
Remain seated . . . it’s really that simple.
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Remain seated . . . it’s really that simple.

‘The first draft is just you telling yourself the story,’ according to Terry Pratchett. Ernest Hemingway said, ‘The first draft of anything is shit.’ While Stephen King believes a first draft ‘should take no more than three months’.
Perhaps writing a novel is as simple as this:

Most writers have to supplement their income from time to time. My working life started at Buckingham Palace but it wasn’t an altogether pleasant experience. You can read about it on the excellent book review website Literogo.