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Stephen R. George

Canadian Author

First Horror Novels Time Writing Year

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So, in effect, my first sale was actually two books. Stephen R. George

First Books Sale Effect Actually Two

During that first year, I felt guilty that my wife was out working bringing in all our income, while I was at home playing on the computer, so I made myself treat writing like a job. Stephen R. George

The way I outline has changed quite a bit from when I first started writing. Stephen R. George

Writing First Changed Way Bit Outline Quite Quite A Bit Started

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. Stephen R. George

Writing Seriously Thought Reading Analyzing Books Plotting Pretty Structure Take Liked Sound Came Were Lot Up Did Decided Basics

The benefit of this kind of outlining is that you discover a story's flaws before you invest a lot of time writing the first draft, and it's almost impossible to get stuck at a difficult chapter, because you've already done the work to push through those kinds of blocks. Stephen R. George

Work Time You Chapter Writing Impossible First Before Difficult Benefit Those Kind Kinds Outlining Through Invest Stuck Push Almost Because Blocks Discover Lot Get Done Story Flaws Draft

When I was a teenager, I got into SF, quite heavily, and that too has had a major impact on my writing. Stephen R. George

Writing Too Teenager Impact Had Major Major Impact Got Quite

On the other hand, now that I'm not dependent on fiction for my income, I've been writing more short stories despite the fact that there's no real paying market for short horror other than Cemetery Dance. Stephen R. George

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