Ok , I decided to start my novel - Democratic Underground

UndertheOcean

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Tue Apr-13-10 04:52 PM
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Ok , I decided to start my novel

enough procrastination .... its been simmering in my brain for years , and it will probably need a decade to get done ... I should start sometime !

Just making the decision to proceed is exciting.... I don't care if it ends up in dustbins , or is never published ... I just need to get it off my chest.

Maybe I will serialize it in the lounge , or maybe not...

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gmoney

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Tue Apr-13-10 04:53 PM
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1. "The night was..."

"Sultry."

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UndertheOcean

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Tue Apr-13-10 04:54 PM
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2. Ha Ha , no , the night was windy

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Call Me Wesley

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Tue Apr-13-10 05:03 PM
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3. Professional advice,

don't use .... for every ...... sentence ............ . Ellipses will make every publishers bite their own rugs. And don't publish it in the Lounge or any other online service if you want to sell it.

:hi:

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XemaSab

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Tue Apr-13-10 05:10 PM
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4. What if... you're writing dialogue... for the esteemed... actor...

WILLIAM... SHATNER? :shrug:

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UndertheOcean

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Tue Apr-13-10 05:16 PM
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5. Ha Ha .... Ha

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Call Me Wesley

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Tue Apr-13-10 05:16 PM
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6. The ............ Shat .........

He ...... used ellipses .................. to kill the Enterprise ................

He ............................. 's ....................... the only one (next to Chuck Norris) ............................................... who can use them and ................................ get away ................ with them.

K ................. H .......................... A ........................................................................... N .................................!!!!!!!!11111!!!111!!!

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UndertheOcean

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Tue Apr-13-10 05:23 PM
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8. BTW , you are aware that chatting on the Internet is different from formal writing

I guess this concept is alien to many Westerners because their culture lacks significant diglossia.

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Tommy_Carcetti

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Tue Apr-13-10 05:20 PM
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7. I dunno, the Chuggo novella set the bar pretty high....

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=105&topic_id=9321195&mesg_id=9321195

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Touchdown

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Tue Apr-13-10 08:01 PM
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9. Just make sure it has 3 sex scenes in it.

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UTUSN

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Tue Apr-13-10 08:04 PM
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10. Remember what Alex HALEY said: "I would have typed faster!1"

He was asked about getting published/famous/rich relatively late in life.

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