Writing a book.......

strider8 · 06-03-2005, 02:01 PM

Does any one know any websites that give good tips on writing a book

P.S.i wasn't sure whether to put this thread into General Messages or the thread it is in now; so feel free to move it

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Manveru · 06-03-2005, 05:15 PM

probably the thread dedicated to writing called 'Writers Workshop' wouldve been best

Rosie Gamgee · 06-08-2005, 09:46 AM

I've never looked up any websites on the subject, but a friend of mine receives 'Writer's Digest', and I imagine that they might have a website that could be useful. It's a thought, anyway. *shrug*

strider8 · 06-08-2005, 11:39 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rosie Gamgee

I've never looked up any websites on the subject, but a friend of mine receives 'Writer's Digest', and I imagine that they might have a website that could be useful. It's a thought, anyway. *shrug*

Thanks

Rosie Gamgee · 06-08-2005, 01:11 PM

No problem.

EarthBound · 06-09-2005, 02:58 PM

Writer's Digest is an excellent place to start. Away from the web, nothing (NOTHING!) beats a writers group/club that edits each other's chapters...best learning experience you can get....uhh, avoid the groups that just like to read to each other, without the editing/correcting/suggestions they become worthless...unless you like to hear others and yourself talk. IMHO

trolls' bane · 02-18-2006, 09:07 PM

Well, hey, *becomes extremely mysterious and cryptic* I guess one doesn't have to go do a search for a website, when the one we need is the one right here that we've already got.

Curubethion · 02-18-2006, 09:36 PM

What the...? You changed your avvie!

trolls' bane · 02-18-2006, 09:39 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Curubethion

What the...? You changed your avvie!

Yeah. I had to have something different for a while. I'm actually thinking of switching back though.

Curubethion · 02-19-2006, 04:01 PM

It looks like strider8 found the Bestiary thread.

strider8 · 02-21-2006, 02:52 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Curubethion

It looks like strider8 found the Bestiary thread.

It's helps a lot, thanks.

hectorberlioz · 02-19-2006, 04:08 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by trolls' bane

Yeah. I had to have something different for a while. I'm actually thinking of switching back though.

my permanent avvie use to be a pic of Berlioz, but then I made this little guy one day...and it just stuck. I never decided it was Beethoven or Berlioz...either way, he's the archetype romantic conductor.

Thain Peregrin Took I · 02-20-2006, 10:17 PM

I have a question. Is realistic fiction a story that has made-up characters, but could actually happen? I can't find it in my dictionary...

trolls' bane · 08-24-2006, 04:53 PM

I...er...sorta lost my book in the system.

Tuinor · 08-24-2006, 10:08 PM

My computer on which I was typing my book died!

It just won't work anymore. I had over one hundred and fifty pages (eleven chapters) invested in it as well as over two hundred in failed attempts and several corresponding works that tied into it. I have a CD with some of those works written onto it, but it's a read only CD, and the files aren't really up to date. I'm trying to get it repaired, but I've not had the chance to work on it in months and it's really starting to get to me. I am, however, glad to see that you all are having somewhat better luck than I.

Curubethion · 08-24-2006, 10:58 PM

Man, I really need to back my works up...

trolls' bane · 08-25-2006, 02:36 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tuinor

My computer on which I was typing my book died!

It just won't work anymore. I had over one hundred and fifty pages (eleven chapters) invested in it as well as over two hundred in failed attempts and several corresponding works that tied into it. I have a CD with some of those works written onto it, but it's a read only CD, and the files aren't really up to date. I'm trying to get it repaired, but I've not had the chance to work on it in months and it's really starting to get to me. I am, however, glad to see that you all are having somewhat better luck than I.

Ouch!
(Try the power supply...)

Acalewia · 08-25-2006, 10:36 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tuinor

My computer on which I was typing my book died!

It just won't work anymore. I had over one hundred and fifty pages (eleven chapters) invested in it as well as over two hundred in failed attempts and several corresponding works that tied into it. I have a CD with some of those works written onto it, but it's a read only CD, and the files aren't really up to date. I'm trying to get it repaired, but I've not had the chance to work on it in months and it's really starting to get to me. I am, however, glad to see that you all are having somewhat better luck than I.

Not good! Did you have a hard copy?

