General Chat

Bec, check at the library i am sure there will be books to guide you. There is certainly a monthly magazine aimed at writing. I believe the best tip is how to get over writers block. When you write, never finish the days work at the end of a chapeter, always write at least a couple of lines of the next chapter. (even if you later delete it,) thatw as you always have somewhere to start when you strart typing/writing. ann Glos

June - I think that's a lovely idea. My creation will be mostly autobiographical but not for young eyes! lol

I am not writing a book but I am writing down my memories, some from 2/3 years old etc. I have been doing this for a week or two and only last night remembered 3 small incidents to add. I will add photos later too. I plan when it is finished, putting it on CD/DVD to hand to my grandchildren. I just hope they remember me as affectionately as I remember my parents. June xx

Ann - thanks for the info. Yes, I'm going to try and write a book, it'll be a combination of personal experience embellished with some fiction (for comedy value) and I wondered whether there was a strategic way of going about it. xx

*Starts email to Sahara trekkers suggesting Paul is removed from the group* lol *Chucks lollipop at Dav*

Bec I kept a notebook with me everywhere I went for a few weeks, jotting down memories as they came to me (had a few sleepless nights when the brain worked overtime. I have a book on writing your family history and it gave a few tips like what chapters to write etc. i mapped out the chapters and started writing. i find that I constantly go back to add bits as one memory leads to another. Did you want to know for a secific reason? Ann Glos

................ and all that remains of one is a dodgy shirt. Gwynne

I'm planning one at the moment. Brief synopsis; group of strangers meet on a foreign expidition, they travel through treacherous terrain and one by one they gradually vanish....

Dav - What a big boy??? (don't be rude!) Would you like a lollipop? lol

never went over the lines or anything... lol Dav

Dav - Did you do it all by yourself????

I finished my first book today!!!!!!!!!!! Going to colour another one in tomorrow...lol Dav

Ann - that's perfect! Are you writing it in a methodical order or do you find yourself flitting backwards and forwards? becx

Not a book as such but I am trying to write my life history. Ann Glos

If so... how did you start it? Did you plan it or just sit down and write? How did you create and develop your characters (if applicable)?