the customer service career).

CS is hard stuff, I'm amazed I got through it. I just like the fact that got a B.S. in CS...which pretty much sums up some of the work I did.

I have about three unfinished books on my hard drive.
I have a few ideas that I really want to flesh out, but just do it in small chunks. I am certainly no writer, so I take it slowly and will probably never do anything with them.

There is a thread on this very thing about 5-7 threads below here:

http://www.dvdtalk.com/forum/showthr...hreadid=194692

But when you originally post it in Otter it's kind of hard to see 5-7 posts down in the book forum

<small></small> There is a lesson to be learned here, somewhere!

Didn't know it was done on Otter first, don't hang out there 24/7. Now your thread is in the dead pool of Book .

If you've written one paragraph so far, you can post it here!

I have a finished book waiting on a friend to do the artwork. It is kind of a humorous picture book for adults (not porn, just not for young kids.)

Deb,
First, congrats! Go for it!

Second, imo, one of the absolute BEST books ever written about how to write is Stephen King's "On Writing."

First half is his life story (more or less) and the second half is a great instructional on the craft of writing. Pick it up - it's a fast read and will inspire you.

good luck!

There is a rumor that he is writing a second book On Writing. This is only a rumor though. And I wholeheartedly agree on reading this book.

Any progress, Gatordeb?

Page and a half I was starting On Writing, and something I read (when he is remembering something that happened when he was little) brought something into mind and I wrote half a page where the words just flowed. It was right. It was perfect. I'm following good advice and writing snipplets Then I can put it all together. I'm going to read all the books he recommends in that book. I just finished the ear incidence.

POW!

keep it up