Comments on: A Writing Tip

By: Eleanor Van Natta

Eleanor Van Natta — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 23:54:37 +0000

Ah, yes, transformation, horses as avatars, love and loss and found, drugs and the healthcare system – how can it NOT be a best-seller? Thanks for your support!

By: Graham Storrs

Graham Storrs — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 11:17:52 +0000

Thanks Eleanor. (Yes, Joanna’s great isn’t she?) I was just looking at your site and I’m pretty sure you’re onto a winner with your book. Transformation AND horses! I can think of half-a-dozen women who would gobble it up. I hope they’ll be queueing out the door when ‘Becoming Sage’ is released.

By: Eleanor Van Natta

Eleanor Van Natta — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 16:09:31 +0000

I am laughing because I did NOT expect this for a writing tip; excellent advice, since I have very high expectations of the books that I buy (& a short attention span…and small children running around my house). I have been known to frequently put a book down and read no further after the first chapter – if I even get that far. So thank you – I will definitely keep your advice in mind as I forge ahead with my own writing. Looking forward to reading your book! (Thanks as always to Joanna Penn for sending out this link.)

By: Graham Storrs

Graham Storrs — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 03:30:31 +0000

Oh, it’s definitely true, J-A. I just hadn’t realised it was a matter of life and death before!

By: j-a brock

j-a brock — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 07:34:38 +0000

based on my revising experience – i hear ya! and the beauty is that the more interesting you make it for yourself, the more interesting it is for the reader too, so it’s all good. or at least that’s what i tell myself.

By: Graham Storrs

Graham Storrs — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 11:30:54 +0000

Thanks Merrilee and Joanna.

Terry, it is a good thing. It is a good thing. It is a good thing…

Sheila, don’t tell anyone but there was a section in TimeSplash that the editor annotated with “Too boring to review now. I’ll look at it again tomorrow.” Once I’d climbed down off the ledge, I decided she was right. It got a re-write!

By: Sheila (@stinginthetail)

Sheila (@stinginthetail) — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 11:19:21 +0000

*waves pompoms* i realised a part of my (as yet unfinished) book was complete twaddle when during an edit i got bored reading it

By: terry

terry — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 09:39:56 +0000

And this is a good thing….? Ah, well, roll on success.
terry

By: Joanna Penn

Joanna Penn — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 06:06:29 +0000

Hi Graham, you are so right! When you have read your book so many times, I think it is ok to be over it!
Looking forward to your launch!

Joanna

By: Merrilee

Merrilee — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 02:44:46 +0000

Lol, very good advice!