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I think the secret is just to not mind writing something a bit shit. because i often read something from waterstones and think "thats a bit cliched and shit. It seems to have sold several hundred thousand copies".
( browser still relating boring anecdotes into a void on, Fri 4 Dec 2009, 10:29, 1 reply)

i read some wise words somewhere
that said the difference between a published writer and anyone else is finishing the book.
( rachelswipe with a fork, Fri 4 Dec 2009, 11:07, closed)

I actually finished a screenplay not many moons ago - now I'm too lazy to shop it around.
That's taking laziness and failure to a whole new level.
(Galahad is out of his gourd on yellow bentines, Fri 4 Dec 2009, 11:14, closed)

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You know that agents ask for "3 chapters and a synopsis". do you think they expect you to have finished the rest of the book? Or just 3 chapters?
( browser still relating boring anecdotes into a void on, Fri 4 Dec 2009, 12:35, closed)

i think they'd want it to be finished
if they ever asked for it...
( rachelswipe with a fork, Fri 4 Dec 2009, 14:03, closed)

I think
they only ask for a few chapters from already publish authors. If you are unpublished, they usually require a whole book.

They probably realise that there are many, many of us with a few chapters and no more substance to finish the book. I have about 30 here - all of which will be finished *one day*!
(dchurch bah, Fri 4 Dec 2009, 14:14, closed)