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Do You Have A Book In You?
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The saying goes: "Everyone has at least one book in them" - do you believe you have a book in you?
Can we all be writers? If you do think you have book in you, what kind of book is it? Autobiography, fiction, non-fiction?
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do you believe you have a book in you?
- I certainly do, a great work of fiction nonetheless! - 8 votes
- 35%
- I believe so, but as a non-fiction work. - 6 votes
- 26%
- Yes, an Autobiography or Family-History - 5 votes
- 22%
- Nope, no book in me! - 4 votes
- 17%
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I wrote a short story/play once for a radio compitition, about four young adults who are on a cliff edge after becoming stranded after the tide comes in.
quite enjoyed writing it and the characters traits were taken from some family and friends, putting them in that scenario and how they would cope.
unfortualty i was giving up smoking at the time and the main theme was there lack of fags! think i over did it a bit probibly my subconsious kicking in with nicotine withdrawal.
I didn't win :o(
quite enjoyed writing it and the characters traits were taken from some family and friends, putting them in that scenario and how they would cope.
unfortualty i was giving up smoking at the time and the main theme was there lack of fags! think i over did it a bit probibly my subconsious kicking in with nicotine withdrawal.
I didn't win :o(
I wrote (and published) a novelty football book that sold (I kid you not) 30 000 copies in two months. No literary merit but i was in the papers and on the TV and radio - great (and lucrative) times. My more serious attempts with the pen have been less fruitful, although I did write one episode of a BBC radio soap and I have written countless magazine articles, stories and some rather dark poemery.
As soon as I find my Muse in size 9 Doc Martens I shall be kicked into action and the world will read in awe. But don't hold your breath.
My brother also writes for a living. He writes his name at the Jobcentre every fortnight, and they pay him money.
As soon as I find my Muse in size 9 Doc Martens I shall be kicked into action and the world will read in awe. But don't hold your breath.
My brother also writes for a living. He writes his name at the Jobcentre every fortnight, and they pay him money.
Along the same lines as VHG, it has been said that - regarding the claim, "Everyone has a book in them" - the best reply is, "And that's where it should stay!"
It's nonsense to believe that more than a tiny minority of us has the skill to write anything worth anyone ELSE'S reading. If you write it for yourself, that's perfectly fine.
It's nonsense to believe that more than a tiny minority of us has the skill to write anything worth anyone ELSE'S reading. If you write it for yourself, that's perfectly fine.
I haven't got a book in me, but Mr. N did and, after two years of slogging around publishers, managed to get published (not vanity). He's on his second one now. I don't know how he manages to write the way he does but he never "plots" the story. If you ask him, he says he lets the characters have a free rein and they move the plot line along themselves. "You have to have the basics of an idea and then create some strong, believable characters who your readers can relate to. If you can manage that then the sky's the limit, what are you waiting for."