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Scott Nicholson · 03-05-2010, 10:55 AM

Heh, I threw a story I wrote as a teenager in as a bonus at the end of my story collection FLOWERS, which featured many of my early published short stories. That story was when I wanted to be Vonnegut crossed with Hemingway and it involved a lot of cigarette smoking...I even billed it as "what happens when a writer doesn't know any better..."

But you know what? I didn't edit it a bit, but already the sentences were sound--I do freelance editing, and the writers that can write a sentence have a chance, because that's the basic building block. After that, it's just a matter of writing a million words.

Scott

03-05-2010, 10:55 AM	#18
Scott Nicholson Scott Nicholson, author Posts: 363 Karma: 2029337 Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Boone NC Device: Kindle	bonus babies Heh, I threw a story I wrote as a teenager in as a bonus at the end of my story collection FLOWERS, which featured many of my early published short stories. That story was when I wanted to be Vonnegut crossed with Hemingway and it involved a lot of cigarette smoking...I even billed it as "what happens when a writer doesn't know any better..." But you know what? I didn't edit it a bit, but already the sentences were sound--I do freelance editing, and the writers that can write a sentence have a chance, because that's the basic building block. After that, it's just a matter of writing a million words. Scott Last edited by Dr. Drib; 03-23-2012 at 01:36 PM.