George Stephen
George Stephen
George Stephen, 1st Baron Mount Stephen, Bt, GCVO, known as Sir George Stephen, Bt, between 1886 and 1891, was a prominent Canadian businessman. Originally from Scotland, he made his fame in Montreal and was the first Canadian to be elevated to the Peerage of the United Kingdom. He was the financial genius behind the creation of the Canadian Pacific Railway...
NationalityCanadian
ProfessionBusinessman
Date of Birth5 June 1829
CountryCanada
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When I decided to take writing seriously, I did a lot of reading and analyzing of the books I liked, and came up with what I thought were pretty sound plotting and structure basics.
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In November of 1987, I decided that I had to make a serious run at becoming a professional fiction writer, or forget about it completely.
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I usually spend a month developing the idea into an outline. Two to three months to write the first draft. Another month or six weeks to revise.
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I've got a near complete horror novel at my desk, plus a number of short stories, plus preliminary outlines for two other novels.
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I've devoted a lot of my time and effort during the past few years to developing my advertising copywriting business to the point of where I can support my family and don't have to depend on writing fiction for my income.
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During that first year, I felt guilty that my wife was out working bringing in all our income, while I was at home playing on the computer, so I made myself treat writing like a job.
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When I was a teenager, I got into SF, quite heavily, and that too has had a major impact on my writing.
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Trying to break into the horror market seemed natural.
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For each book, the time is also broken up.
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Even the contemporary horror authors who have seriously influenced me are a disparate bunch.
Actually, the 14 novels were written over a period of just over 6 years.
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The way I outline has changed quite a bit from when I first started writing.
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So, in effect, my first sale was actually two books.
So, I outlined a horror novel and started writing.