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Well as some of you know Larry@stinescorner say I should write a book about my life so now what do you guys think.
Yes or No
And if yes I need real help please as in how????????????
 
My brother wrote a couple of books. One was about his dogs, "Paw Prints All Over Me".. The other was about an experience as a U.S.Navy helicopter pilot. He wove a fiction account around the incident in which he was involved, entitled "FATE-Seven Days In January". Honolulu Center allowed a Coast Guard Helicopter to fly into the side of a mountain. The recovery of the bodies was a harrowing and risky experience. I found it very interesting.

You could write different experiences as individual chapters. Why you could write a whole book about your favorite coon....lol. Just a thought. C.L.
 
old. a serious responce. Ya sure if you have the time. im not sure how to do it but from what ive seen of your posts theres enough life experiences and enough knowledge there that it shouldn't be a boring book and from your post you seem to be able to present them in an intresting and humorus way. not sure if your figuring fiction or non but i would suggest you take a look at a few "coffee table type books" that are a collection of diff authors lifes experiences to give you an example one we have is a book by Lois Hole. On Life, Learning & Vegtable Gardening. Titled "I'll Never Marry A Farmer. Something like that i think might be right up your alley. Just google it. i did and it came up

regards rocko
 
Some of your postings would be really hard to create unless you lived then. You child hood life should be a hoot. The first page of any book will either keep the reader going for page two or for the TV. Create the first page and see what it looks like. A Good start, life is simple and then I got married.
 
I have one in the works now, You need more time than you think you would, but it cam be a fun and rewarding experience. Dont do it for the money though, do it for the fun of it, and if you cant ever get published, you kida and grandkids will have a "history" of you life.
 
"you kids and grandkids will have a "history" of you life. "

My mother and her sisters did that. The book started with their parents courtship in the early 1900's and went through most of the century. It's not very well written and nobody outside the family will ever be interested, but it makes an interesting read for us grandchildren.

Of course if you're a natural storyteller you might end up with the next Little House On The Prairie or All Creatures Great And Small. The trick to writing a book like this is character development, you want the reader to feel like they know the people in the book.
 
If you have to ask someone else's opinion, then you probably should not tackle it. A book is a labor of love; do it because you want to, not because you think it might be profitable.

Computer technology and the internet makes it much more feasible to self-publish, but it is still difficult to bring a book to market. But don't focus on that now. The first thing to do is to sit down and start writing. Start by outlining what you want to say. Take a legal pad and a pencil and start jotting down ideas; see if what you come up with can be arranged in some order that makes sense. If you're able to develop an outline, then you can start writing in earnest.
 
Go to the local library. Ask the librarian to point you toward the "vanity press" works. Also books written about life in small towns and farms.
An autobiogrphy isn't noteworthy but everyone enjoys reading stories of interesting events.
Did you ever visit someone who lived in a soddy?
Ever ride the train? Ever eat with the Indians
and have them tell you "Dig deep, puppy in the bottom"? Midwife visit? Doctor house calls? Mumps and measles? The polio epidemic? Falling through the ice? Sleigh rides behind the horses? Learning to drive in a Model T? My Mom told us these and many others at bedtime.

And try some Googling

Gordo
 

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JR.Frye
 
Its just his opinion, that all.You need to ask yourself do I WANT TO WRITE A BOOK, simple as that otherwise its just some one telling you what to do and everybody gets that. You have a paper tablet and pencil don't you. thats the start and you continue untill you think you want to end it. Then look for publisher if serious about it,after all the first writing is the rough draft anyway. Do you have the funds for that ? Its your call simple as that. Everybody has had life experiences in some form or another. Good Luck
 
I'd say give it a try!

I think you would start by writing down some of the stories you remember about growing up, places you've been, and things you've seen. If you have family or long-time friends around (besides this bunch of yahoos around here) ask them.

The stories can be on you, about you, about family and friends.

I write boring stuff for a living.
 
Old
Google the (King of Obsolete), he has written a couple books about life in the Great White North.
He also has some story's on the internet. These seem to be experiences and memory's.
Go For It

Iowa Bob
 
Go for it. Start writing down memories now. Once the stories are rolling around in your mind more will pop up. Jim
 
My dad lived a very interesting life. I always encouraged him to write about it. He started to, but way too late. His memory was going, and he had a stroke soon after. Do it.
 
yes, write a book what have you got to loose?the guy that use to live in my house wrote a book about all his escapades on the farm and also about the small towns around the area,very interesting,he never did get it published but he sold hundreds of copies,he didn't get rich but what the heck ,he still had a great time writing it!
 
Definite YES I took a online course that cost about $70.00 It was given by Dr. Eva Shaw a noted author. It was great and I have several hundred pages. My children and grandchildren love to read them. I now am in the process of puting them in book form. Goggle. Dr Shaw and the course will come up, My e-mail is open.
gitrib
 
Old - before I retired, I'd pack a book in my work truck. I had a thirty minute lunch, and I chose books that consisted of each chapter having a short story, not related to the previous or following chapter. In thirty minutes, I could read the whole chapter/story start to finish. The James Herriot books are a good example.

