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George Stephen Quotes
A couple of weeks after that, Zebra Books phoned with an offer, and I accepted. - George Stephen Quotes
Actually, the 14 novels were written over a period of just over 6 years. - George Stephen Quotes
As well, short stories are hard to write. - George Stephen Quotes
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. - George Stephen Quotes
Even the contemporary horror authors who have seriously influenced me are a disparate bunch. - George Stephen Quotes
For each book, the time is also broken up. - George Stephen Quotes
For the novels I wrote before selling anything, I didnt outline much. I had a vague idea of the story. - George Stephen Quotes
I got up with my wife, I sat down at the computer when she went to work, and I didnt stop until she got home. - George Stephen Quotes
I spent two months on the first draft, working 8 hours a day, five days a week. - George Stephen Quotes
I usually spend a month developing the idea into an outline. Two to three months to write the first draft. Another month or six weeks to revise. - George Stephen Quotes
Im a fan of short horror fiction... in fact, the most memorable horror Ive read is of the short variety... but I have a hard time pulling it off myself. - George Stephen Quotes
Ive been reading horror since I was five years old. - George Stephen Quotes
Ive devoted a lot of my time and effort during the past few years to developing my advertising copywriting business to the point of where I can support my family and dont have to depend on writing fiction for my income. - George Stephen Quotes
Ive got a near complete horror novel at my desk, plus a number of short stories, plus preliminary outlines for two other novels. - George Stephen Quotes
In November of 1987, I decided that I had to make a serious run at becoming a professional fiction writer, or forget about it completely. - George Stephen Quotes
In the first year, 1988, I wrote and sold 3 novels. - George Stephen Quotes
Many of my short stories (all unpublished) were horror, and the novel Id just finished was horror, too. - George Stephen Quotes
On the other hand, now that Im not dependent on fiction for my income, Ive been writing more short stories despite the fact that theres no real paying market for short horror other than Cemetery Dance. - George Stephen Quotes
So, I outlined a horror novel and started writing. - George Stephen Quotes
So, in effect, my first sale was actually two books. - George Stephen Quotes
The benefit of this kind of outlining is that you discover a storys flaws before you invest a lot of time writing the first draft, and its almost impossible to get stuck at a difficult chapter, because youve already done the work to push through those kinds of blocks. - George Stephen Quotes
The downside is that youve outlined so thoroughly that the actual writing can be a bore, and that can come through in the writing. - George Stephen Quotes
The way I outline has changed quite a bit from when I first started writing. - George Stephen Quotes
Trying to break into the horror market seemed natural. - George Stephen Quotes
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. - George Stephen Quotes
When I was a teenager, I got into SF, quite heavily, and that too has had a major impact on my writing. - George Stephen Quotes
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