Thanks Lasse. Good to see you here. I'm hoping this will be the beginning of the next part of my life. But one never knows. All we can do is to keep pounding away at it. I think writing is a habit. If you do it every day, it becomes a part of your life. It's like dieting. You just have to get started. Paul On Oct 22, 2006, at 5:07 PM, Lasse Karlsson wrote:
> > That's great! Congratulations on your achievments so far. > Well done to grab that bull by it's horn, so to speak... > > I did literature for my first round at university, have published > some, have > had expectations that I'd go for a novel, but haven't really tried. > Yet. > Maybe yours will be an example that might push me closer to trying > it too. > > Keep us posted on your progress. > > Lasse > > From: "Paul Stenquist" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <pdml@pdml.net> > Sent: Saturday, October 21, 2006 2:47 AM > Subject: Way OT: How I spent my summer > > >> After having written several hundred magazine articles and countless >> advertisements, I finished the first draft of my first novel today: >> 70,700 words. It will probably grow a bit as I revise it, since my >> early revisions have found me adding more detail and transitions. But >> i'm very pleased with the plot structure. It's the first person, >> present tense narrative of a schizophrenic advertising writer who >> gradually grows more insane. The narrative is divided between the >> reality based character and his deluded counterpart. Every time the >> narrative switches to the alternate personality, the chapter ends and >> a new one begins. The working title is _Both of Us_. I think the >> ending qualifies as a shocker. I sketched out a plot for it many >> years ago and wrote a couple thousand words at one time. This summer >> I decided that I had to write it. I'm not getting any younger. I >> started in July and finished the first draft today. Feels good. >> Revisions kick off Monday. I've revised as I wrote, so it's pretty >> tight for a first draft. Hope to have it ready for submission in >> about eight weeks. This explains in part while I've done nothing more >> than photograph my granddaughter this summer. >> Paul >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> PDML@pdml.net >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
