|
|
|
timmy
|
 |
Has no life at all |
Location: UK, in Devon
Registered: February 2003
Messages: 13796
|
|
|
I have finished the first draft of my book, and I am 2/3rds of the way through the first edit phase, with a very kind offer I've accepted also for proofreading (totally separate from edits).
The next hurdle is the second edit to get it into a more compact form, and then choosing a set of publishers to write to to be rejected by!
My wife has read it and declares it to be very readable, although rather sad.
I even have a working title that I am chewing over with myself to see if it works.
Author of Queer Me! Halfway Between Flying and Crying - the true story of life for a gay boy in the Swinging Sixties in a British all male Public School
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Macky
|
 |
Really getting into it |
Location: USA
Registered: November 2008
Messages: 973
|
|
|
Great news. I haven't written much but when I try to write something, I find by the time I'm done writing, I am about 20% complete. I tend to throw words on paper at a frantic pace with the initial write, then edit until I think it's good enough. It seems that every time I reread, I change something else for the better. I really think I could edit a thing forever. It's like the first time through, I am talking to myself. Then I try to translate it into something that other people can understand. First write is reflection. All the edits deal with communication. A book that communicates well should stand a good chance of being published, I would think. I think Amazon publishes electronic books for their Kindle reader. The low production costs should mean that a lot more things are published.
Now dream a little. Who would star as Timmy and John in the movie?
Behold, how good and how pleasant it is
For brothers to dwell together in unity!
Ps 133:1 NASB
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
timmy
|
|
Has no life at all |
Location: UK, in Devon
Registered: February 2003
Messages: 13796
|
|
|
Hahahaa. Well I don't think it would lend itself to a movie. We only know the motivations of one person, the diarist.
He was not such a wonderful boy, you know. I just created an illusion around him to make it seem as if he was.
Author of Queer Me! Halfway Between Flying and Crying - the true story of life for a gay boy in the Swinging Sixties in a British all male Public School
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Not true. He was a terrific kid albeit terribly confused and had his head mucked about by the adults in his life. It certainly brings to mind the old adage that "as the twig is bent, so grows the tree". Have you wondered how you might have faired if you'd had the advantages of the internet at that age when your mind was so full of questions?
Youth crisis hot-line 866-488-7386, 24 hr (U.S.A.)
There are people who want to help you cope with being you.
|
|
|
|
|
Goto Forum:
|
] 
A Place of Safety
Search
Help
Register
Login
Home
