"When I decided to take writing seriously, I……" — George Stephen
"When I decided to take writing seriously, I did a lot of reading and analyzing of the books I liked, and came up with what I thought were pretty sound plotting and structure basics."
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21 Quotes by George Stephen
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Trying to break into the horror market seemed natural.
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So, I outlined a horror novel and started writing.
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I spent two months on the first draft, working 8 hours a day, five days a week.
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A couple of weeks after that, Zebra Books phoned with an offer, and I accepted.
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So, in effect, my first sale was actually two books.
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Actually, the 14 novels were written over a period of just over 6 years.
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In the first year, 1988, I wrote and sold 3 novels.
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During that first year, I felt guilty that my wife was out working bringing in all our income, while I…
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For each book, the time is also broken up.
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The way I outline has changed quite a bit from when I first started writing.
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When I was a teenager, I got into SF, quite heavily, and that too has had a major impact on…
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Even the contemporary horror authors who have seriously influenced me are a disparate bunch.
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More Analyzing Quotes
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They spend more time in analyzing, in collecting materials, and in hard thinking than on prayer, on seeking God's mind,…
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If employees need to stay late in order to curry favor with the boss, what motivation do they have to…
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In rare moments of deep play, we can lay aside our sense of self, shed time's continuum, ignore pain, and…
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Knowing how hard it is to collect a fact, you understand why most people want to have some fun analyzing…
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My take away here is to not make assumptions when analyzing data. It might be safe to assume you Facebook…
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And the reason you hate writing so much is because you start analyzing your work before you're done pouring it…
— Jeff Bollow
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Writing a novel proved to be the hardest, most self-analyzing task I had ever attempted, far worse than an autobiography:…
— Dick Francis
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By keenly confronting the enigmas that surround us, and by considering and analyzing the observations that I had made, I…
— M.C. Escher
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Chess mastery essentially consists of analyzing Chess positions accurately
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I knew I had to have a hit. I would get no more chances. Analyzing what they had in common…
— Neil Sedaka
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Around 2001, I started analyzing lesbians. I started to realize that even really butch-acting or -dressing women still had a…
— Chaz Bono
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I hate the analyzing thing. People say, 'Why do you think your character did that? I don't know. I'm not…
— Samantha Morton
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