https://www.posetteforever.com/viewtopic.php?f=25&t=1562&p=27423#p27423
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melamkish
Sunday, 18 December 2005, 04:27 AM


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Hello, erenda

I like your story and you should continue to write it.  It seems like a lot of story to get in one book, and perhaps a trilogy of three books might work very well.  Illustrating with your own artwork is a very good idea.

You really should consider saving everything you write instead of burning it.  The late and great novellist Ernest Hemmingway saved every note and incomplete story he ever started.  If he was unhappy with a story because it didn't quite work, or just couldn't get his ideas across, he would put it away, sometimes for years, and then pull out an unfinished story and finish it.  One of Hemmingway's most painful times was when he felt ready to finish a story he had started and placed aside for many years.  He could not find his original story notes and had to re-write it from memory. Although he finished the book and it was well received by the public, Hemmingway knew it could have been better if the original material had not been lost.  

Lennon and McCartney wrote a rough draft of one of the Beatles hit songs on a napkin while eating in a resturant, because that is when they were inspired.

Write down every idea even if it is only a few words or a sentence. Save it to a notebook (or your computer).  One day you will look thru that notebook at the right time and the inpiration of how to finish that idea or complete a story will lift you from your feet and before you know it, the story will be complete as you envision it should be.

Looking forward to more of your work!