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For each book, the time is also broken up.

~George Stephen

Topics: Also Book Broken Each Time Up

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The way I outline has changed quite a bit from when I first started writing.

~George Stephen

Topics: Bit Changed First Outline Quite Quite A Bit Started Way Writing

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For the novels I wrote before selling anything, I didn't outline much. I had a vague idea of the story.

~George Stephen

Topics: Anything Before Had Idea Much Novels Outline Selling Story Vague Wrote

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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.

~George Stephen

Topics: Analyzing Basics Books Came Decided Did Liked Lot Plotting Pretty Reading Seriously Sound Structure Take Thought Up Were Writing

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The benefit of this kind of outlining is that you discover a story's flaws before you invest a lot of time writing the first draft, and it's almost impossible to get stuck at a difficult chapter, because you've already done the work to push through those kinds of blocks.

~George Stephen

Topics: Almost Because Before Benefit Blocks Chapter Difficult Discover Done Draft First Flaws Get Impossible Invest Kind Kinds Lot Push Story Stuck Those Through Time Work Writing You

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I've been reading horror since I was five years old.

~George Stephen

Topics: Been Five Horror Old Reading Since Years

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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.

~George Stephen

Topics: Got Had Impact Major Quite Teenager Too Writing Sf

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Even the contemporary horror authors who have seriously influenced me are a disparate bunch.

~George Stephen

Topics: Authors Bunch Contemporary Disparate Even Horror Influenced Me Seriously Who

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I'm a fan of short horror fiction... in fact, the most memorable horror I've read is of the short variety... but I have a hard time pulling it off myself.

~George Stephen

Topics: Fact Fan Fiction Hard Hard Time Horror In Fact Memorable Most Myself Off Pulling Read Short Time Variety

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On the other hand, now that I'm not dependent on fiction for my income, I've been writing more short stories despite the fact that there's no real paying market for short horror other than Cemetery Dance.

~George Stephen

Topics: Been Cemetery Dance Dependent Despite Fact Fiction Hand Horror Income Market More Now Other Paying Real Short Short Stories Stories Than Writing

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Biography

Nationality: Canadian

Type: Businessman

Born: June 5th, 1829

Died: November 29th, 1921

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