Huorn · 08-27-2006, 06:41 PM

I e-mailed myself my backups just incase the shop reformats my hardrive. I sent my computer into the shop to have the plug on it fixed. If they do reformat it, I can just reinstall my word processor and download those backups again.

Tuinor · 08-27-2006, 07:51 PM

Quote (troll's bane) :

Ouch!
(Try the power supply...)

That's one of the suspected problems. Every once in a while (like on a blue moon at midnight) I can start it, but it dies just as quickly, so we (my mom's boyfriend who is helping repair it) are going to see if it's a software malefunction.

Quote (Acalewia):

Not good! Did you have a hard copy?

Yes, thankfully. It is a outdated just a bit, but I like to think I can remember the changes I've made. I think I'm cursed, though, because I'm at a part in the story where I allways either restart, loose the story, or, as in the most recent case, encounter "technical difficulty".

06-03-2005, 02:01 PM	#1
strider8 Elven Warrior Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: In a spaceship, floating in your puny planet's atmosphere, awaiting orders to invade Posts: 292	Writing a book....... Does any one know any websites that give good tips on writing a book P.S.i wasn't sure whether to put this thread into General Messages or the thread it is in now; so feel free to move it . __________________ The axes hewed Forlong as he fought alone and unhorsed; and both Duilin of Morthond and his brother were trampled to death when they assailed the mumakil,leading their bowmen close to shoot at the eyes of the monsters. Neither Hirluin the fair would return to Pinnath Gelin, nor Grimbold to Grimslade, nor Halbarad to the northlands,dour-handed Ranger. Those that would not return home, page830-831, The Battle of the Pelennor Fields, The Return of the King Last edited by strider8 : 04-04-2006 at 02:23 PM.

06-03-2005, 05:15 PM	#2
Manveru Elven Warrior Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Canada Posts: 256	probably the thread dedicated to writing called 'Writers Workshop' wouldve been best __________________ Earendel arose where the shadow flows At Ocean's silent brim; Through the mouth of night as a ray of light Where the shores are sheer and dim He launched his bark like a silver spark From the last and lonely sand; Then on sunlit breath of day's fiery death He sailed from Westerland

06-08-2005, 09:46 AM	#3
Rosie Gamgee The Lovely Hobbit-Lass Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Bounded in a nut-shell Posts: 1,593	I've never looked up any websites on the subject, but a friend of mine receives 'Writer's Digest', and I imagine that they might have a website that could be useful. It's a thought, anyway. shrug __________________ It's New Years Day, just like the day before; Same old skies of grey, same empty bottles on the floor. Another year's gone by, and I was thinking once again, How can I take this losing hand and somehow win? Just give me One Good Year To get my feet back on the ground. I've been chasing grace; Grace ain't so easily found One bad hand can devil a man, chase him and carry him down. I've got to get out of here, just give me One Good Year!

06-08-2005, 01:11 PM	#5
Rosie Gamgee The Lovely Hobbit-Lass Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Bounded in a nut-shell Posts: 1,593	No problem. __________________ It's New Years Day, just like the day before; Same old skies of grey, same empty bottles on the floor. Another year's gone by, and I was thinking once again, How can I take this losing hand and somehow win? Just give me One Good Year To get my feet back on the ground. I've been chasing grace; Grace ain't so easily found One bad hand can devil a man, chase him and carry him down. I've got to get out of here, just give me One Good Year!

06-09-2005, 02:58 PM	#6
EarthBound Lady Tipple & Queen of Blessed Thistle Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: I've been told it's all in my head Posts: 916	Writer's Digest is an excellent place to start. Away from the web, nothing (NOTHING!) beats a writers group/club that edits each other's chapters...best learning experience you can get....uhh, avoid the groups that just like to read to each other, without the editing/correcting/suggestions they become worthless...unless you like to hear others and yourself talk. IMHO __________________ Beer + Pizza = N'uff said Happy to be here The HACBR has been alerted to my postings…..Hobbits Against Constant Beer References Beer is living proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy. --Ben Franklin I want my Mooter T-Shirt!