Like others said - keep a little tablet in your shirt pocket and jot down a short reminder of the many incidents in your life. You'll think of stuff every day. I have around thirty short stories written (for family interest only), but about 100 waiting to be written.

And the details - don't skip the details. They add to the story. I remember reading about two guys who were riding on a truck tailgate on a real bumpy dirt road. One guy was bouncing all over the tailgate and couldn't figger how his buddy could sit so still, until he realized his buddy was sitting on a rivet. I read that thirty years ago, and I still laugh when I think of it.

I think you might enjoy writing down your stories.

Paul
 
Go for it!!! Post your progressions on here. I am sure most of use would be glad to proof-read it for ya. Not sure any of us are English majors but it would keep us intertained on rainy days.
 
yes, if you think you would enjoy doing it. Don't do it for the money, otherwise you will be disappointed. Your own enjoyment means you'll be happy no matter the results after it's published :)
I know of a guy that went to the north pole on a yellow skidoo when snowmobiles were kinda new, and wrote a children's book based on the sled's point of view. It's a cute book. "little lady" by Walt Pederson is the title if i remember right. It's not a number 1 but it still sells today because it was written with love. i didn't know he wrote it or went to the N pole, but i saw his name on the book in a store, looked in the cover and there was his business name that i knew from work so I knew it was him.

In another post today, i said something about copy/paste from yt. That might be the way to go, just check with ytstaff and legal advice on your rights if any to your authored posts once you hit send. Yt store would be good place to sell, along with local businesses before amazon, etc. .

Short story collection probably easiest, the plots can flow like a N ford/to ferguson farmer-plumbed loader. Chapter books require attention span and continuity and all that just like a proper wiring harness--even harder work for an author than a reader lol. Write for your style of reading.

enjoy, have fun, etc.

-karl f
 
Type 25 or 30 single-spaced pages and carry 'em down to your local library; the librarian or assistant or a patron will probably be glad to proof-read them. Be prepared for some snickering. BTW, how many books do you read.....a couple per week, one a month, one every decade? Who's your favorite author; what style are you contemplating? Don't be taken in by someone you only know by their 'handle' on an internet forum.
 
You may want to start by jotting down a bunch of your stories. Once you get some, start arranging them in an order that kind of flows from one to the next. Once that is done, start fleshing them out. Then post them on a website so we can proof read.

Stories about some danged fool thing you did (andlived to tell about it)are always interesting for readers.
 
I don't read much any more but in the past I did read a lot. Most of what I did read was Sci-fy type of stuff. I do and have also read things about gardening and of course tractors, cars, and trucks
 
The web site was costing us $12 a month and when we lost $700 a month income we had to cut back some and the web site was one place we cut back. My step son till he got out of school was getting SS survivors benefits from his dad who died of cancer from agent orange in nam
 
Lance you want me to do it so others will learn the way to test a mag like you did. LOL Right??? Now for a question will you ever test a mag that way again or will you find a friend to hold the wire for you??
 
Its a lot easier to write nowadays, with a computer. Can jot down a story whenever you want, with no thought to organization, chapters, etc.- just cut and paste later. Use Microsoft Publisher or some such if you want to include pictures.

I took a tour around the old neighborhood awhile back, and decided to write about the neighbors- about 10 were all we had, in a couple square miles, and we all knew each other. Now, 50 years later, probably 100 houses in that same area. I've got a good start, and keep thinking of other stuff- and its easy to add to what you've already got. I'll make copies for my kids, not planning to publish.
 
I like autobiographies where the author becomes part of the historical record of his times. They let the reader understand what it was like to live in earlier times. Some of us have no idea. Your future family members will treasure your efforts and have an awareness of what life was like in our times.

My Great-Grandfather was born in 1846. After a few introductory pages of his book, he recounts his civil war experiences, Indian fighting, failed business endeavors, mining all over the West, the Yukon, Alaska, railroads, real estate development, banking, ranching, and some great descriptions of the people he met. He made and lost mulitple fortunes.

It appears he was able to sell a few copies. It can still be found occasionally on eBay. It hard to imagine one person could have lived such a life. One has to wonder if it is all true.

That is what you should strive for. Pack your book with interesting life experiences.
 
What my dad does is write a short story (one or two pages, about different subjects (events is a better word I think). Mostly about growing up in the 1930's, WW11, ect. Nothing fancy or real exciting, mostly small town/small farm life. The type of lifestyle his grand children know nothing about.
He writes then on tablet paper and my mother rewrites them. Typing it into a computer would be much easier.
Good luck!
Brian(MN)
 
Look at all the books Roger Welsch has written, about tractors, animals, life in general. All are interesting, easy reading, and basically a compilation of short stories, humorous as well as educational. GO FOR IT
 
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