Do you write books?

@Lusye28 (228)
Bulgaria
March 19, 2016 10:12am CST
Ok, we are all here to chat and have a nice time discussing different topics. That made me remember that I had a dream to become a writer and publish my own books, and many of my friends had the same dream, too. I even started several times different "beginnings" of books, but I always gave up. What do you think? Have you ever tried writing a book?
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weird_oh_me
@LdeL0318 (6400)
• Philippines
20 Mar 16
I usually write books with short stories for basic reading. I am teaching basic reading to young ones every summer and I noticed that each of them has a different level of capacity. I decided to write short stories, compile it, and make it as a book but they are for personal use only. Not yet the one good for publication.
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weird_oh_me
@LdeL0318 (6400)
• Philippines
20 Mar 16
@Lusye28 no harm in showing them to others. You'll never know if they'll gonna like it unless you show it.
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Lusye
@Lusye28 (228)
• Bulgaria
20 Mar 16
Yes, I see what you mean, the stories are meant for another purpose, not for selling. But it's great you can write them. I have some writings myself, really small ones, but I'm not sure I want to show them to anybody. ;)
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Lusye
@Lusye28 (228)
• Bulgaria
20 Mar 16
@LdeL0318 You're right. But I'm afraid about the "not liking" part becoming true.
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Mara Lam
@psyedelicbworm (68)
• Philippines
19 Mar 16
I do. bit by bit. I tend to write on whatever paper I can find when inspiration hits me so I have this note books filled with scraps for my story. I'm actually planning on drawing a map for it when I get the chance.
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Lusye
@Lusye28 (228)
• Bulgaria
19 Mar 16
Sounds great! I still keep the files for my started chapters somewhere on my computer, but I don't even remember where exacted I've saved them.
Lusye
@Lusye28 (228)
• Bulgaria
19 Mar 16
@psyedelicbworm I hope so, but my computer is filled up with different stuff after re-installing it several times and it's hard to ever find something. I couldn't even find my CV recently. :D
Mara Lam
@psyedelicbworm (68)
• Philippines
19 Mar 16
@Lusye28 I've done that a couple of times until I lost some chapters so I went back to actually writing them instead. Hopefully you'll have better luck finding them than I did.
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Dominique
@dodo19 (47336)
• Beaconsfield, Quebec
20 Mar 16
Right now I'm writing a book. I've always wanted to write one, and now I am. I do hope I am able to get it done and published but we'll see.
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Dominique
@dodo19 (47336)
• Beaconsfield, Quebec
20 Mar 16
@Lusye28 thanks. First I need to write the book. Hopefully it works out.
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Dominique
@dodo19 (47336)
• Beaconsfield, Quebec
21 Mar 16
@Marty1 I do plan on just keep working on it, and keep writing on it. Once I'm done, I'll definitely see what my options are for publication. But for the moment, I'll focus on the writing.
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Lusye
@Lusye28 (228)
• Bulgaria
20 Mar 16
@dodo19 I wish you all the best with the book! Hopefully, it will become popular and we'll all know about it.
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TheDemonicAngel
@TheDemonicAngel (699)
• United States
19 Mar 16
I am currently working on one of the slew of books that I have planned to release. I plan on self publishing the first one, we'll see what happens with the others.
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Lusye
@Lusye28 (228)
• Bulgaria
19 Mar 16
I wish you a great success with it! Hopefully you'll finish that book soon. :)
Shavkat
@Shavkat (140119)
• Philippines
19 Mar 16
I had created my own book. But then, I haven't published it yet. I still looking for an illustrator.
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Shavkat
@Shavkat (140119)
• Philippines
19 Mar 16
@Lusye28 Thank you. Hopefully, I can find a good illustrator.
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Shreya khanna
@Lazyblogs (494)
• Chandigarh, India
19 Mar 16
I am always writing a book in my mind ..but somehow i can never push myself to write it ..its weird ..maybe i dont have enough determination
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Shreya khanna
@Lazyblogs (494)
• Chandigarh, India
21 Mar 16
@Marty1 you just need to be determined you can not take it for granted that it may happen when it has to
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Lusye
@Lusye28 (228)
• Bulgaria
19 Mar 16
To tell you the truth, I've tried talking it over a recording session and then transcribing it, however it's even more time consuming for me.
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Amber
@AmbiePam (93898)
• United States
17 Apr 16
I haven't, but on mylot there seem to be a lot who have.
Porcospino
@Porcospino (31366)
• Denmark
20 Mar 16
I have written a couple of short stories and I would like to turn them into a book one day, but it will take a while before I get that far. I need to work on them again and make some adjustments. I also have 4 stories that I didn't finish yet.
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Porcospino
@Porcospino (31366)
• Denmark
21 Mar 16
@Lusye28 I hope so I always wanted to write a book, and it will be interesting to see what happens when I manage to finish my stories.
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Lusye
@Lusye28 (228)
• Bulgaria
20 Mar 16
That's wonderful, I'm sure you'll make a successful book. :)
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Oshy
@TiarasOceanView (70022)
• United States
19 Mar 16
I have never tried to do so Lusye. It takes really something special in my mind to be able to write a book. It seems a long arduous, tedious task to me. I dont want to do it. There are some published writes on myLot. I have one ladys book, but she has passed now that used to be on myLot. I know of a few others here also.
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Oshy
@TiarasOceanView (70022)
• United States
19 Mar 16
@Lusye28 Yes my concentration is not good enough to do so.
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Lusye
@Lusye28 (228)
• Bulgaria
19 Mar 16
Yes, I noticed there are some writers after I posted this topic. It's good to hear people like to express themselves in this way. It's difficult sometimes for me to get a new idea and to continue with what I'm writing.
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Marlina
@marlina (154131)
• Canada
19 Mar 16
Writing a successful book is not that easy.
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LegTech
@rina110383 (24492)
•
19 Mar 16
No, but I would love to write one.
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Lusye
@Lusye28 (228)
• Bulgaria
19 Mar 16
Hopefully, you will one day. I hope the same for myself. :)
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Bluedoll
@Bluedoll (16773)
• Canada
19 Mar 16
I've started one and stopped after about 30,000 words rough and not very good. Its on moth balls. But now I wonder if I started another what it would be on. I just don't know for sure.
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Lusye
@Lusye28 (228)
• Bulgaria
19 Mar 16
@Bluedoll Well, you can always try, that doesn't hurt. :) Or maybe you can try finishing the first one. 30 000 words are how much, 120 pages? That's a whole book, wow. :)
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Julia Ray
@jwlsmacray (105)
• United States
21 Mar 16
I'm in the process of writing one. I've been writing it for a couple years. I have connected with several self publishing authors on social media and it keeps me writing seeing what they have accomplished.
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Lusye
@Lusye28 (228)
• Bulgaria
22 Mar 16
It's great to have successful people keep you motivated. I try my best to stay close to the positive.
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Lusye
@Lusye28 (228)
• Bulgaria
23 Mar 16
@jwlsmacray Hehe, great, just a pepsi. I usually need much more than that.
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Julia Ray
@jwlsmacray (105)
• United States
23 Mar 16
@Lusye28 I try to be positive but I do have my down days. Then I pepsi usually solves that. lol
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