How many folks here have written a novel?

What did you find to be the hardest part of the writing process?

I have scraps of a story I’d like to pursue, but it’s scraps. Not an entire outline or anything.

 

A friend of mine is a published novelist. He develops an outline - pretty much three acts. Then writes chapter by chapter. I find the process of how TV shows are written - particularly cable shows where they know how many episodes they have in a season interesting. Its similar. They know the destination and what needs to happen in each episode to get there.
I was stunned - but later not surprised - when he told me he talked to the producers of "24" and after season one, they just wrote episode by episode (and found themselves writing themselves into cul-de-sacs prompting production delays).

 

Well, if you take all my posts here, they probably add up to a book.

 

Every day, every day, every day I write the book.

 

And if everything were equal, you'd own the film rights and be working on a sequel.

 

Seymour the violin playing giraffe.

Just have to start it. Or have AI do it.

 

Back when I worked the sports desk, some folks would write novels. We’d have to cut them to fit.

 

Can't imagine it. Writing dialogue is difficult. No one better than Stephen King at that.

 

Not a single wasted line

You say he wants to take on the JEWS! at their own GAME!​

 

I ran down the road, pants down to my knees
Screaming "please come help me, that Canadian shaman gave a little too much to me!"
And I'm writing a novel because it's never been done before

 

Every fucking year. If my glance at his bibliography is correct, he's published a book every year since 1974 except for 1976 and 2000. And there are of course a ton of years in there in which he had multiple books published, so he more than made up for those slacktastic years. The guy is a machine. Incredible.