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In the first year, 1988, I wrote and sold 3 novels  (George Stephen Quotes) 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.  (George Stephen Quotes) 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 Quotes) I got up with my wife, I sat down at the computer when she went to work, and I didn’t stop until she got home  (George Stephen Quotes) So, in effect, my first sale was actually two books  (George Stephen Quotes) So, I outlined a horror novel and started writing  (George Stephen Quotes) I’ve been reading horror since I was five years old  (George Stephen Quotes) For each book, the time is also broken up  (George Stephen Quotes) Actually, the 14 novels were written over a period of just over 6 years  (George Stephen Quotes) The way I outline has changed quite a bit from when I first started writing  (George Stephen Quotes) Even the contemporary horror authors who have seriously influenced me are a disparate bunch  (George Stephen Quotes) 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 Quotes) 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  (George Stephen Quotes) I spent two months on the first draft, working 8 hours a day, five days a week  (George Stephen Quotes) For the novels I wrote before selling anything, I didn’t outline much. I had a vague idea of the story  (George Stephen Quotes) 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 Quotes) 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 Quotes) 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  (George Stephen Quotes)