Christina Goebel's Blog - Posts Tagged "rewrites"
The Inspiration Behind My Latest Book, Birth Right: Galak's Rising
Each of my books has a unique story and Birth Right: Galak's Rising has the distinction of being the only book I've written so far that I saw as a movie first. Yes, as a movie.
I was attending college in Miami and had a heavy traffic route each day, and during that time I listened to music during my commute. While I listened, I saw images play out in front of my eyes. For months, parts of this movie played out before me until one day, it was impossible not to write it.
In fact, I knew Birth Right would never give me peace until it was written. So I typed up the story and just when I had finished 315 pages, my computer hard drive crashed. Let's just say I don't buy computers from companies that begin with C anymore, lol.
Though everyone had told me to save my writing, I didn't. I considered letting Birth Right end right there but then I wondered if I could try writing it again, only better. After all, in screenplay writing class and my writers' group, everything I redrafted was better.
So I rewrote Birth Right and it was a stronger novel.
Now that today it's officially on sale, I'm thankful for everyone who entered the giveaway for the book that almost wasn't.
Authors aren't encouraged to respond to readers, I just learned, and I wish it wasn't so, but I'll say thanks here. Without readers, this book would have been a movie that no one else ever saw in their minds.
It hurts a little to carry a book around in your heart and think that others won't read it--like being a toy maker and producing toys that no children will own.
Only in your hands does my book have a purpose and a home. ~Christina
Birth Right: Galak's Rising Galak's Rising
I was attending college in Miami and had a heavy traffic route each day, and during that time I listened to music during my commute. While I listened, I saw images play out in front of my eyes. For months, parts of this movie played out before me until one day, it was impossible not to write it.
In fact, I knew Birth Right would never give me peace until it was written. So I typed up the story and just when I had finished 315 pages, my computer hard drive crashed. Let's just say I don't buy computers from companies that begin with C anymore, lol.
Though everyone had told me to save my writing, I didn't. I considered letting Birth Right end right there but then I wondered if I could try writing it again, only better. After all, in screenplay writing class and my writers' group, everything I redrafted was better.
So I rewrote Birth Right and it was a stronger novel.
Now that today it's officially on sale, I'm thankful for everyone who entered the giveaway for the book that almost wasn't.
Authors aren't encouraged to respond to readers, I just learned, and I wish it wasn't so, but I'll say thanks here. Without readers, this book would have been a movie that no one else ever saw in their minds.
It hurts a little to carry a book around in your heart and think that others won't read it--like being a toy maker and producing toys that no children will own.
Only in your hands does my book have a purpose and a home. ~Christina
Birth Right: Galak's Rising Galak's Rising
