Ghostwriting
From Persomem to POMegranate Jun 26, 2009 7:10 pm
Looked at some fees for ghostwriting, an, at least, for a trilogy of books, it'd take us $150,000. At most, $200,000.
And, as you know... that is quite a lot.
So, guess who's writing this?
...Us.
Re: Ghostwriting
From POMegranate to Persomem Jun 26, 2009 7:55 pm
Well, just today I read that cowritten books are really hard to pull off. But I don't suppose that that applies to one guy writing and the next guy re-writing.
(But as a note of warning, it's not "drafts". Just do the final draft, and then make improvements on that if it doesn't work out.)
Re: Ghostwriting
From Persomem to POMegranate Jun 26, 2009 7:58 pm
Yeah, I heard that same thing today too, eerie.
And, well, let's see how well some 17 year olds can write.
Re: Ghostwriting
From POMegranate to Persomem Jun 26, 2009 8:00 pm
Style is easy. Anyone can pull off style.
Re: Ghostwriting
From POMegranate to Persomem Jun 26, 2009 8:37 pm
But style is largely overrated anyway. All that really matters is a good story.
(And by the way, how are we going to overcome that middle-book-in-trilogy "lag" in which nothing basically happens?)
Re: Ghostwriting
From Persomem to POMegranate Jun 26, 2009 10:10 pm
That's true... and I'd say we do indeed have a good story.
(That's a really good question. We could take a cue from Hollywood and fill it with an explosion or two, and a sex scene. But that isn't very like PoM at all. Quite distasteful. Plus, we've kind of honed the "asexual protagonist" in all this. Hm, does he ever get a love interest? in his past, even. The only person I ever saw where that could make sense is Seth, but I think that's kind of silly addition. I like the idea of the friendship better. An Alexander-Hephaistion, Kirk-Spock kind of thing. And... I'm rambling. What was this even about? Oh, right, the "lag". Um, I don't know. What needs, at that point, some exposition?)
Re: Ghostwriting
From POMegranate to Persomem Jun 27, 2009 10:08 am
Well, his past, certainly. And there's usually only a lag if it's because the protagonist's objective can't be met. Isn't his objective to [SPOILERS]?
Re: Ghostwriting
From Persomem to POMegranate Jun 27, 2009 12:28 pm
I thought we were leaving that up to interpretation.
Re: Ghostwriting
From POMegranate to Persomem Jun 27, 2009 12:41 pm
Fine. You interpret it that way.
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