Have You Ever Written A Book?

What sort of things fall under "other writings"?

 

I have taught a number of classes on religious, ethical, and similar subject. I have collected some of these writings into volumes to share with others who wanted to use them as resources for teaching their classes.

 

When I was in elementary school I wrote several "books." I think one novel may have even reached 10 pages. With plenty of pictures of course.

 

I had a few people tell me i should write a book. But i have no desire to do so.

 

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There were several books I considered writing but someone beat me to them.....

The Long Walk Home by Miss D. Bus
Old Furniture by Anne Teak
No by Kurt Reply
Practical Proctology by Bea Hind
The End of the World by Armageddon Outtahere
The Road Less traveled by D. Lori. Ann


Hotwater

 

I've written several books, most proprietary corporate shit. I have only written 1 fiction and that started out as a short story on Hippie.com back in 2002. It actually began in 1995 when I discovered my first child was on the way. I decided at that point to quit my addiction as I didn't want to be yet anoher strung out Dad. So writing this became a kind of therapy.

http://www.hipforums.com/forum/topic/455666-the-epic-stoner-novel-continues/?hl=%2Bepic+%2Bstoner+%2Bnovel

The premise of the book is life in the US after a global economic crash that occurs in the 70s. In this story Vietnam ended early, weed and liquor are traded openly, Elvis is still alive, Aids never happened and money is gone, used to start fires and wipe asses. The narrator has 3 wives and trades pot, liquor and smoked hams. I managed to make 16 complete chapters. I stopped writing chapter 17 years ago and never posted it. But the entire book is on Hip Forums. I was never writing it for money. The original version is packed with smut. This one is cleaned up a bit.
Jal

 

I've played around with some stories. It turned out to be a weaponized book of sorts. I did a fairly crappy job writing it as I don't really know what to expect. Most people are not that interested in what I find interesting or are inclined to understand what they don't know. Not many free thinkers out there, not many men.

 

I've been writing a lot lately. I've always been really good at English and people used to tell me I should be a writer, so I've always kept it in the back of my head, but I've never gotten off my ass to do it until recently. I'm such a procrastinator, though. I spend like thirty minutes perusing the internet to three minutes writing. It makes me feel better about myself, though, like I'm actually doing something with my life. So long as I'm writing, I can claim to be a writer, which is what really counts.

 

that's ok, i think most people write sitting down.

 

I have never written a book, but I've enjoyed writing short stories and poetry. I like to write, but I don't think I would like it if I had to do it.

 

haha ! now I'm interested to know the details.

 

i have been reading Kerouac and Baldwin over the past week and have really been inspired to take my writing more seriously. one of them said the writing starts with the rewrite, i found that to be true. i never really thought that i had much to say or that what i had to say even mattered that much but that not the point is it ? if you can pick that one gem out of every 20 pages you're bound to come up with something sooner or later right ? i guess we can all be our most crucial critic when it comes down to it, even if we don't believe it's important to us it may have meaning to someone else, so why not do it ? feels great just to know you've accomplished something you set out to do .

 

I say do it! While the memory is still fresh in mind. If you don't finish it, oh well. If it's something you want to do, you gotta start somewhere.

I started writing a few books, or short novels even. I don't know if I could undertake writing an entire book. Over 100 pages. But, it could happen.

A majority of the time they've started like what you said, you woke up from an incredibly vivid dream that captures your imagination.

Sometimes I wake up and start outlining things I experience in my dreams. The people that were in it, the events that took place, the environment. It's really magical stuff I guess you could say.

I've even thought about writing scripts to a movie from some of the dreams I've had.

The one novel I worked on as a kid I got the furthest on. It was pretty dark and strange for the age at which I was writing it. I was about 14 yrs old I think? It was centered on a younger man, it was his birthday. He was enjoying himself at a party, then got called over into the bushes by some strange man. Something happened where he ended up getting shot and died. The rest of the story was based on what he experienced after he died. Meeting God and many of his workers. Passing through the gates of heaven. I remember one bit where he finally met 'the Man himself' and he showed him to this room filled with clocks. Every clock represented a person on earth and how much time they have left in life, and that sometimes the clocks don't always move forward depending on what the person does in life.

Pretty neat stuff A bit childish maybe, but it was a nice fantasy/sci-fi/religious work I guess. I had fun writing it, though it was never finished.