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A lot of people on my friends list have got into this write a novel in a month idea, and part of me thinks I should have a go as well. It's not somehting I've really looked into before mainly because unlike most people I don't think I've got a novel inside me (I couldn't eat a whole one), but looking at some of the books on the shelves at WHSmith the other day perhaps that doesn't actually matter.
Writers are often told: Write what you know. Good advice, so the first thing I need to do is consider the question What do I know?.
1) Cheap jokes.
Mostly revolving around peoples bottoms. Falling over on them, perhaps, or needing some embarrassing object surgically removing from them. I find this hilarious every time.
Also, poems beginning with lines like There once was a girl from Nantucket.
2) Gaming
Raymond E. Feist's Magician made it onto the top 100 books of the 20th century list compiled by The Times, and it's pretty common knowledge that he based it on his and his friends D&D campaign, so this writing malarkey ought to be pretty easy based on that.
Then again, as anyone who has read his sequels, Silverthorn and A Darkness at Sethanon will know, maybe not. Given that Feist is widely regarded as one of the best fantasy authors, this also means that a lot of stuff on the market is of the quality of The Odyssey of Gilthanas, which is comedically awful.
However, I've been gaming for simply ages and I see no reason why that shouldn't translate into big literary bucks.
3) Being a dynamic entrepreneur
If there's one thing guarnteed to get the blood pounding, it's a gripping tale of ruthless businessfolk, like in Dallas, or Dynasty, or Cane and Abel. Therefore my own experiences of tallying up the balance sheets for Q3 and reconciling the expenses to the bank statements should be a huge, huge hit if presented in the right way.
With all that fascinating experience, writing what I know should be a piece of cake!
The Year-End-Figures of the Brantar Dragons, by David.
Grzzthorg the Orc Barbarian settled back into his executive swivel chair and tried the concentrate on the latest sales figures from R&D. He shifted uncomfortably and made a mental note to get a plumper cushion - he still hadn't recovered from having the Wand of Orcus surgically removed from his colon and sitting was difficult. But, he mused, it was better than standing or walking.
He quickly totted up the figures and compared them to the Q2 returns from marketing and pillaging. If this is correct, he said to himself, we can stage a hostile takeover bid for the Lost Mines of Kragarthanax by leveraging their equity against debt ratio. I hope the dwarves who live there don't have very good saving throws.
Booker Prize ahoy, methinks.
Writers are often told: Write what you know. Good advice, so the first thing I need to do is consider the question What do I know?.
1) Cheap jokes.
Mostly revolving around peoples bottoms. Falling over on them, perhaps, or needing some embarrassing object surgically removing from them. I find this hilarious every time.
Also, poems beginning with lines like There once was a girl from Nantucket.
2) Gaming
Raymond E. Feist's Magician made it onto the top 100 books of the 20th century list compiled by The Times, and it's pretty common knowledge that he based it on his and his friends D&D campaign, so this writing malarkey ought to be pretty easy based on that.
Then again, as anyone who has read his sequels, Silverthorn and A Darkness at Sethanon will know, maybe not. Given that Feist is widely regarded as one of the best fantasy authors, this also means that a lot of stuff on the market is of the quality of The Odyssey of Gilthanas, which is comedically awful.
However, I've been gaming for simply ages and I see no reason why that shouldn't translate into big literary bucks.
3) Being a dynamic entrepreneur
If there's one thing guarnteed to get the blood pounding, it's a gripping tale of ruthless businessfolk, like in Dallas, or Dynasty, or Cane and Abel. Therefore my own experiences of tallying up the balance sheets for Q3 and reconciling the expenses to the bank statements should be a huge, huge hit if presented in the right way.
With all that fascinating experience, writing what I know should be a piece of cake!
The Year-End-Figures of the Brantar Dragons, by David.
Grzzthorg the Orc Barbarian settled back into his executive swivel chair and tried the concentrate on the latest sales figures from R&D. He shifted uncomfortably and made a mental note to get a plumper cushion - he still hadn't recovered from having the Wand of Orcus surgically removed from his colon and sitting was difficult. But, he mused, it was better than standing or walking.
He quickly totted up the figures and compared them to the Q2 returns from marketing and pillaging. If this is correct, he said to himself, we can stage a hostile takeover bid for the Lost Mines of Kragarthanax by leveraging their equity against debt ratio. I hope the dwarves who live there don't have very good saving throws.
Booker Prize ahoy, methinks.
