Work...er.... Work...and more.....Work !

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I think I'll slither off and do something useful for a change.

Night-night everyone. Sweet dreams.

Jj

Will - have you got a basic shape for the whole thing yet?

Jj

night V!

xxx

XFR Bear

Night Smitch and Vrap - see ya tomorrow in the case of the former )

WildWill

Nite Smitch

Jj - I know the first bits, the main probem to be overcome and a few other bits ... the more i ponder it the more it seems to be coming together - it's just hard putting vishin into words that make sense

WildWill

Nite V

WildWill

As i told you I am basing the bad guys on Vikings and the good guys are "One Goders"

Jj

If it were easy, we'd all be doing it!

)

Just keep pondering and keep writing.

Don't worry if the story starts to take its own shape - it may well change as you add flesh to the bones.

Jj

'one goders'?

as opposed to pagans?

cool.

WildWill

Thats what i hope

all these sort of books boil down to a basic good verses evil sort of thing

WildWill

Thats how I refer to them in the book - They follow the teachings of the One God and are refered too as One Goders

Jj

A very quick bit of market research shows a paucity of Viking fiction!

You might have found a wonderful niche - and yes, if you have a good strong hero and a sexily evil villain you could hit paydirt.


(LittleWill has a lovely Horrible Histories book about the Vikings - have you seen it?)

WildWill

I was looking at it in asda - i may buy a book on Vikings to help me

Jj

Libraries!!!

If you have a good reference library near you it won't cost you a penny (unless you're like me and always forget to take them back for months and the fines are so high you might as well have bought the book in the first place!)

I've got some Viking books somewhere - but had to clear out about 500 books when we moved to this little house...

(

XFR Bear

I used to love Vikings - I build a Viking ship out of cardboard and nilk bottle tops when I was at primary school )

WildWill

Well they are the bad guys in my book and they are called "Northmen"

Jj

I got off with a gorgeous Viking in my dim and distant past.

~~~goes dreamy~~~

Jj

it was a fancy dress party, of course...

XFR Bear

Northmen?

What - bl00dy Geordies?

;o)

Jj

[double thunk]

Jj

Will - did you manage to sleep last night?

My pill made me go all strange.

very odd.

RunRabbit RunRabbit

Howdie Doodie.................

XFR Bear

Hi Rabs )

Sam Panther

WW

You aware that there has been research into what makes a good/popular book?

Not sure I remember it or where to find this research. Found out about it on one of the personal development courses I have done. Didn't write it down as I wasn't interested in writing a book.

Harry Potter and Lord of the Rings follow the model fairly closely.

Maybe somebody else here knows what I am on about?

WildWill

Yes - It took an hour or so for my pill to take effect but it worked

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night

WildWill

Hi Sam - yes I've read the research - it goes along the line that the story should comprise of a single seaminly imposable problem to be solved by main char(s) and the journy should be made up of lots of sub problems that build to the solving of the main problem


There is more but thats the main bit

WildWill

Nite Hipps - sleep well

Jj

Sam - I don't know of the specific piece of research you're talking about, but there is plenty out there.

'lo wabbit! Been up Cardiac Hill tonight?

Jj

night benzie!

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