write my first novel
Well, I've got five chapters written!

I’ve got the first five lines done. Hand-written, no less.

One of my favorite authors, Orson Scott Card, has a writers workshop on his website, and he suggests only publishing, on the ‘net, the first thirteen lines.

He said, those are the first lines an editor or publisher will read, that’ll make or break whether he or she continues.

So I’m working on those all-important 13 lines. Those are usually just on the first page, in a traditional manuscript format.

UPDATE – Make that five CHAPTERS written. I was doing NaNoWriMo 2007 (google it) and cranked out 5 chapters before life crept up on me and I had to do other stuff.



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