Daily Archives: August 12, 2009

I’ve been toying with where I want the second chapter of my new book to go for some time now. This isn’t one of those stories that just flows out of me – hey, I’ve never written a novel before – like most of my others. This one being what it is…
I wish I could just channel Stephen King. In The Dark Tower, he writes of himself and in one of the seven books he says it’s more like channeling – or something like that. He also says America pays by the pound and Stephen King writes by the inch – or something like that. At any rate, the man is remarkable – a true literary genius. And speaking of the Master, I’m now over three-quarters of the way through Lisey’s Story. I can’t wait to get to the end of this one.
When it comes to my writing however, it comes in spurts. One day I can sit down and write twelve pages while the next day I can only write one. Then I might go a week or two without touching the story. I guess that’s just the way it goes. I’ve got the drive to start writing the second chapter today during lunch. Seeing as how I have to take my laptop in to work again today, I think I may do just that.
How many pages can I write in one hour (fifty minutes if you want to get nit-picky about it)? One? Six? Twelve? We shall see!
Hey – one more chapter, one step closer to publication, right?