02-18-2006, 09:07 PM	#7
trolls' bane Entmoot Secretary of the Treasury Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Campsite-by-Giraffe Posts: 5,408	Well, hey, becomes extremely mysterious and cryptic I guess one doesn't have to go do a search for a website, when the one we need is the one right here that we've already got. __________________ KI6PFA Amateur Radio Operator

02-18-2006, 09:36 PM	#8
Curubethion Fenway Ranger, Lord of Red Sox Nation Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: College! Posts: 1,976	What the...? You changed your avvie! __________________ Adventure...betrayal...heroism... Atharon: where heroes are born. My wife once said to me—when I'd been writing for ten or fifteen years—that I could always go back to being a nuclear engineer. And I said to her, 'Harriet, would you let someone who quit his job to go write fantasy anywhere near your nuclear reactor? I wouldn't!' (Robert Jordan)

02-19-2006, 04:01 PM	#10
Curubethion Fenway Ranger, Lord of Red Sox Nation Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: College! Posts: 1,976	It looks like strider8 found the Bestiary thread. __________________ Adventure...betrayal...heroism... Atharon: where heroes are born. My wife once said to me—when I'd been writing for ten or fifteen years—that I could always go back to being a nuclear engineer. And I said to her, 'Harriet, would you let someone who quit his job to go write fantasy anywhere near your nuclear reactor? I wouldn't!' (Robert Jordan)

02-20-2006, 10:17 PM	#13
Thain Peregrin Took I Thain of Randomness Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Most likely being completely random... Posts: 971	I have a question. Is realistic fiction a story that has made-up characters, but could actually happen? I can't find it in my dictionary... __________________ Here we were trying to take Rommel, when who do we kidnap but Admiral Todley himself. What? Hahahaha. That wasn't the plan you know. - Col. Crittendon Monk: I'm 100% sure that she probably killed him. Stottlemeyer: What does that mean? Monk: 95%... I feel like Pepé Le Pew when he look up "pew" in the dictionary. French accent Le pew? Moi? Noo. -Shawn Spencer British accent It's a bobble head Bobbie! head bob -Special Agen Seely Booth

08-24-2006, 04:53 PM	#14
trolls' bane Entmoot Secretary of the Treasury Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Campsite-by-Giraffe Posts: 5,408	I...er...sorta lost my book in the system. __________________ KI6PFA Amateur Radio Operator

08-24-2006, 10:08 PM	#15
Tuinor Elven Warrior Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Wandering in circles until they become triangles Posts: 292	My computer on which I was typing my book died! It just won't work anymore. I had over one hundred and fifty pages (eleven chapters) invested in it as well as over two hundred in failed attempts and several corresponding works that tied into it. I have a CD with some of those works written onto it, but it's a read only CD, and the files aren't really up to date. I'm trying to get it repaired, but I've not had the chance to work on it in months and it's really starting to get to me. I am, however, glad to see that you all are having somewhat better luck than I.

08-24-2006, 10:58 PM	#16
Curubethion Fenway Ranger, Lord of Red Sox Nation Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: College! Posts: 1,976	Man, I really need to back my works up... __________________ Adventure...betrayal...heroism... Atharon: where heroes are born. My wife once said to me—when I'd been writing for ten or fifteen years—that I could always go back to being a nuclear engineer. And I said to her, 'Harriet, would you let someone who quit his job to go write fantasy anywhere near your nuclear reactor? I wouldn't!' (Robert Jordan)

08-27-2006, 06:41 PM	#19
Huorn Elven Warrior Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Fangorn's Treeherd Posts: 393	I e-mailed myself my backups just incase the shop reformats my hardrive. I sent my computer into the shop to have the plug on it fixed. If they do reformat it, I can just reinstall my word processor and download those backups again. __________________ Silver Valley Oak As for me and my house we will serve the LORD Just call me Oakie

08-27-2006, 07:51 PM	#20
Tuinor Elven Warrior Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Wandering in circles until they become triangles Posts: 292	Quote (troll's bane) : Ouch! (Try the power supply...) That's one of the suspected problems. Every once in a while (like on a blue moon at midnight) I can start it, but it dies just as quickly, so we (my mom's boyfriend who is helping repair it) are going to see if it's a software malefunction. Quote (Acalewia): Not good! Did you have a hard copy? Yes, thankfully. It is a outdated just a bit, but I like to think I can remember the changes I've made. I think I'm cursed, though, because I'm at a part in the story where I allways either restart, loose the story, or, as in the most recent case, encounter "technical difficulty".

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