One morning, Andrew woke up with an idea for an epic fantasy novel. He had never written a book before, nor did he have any relevant creative writing experience, just a love of reading and a can-do attitude.
In fact it would be more than fair to say that Andrew had no idea what he was doing, or what he might be getting himself into, but he decided to give it a go anyway.
Follow his journey from zero to maybe one-day published author below.
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Ever since I decided to write a book I always thought that outlining would give me the best chance of writing something brilliant and really getting my story across, but in some ways it has also led me to put…
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I finally told someone I was writing a book…
Ever since I first made the decision to actually start working on writing my fantasy novel it has kind of been this secret project that no-one else has known about. Aside from telling the world semi-anonymously on here, I’ve not…
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Not in it for the money
A little while after I decided I was going to start writing, my mind wandered to a subject that I suspect most wannabe authors have considered at some point… how many millions was I going to make…? So I was…
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Write down everything you know
My first step on this journey, right from the outset really has been to just write down everything I know about what it is I want to write. Some of that has been quite farfetched (like the fact that I…
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Am I crazy?
A little over a week ago I woke up from a dream with an idea for a book as clear as day in my head. It’s not the first time it’s happened, over the years there have been many occasions…
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Writing my first ever fantasy novel - Documenting the journey 