Michael James Ploof
My advice for aspiring writers is this. Be obsessed, be very obsessed.
Writing takes a lot of time and energy. Without proper focus the world you are creating can begin to get away from you. Do yourself a favor and create character sheets and keep very good notes. I have never been big on outlines, though I am going to attempt to outline my next novel backwards (a little experiment). I find that letting go is sometimes the best way to move forward. When writing first drafts never look back until you type THE END. Let the universe tell the story through you, rather than expecting yourself to make it up. Don't stop to edit first drafts, this will ruin the flow. I open myself up to the cosmic waves and just ride. Talon, book #1 of the Windwalker archive, for instance, came to me quickly. I wrote that 1st draft in 18 caffeine induced winter days. The second and third drafts, however, took much longer.
The best advice I ever read, back when I was trying to learn how to sell more books was this. WRITE MORE BOOKS!! If you do something every single day toward your goals, no matter if it takes 10 hours or 10 minutes, you will soon find yourself with a finished product. This goes for anything you are trying to do, not just writing.
Writing takes a lot of time and energy. Without proper focus the world you are creating can begin to get away from you. Do yourself a favor and create character sheets and keep very good notes. I have never been big on outlines, though I am going to attempt to outline my next novel backwards (a little experiment). I find that letting go is sometimes the best way to move forward. When writing first drafts never look back until you type THE END. Let the universe tell the story through you, rather than expecting yourself to make it up. Don't stop to edit first drafts, this will ruin the flow. I open myself up to the cosmic waves and just ride. Talon, book #1 of the Windwalker archive, for instance, came to me quickly. I wrote that 1st draft in 18 caffeine induced winter days. The second and third drafts, however, took much longer.
The best advice I ever read, back when I was trying to learn how to sell more books was this. WRITE MORE BOOKS!! If you do something every single day toward your goals, no matter if it takes 10 hours or 10 minutes, you will soon find yourself with a finished product. This goes for anything you are trying to do, not just writing.
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My husband is allergic to soy ink in books and listens only to audio books and has been stocking up on Audio Books by Brilliance. What he likes most about Brilliance is the MP3 format. Unlike conventional books on CD that come on many CDs, MP3 audio books are only 1 or 2 disks. If your Kickstarter is successful will you be releasing on MP3? If not I'm curious why, as the production costs are greatly reduced on MP3.
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