tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7961660238450693245.post7280788908349874608..comments2024-02-13T03:59:13.635+00:00Comments on Eat Electric Death: How do you go about writing a book/screenplay? [Brit]Slimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02020308502156946280noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7961660238450693245.post-53089649064496321572008-03-27T08:30:00.000+00:002008-03-27T08:30:00.000+00:00Cheers for the pointers! I shan't be delving into ...<br>Cheers for the pointers! I shan't be delving into any remote winter hotels however, but everything else is easily doable if as you say, you unplug from the matrix. I think I shall take myself down to the local cafe over the weekend (nice big windows) and see what happens... and probably overdose on caffeine :)<br>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7961660238450693245.post-90014051448599146522008-03-26T16:30:00.000+00:002008-03-26T16:30:00.000+00:00Doesn't need to be quiet. A few big authors liked ...<br>Doesn't need to be quiet. A few big authors liked writing in coffee shops. I gave that a bash and it was pretty cool. The big thing for me, at the time, was lack of Internet.<br><br>I actually think it's good for you to have people around. I think writing benefits from being immersed in experience, other people. Lest your characters all end up being based on people you know and being Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7961660238450693245.post-68208661381290799812008-03-26T14:18:00.000+00:002008-03-26T14:18:00.000+00:00The important thing, as Lurks stresses, is the qui...<br>The important thing, as Lurks stresses, is the quiet room away from the internet. Try and find a winter job as a caretaker of a large hotel on a bleak, snow-swept mountainside. The ideas will literally jump out at you!<br>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7961660238450693245.post-25908993752354769132008-03-25T19:08:00.000+00:002008-03-25T19:08:00.000+00:00Well, if by dabbled you mean... writing three full...<br>Well, if by dabbled you mean... writing three full length novel works, actually completing a draft manuscript for the last one, shopping it around agents and then working with an editor for 18 months. Yeah. So, err, I'm not sure what you mean by more formal. I've not been very successful since my last agent helpfully died on me, 100% down to slackness on my behalf. The grand enemy of anyone Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7961660238450693245.post-50386163263708742002008-03-25T14:32:00.000+00:002008-03-25T14:32:00.000+00:00Apart from a character called The Skive (a mysteri...<br>Apart from a character called The Skive (a mysterious individual who hangs around Gatwick departure lounges, touting wireless messaging devices) there is no similarity at all :)<br>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7961660238450693245.post-42452467823163632902008-03-25T14:11:00.000+00:002008-03-25T14:11:00.000+00:00Any similarities between characters and EED member...<br>Any similarities between characters and EED members (alive or dead) is purely coincidental?<br>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com