Ok so out of the blue I came up with a weird thought while running on the treadmill. I was literally day-dreaming about something weird happening. The next day, still fresh in mind I wrote about 7 pages of the beginning of a book. There were no plans or strategy to do this. There was no outline. Its' all in my head. Over the next day or so I developed enough plot points in my mind of where I wanted to take the book. I sat down and banged on the keys for a coupla days. I am now about 12,000 words into it (50 pages), and realized I have the very beginnings of a book. I went back through and realized grammatical errors all throughout.
I passed the book over to a few people I know to have them read it. They all loved it and think I should continue on.
There is this big voice in my head that is saying they only like it because they know me. A stranger who picks up the book wouldn't give two shits about it. I am certain my friends like the book and aren't blowing smoke but I know that "knowing" the author helps add a bit more interest to any book.
So, not sure what to do now. I'll keep writing and getting the storyline out. At some point I will need an editor because, like I said, grammar is horrific and I keep switching up my tenses. But the storyline hooks you from the beginning and I think it's a good start. After I went back to read it I noticed I wrote the word "just" like 5 times in the same paragraph. lol
Anyway, I am not sure I am ready for a progress thread on this, since i am still trying to wrap my head around all this. But I know there are a lot of authors on this forum and maybe I could get some feedback on writing fiction. The genre is probably sci-fi thriller?? maybe. I don't even know who my audience is. So I have a lot of homework to do.
I passed the book over to a few people I know to have them read it. They all loved it and think I should continue on.
There is this big voice in my head that is saying they only like it because they know me. A stranger who picks up the book wouldn't give two shits about it. I am certain my friends like the book and aren't blowing smoke but I know that "knowing" the author helps add a bit more interest to any book.
So, not sure what to do now. I'll keep writing and getting the storyline out. At some point I will need an editor because, like I said, grammar is horrific and I keep switching up my tenses. But the storyline hooks you from the beginning and I think it's a good start. After I went back to read it I noticed I wrote the word "just" like 5 times in the same paragraph. lol
Anyway, I am not sure I am ready for a progress thread on this, since i am still trying to wrap my head around all this. But I know there are a lot of authors on this forum and maybe I could get some feedback on writing fiction. The genre is probably sci-fi thriller?? maybe. I don't even know who my audience is. So I have a lot of homework to do.
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