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Sat Sep-24-05 12:08 AM
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| 10. I am embarrassed to admit I did not know that. THANK YOU! |
| -Do I need a title before writing a book? |
karlrschneider |
Sep-23-05 11:59 PM |
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I am not a writer but I think that you just need to start writing |
question everything |
Sep-24-05 12:02 AM |
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write and the title will come to you |
knowbody0 |
Sep-24-05 12:02 AM |
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Absolutely not |
Der Blaue Engel |
Sep-24-05 12:03 AM |
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There are as many ways to write/start a book as there are books |
melody |
Sep-24-05 12:04 AM |
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Nope |
BigMcLargehuge |
Sep-24-05 12:04 AM |
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Just start writing... |
Blue Belle |
Sep-24-05 12:05 AM |
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don't forget there is a writer's forum here too |
BigMcLargehuge |
Sep-24-05 12:06 AM |
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I am embarrassed to admit I did not know that. THANK YOU! |
karlrschneider |
Sep-24-05 12:08 AM |
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the pleasure was mine |
BigMcLargehuge |
Sep-24-05 12:15 AM |
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I shall endeavor to make it readable. |
karlrschneider |
Sep-24-05 12:24 AM |
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Where is this writer's forum? |
blogslut |
Sep-24-05 01:04 AM |
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"forum categories" then "non political" then scroll down n/t |
usnret88 |
Sep-24-05 08:47 AM |
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thanks! |
blogslut |
Sep-24-05 01:20 PM |
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Paul McCartney's working title for "Yesterday": |
brentspeak |
Sep-24-05 12:07 AM |
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Thanks everyone who replied! I guess I'll just start out from scratch. |
karlrschneider |
Sep-24-05 12:07 AM |
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I wrote a book |
oneighty |
Sep-24-05 08:34 AM |
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I heard Barabara Ehrenreich on the radio say that her publisher gives |
1932 |
Sep-24-05 12:10 AM |
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but, and I'm not joking.... |
flowomo |
Sep-24-05 12:12 AM |
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I keep remembering an old joke about 'headlines' |
karlrschneider |
Sep-24-05 12:30 AM |
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ha! don't recall hearing it and I've been in the news biz a long time |
flowomo |
Sep-24-05 12:32 AM |
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I suspect you need to have a story to tell first... just guessing. |
MazeRat7 |
Sep-24-05 12:14 AM |
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That is something that has always baffled me...writing a song |
karlrschneider |
Sep-24-05 12:32 AM |
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It never happens the same way twice. |
MazeRat7 |
Sep-24-05 12:45 AM |
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Nope |
charlie |
Sep-24-05 12:15 AM |
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Go find a copy of: |
philarq |
Sep-24-05 12:16 AM |
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No, You Need a Great Theme |
rwenos |
Sep-24-05 12:16 AM |
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there are no rules for writing |
garybeck |
Sep-24-05 12:20 AM |
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ok, so what was the title? |
flowomo |
Sep-24-05 12:25 AM |
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Well, it will be non-fiction...I lack the imagination to write fiction. |
karlrschneider |
Sep-24-05 12:37 AM |
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Stephen King's 'On Writing' is Excellent! |
cynatnite |
Sep-24-05 12:35 AM |
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no you don't need a title first. but you do need inspiration and maybe |
orleans |
Sep-24-05 12:46 AM |
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No, You just need a beginning, a middle and a good ending. The title |
radwriter0555 |
Sep-24-05 12:47 AM |
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Never a writer, but an avid reader.... |
obxhead |
Sep-24-05 01:12 AM |
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Yeah, I see what you mean. The story shouldn't have to conform to |
karlrschneider |
Sep-24-05 01:16 AM |
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good luck. |
obxhead |
Sep-24-05 01:22 AM |
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any working title will do..then you can change it later |
WearyOne |
Sep-24-05 08:20 AM |
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just write. |
genevat |
Sep-24-05 08:22 AM |
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the publisher will give you the title |
pitohui |
Sep-24-05 08:27 AM |
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with a first book, imo, it is better just to write the thing |
melody |
Sep-24-05 01:14 PM |
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Write. |
Bernardo de La Paz |
Sep-24-05 08:38 AM |
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Can go either way. I often do the titles first, but many friends who write |
GreenPartyVoter |
Sep-24-05 01:16 PM |
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