http://www.novelr.com/2007/07/19/beginning-middle-and-end Hacking Publishing Sat, 13 Apr 2013 18:21:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 http://www.novelr.com/2007/07/19/beginning-middle-and-end/comment-page-1#comment-2042 CrazyDreamer Sun, 24 Feb 2008 00:15:54 +0000 http://www.novelr.com/archives/beginning-middle-and-end#comment-2042 One bonus to writing the whole damn thing first (besides the ability to go back and revise early parts to lead up to what you realized halfway through you really wanted the ending to look like): You can put the print edition out for sale at the same time as you're serializing it and say "Can't wait to find out what happens next? Buy the book!" One bonus to writing the whole damn thing first (besides the ability to go back and revise early parts to lead up to what you realized halfway through you really wanted the ending to look like): You can put the print edition out for sale at the same time as you’re serializing it and say “Can’t wait to find out what happens next? Buy the book!”

]]> http://www.novelr.com/2007/07/19/beginning-middle-and-end/comment-page-1#comment-583 Eli James Mon, 23 Jul 2007 06:57:27 +0000 http://www.novelr.com/archives/beginning-middle-and-end#comment-583 Scott, I love the part where you write Come Clean - it's made me realize that if I do want to blook an experiment it'll only be fair (and right) to tell everyone from the outset what it is. Scott, I love the part where you write Come Clean – it’s made me realize that if I do want to blook an experiment it’ll only be fair (and right) to tell everyone from the outset what it is.

]]> http://www.novelr.com/2007/07/19/beginning-middle-and-end/comment-page-1#comment-578 Lee Fri, 20 Jul 2007 09:06:18 +0000 http://www.novelr.com/archives/beginning-middle-and-end#comment-578 Like Gloria, I would never blog an incomplete project though I may continue to revise (yet again) even after I've posted a chapter. There's no way a novel can be worth reading if it hasn't been rewritten, often many times, and thoroughly revised. Like Gloria, I would never blog an incomplete project though I may continue to revise (yet again) even after I’ve posted a chapter. There’s no way a novel can be worth reading if it hasn’t been rewritten, often many times, and thoroughly revised.

]]> http://www.novelr.com/2007/07/19/beginning-middle-and-end/comment-page-1#comment-575 Scott McKenzie Thu, 19 Jul 2007 13:47:14 +0000 http://www.novelr.com/archives/beginning-middle-and-end#comment-575 Thansk for your comment Gloria. I'd written it as a novel intended for publication first, then I realised the format of short chapters could be adapted to work in a blog. I published the hard copy novel via lulu.com which is a very simple process, so simple in fact that if there are any problems with formatting, editing, cover quality, etc... you've only got yourself to blame! Thansk for your comment Gloria. I’d written it as a novel intended for publication first, then I realised the format of short chapters could be adapted to work in a blog. I published the hard copy novel via lulu.com which is a very simple process, so simple in fact that if there are any problems with formatting, editing, cover quality, etc… you’ve only got yourself to blame!

]]> http://www.novelr.com/2007/07/19/beginning-middle-and-end/comment-page-1#comment-574 Gloria Hildebrandt Thu, 19 Jul 2007 13:18:01 +0000 http://www.novelr.com/archives/beginning-middle-and-end#comment-574 Great to learn of you, Scott! A quick look at your blog shows that you've also got the book for sale in hard copy. I'd love to hear how you did that. By the way, I vote for completing the novel before blogging it. I would rather read people's rewritten, revised, polished work than their rough first drafts, that sometimes indeed fizzle out before completion. That's how I posted my novel, Stonyfields -- way after working it over until it's the best I can get it. Great to learn of you, Scott! A quick look at your blog shows that you’ve also got the book for sale in hard copy. I’d love to hear how you did that. By the way, I vote for completing the novel before blogging it. I would rather read people’s rewritten, revised, polished work than their rough first drafts, that sometimes indeed fizzle out before completion. That’s how I posted my novel, Stonyfields — way after working it over until it’s the best I can get it.

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