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What mystery in your own life could be a plot for a book?

Robert Alexander Swanson Mystery as in crime or unexplainable, none, but mystery in the sense of supernatural, many.

* Walking with a stranger leading me back to town in deep s…moreMystery as in crime or unexplainable, none, but mystery in the sense of supernatural, many.

* Walking with a stranger leading me back to town in deep snow. I had tracks in the snow, he did not.

* In a group overnight with people all over the floor and in bunk beds, a kid on the far side of the room fell out of the top bunk. It was pitch dark and all I remember is waking up and then being next to the kid. One of the others turned on the light. The kid had fallen in the only place he could have without hitting anyone, and there was no way for me to get from my bunk to him without stepping on people. And I stepped on no one.

* Drowning in the ocean and out of nowhere a log floats up to me.

* Countless other examples.

All my life (and all of yours) God has been looking out for me, even when I was a dumb teenager and didn't believe in him.(less)

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What’s your advice for aspiring writers?

Robert Alexander Swanson People say write, write, write... 10,000 pages and you'll learn your craft. This isn't true. Write, get edited, rewrite, get edited, write some more.

I…morePeople say write, write, write... 10,000 pages and you'll learn your craft. This isn't true. Write, get edited, rewrite, get edited, write some more.

I've been employed in a lot of writing jobs. My degrees taught me story, but it was as a resume writer that I really learned to write well. In a resume, you have to tell a long story in as few words as possible. My editor marked up my pages, demanding more concise writing. He taught me what to look for, how to weed out verbosity and paint a clear picture. For what it's worth, I made more per word writing resumes than any other form I've work in.

Editing is necessary. Writing a lot without it is just typing.(less)

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Well Underway

The drive came back.

Oh, how I get wordy. As a discoverer rather than an outliner, I got to work on my next book, The Hurricane Boys.

While not an outliner, I had a clear path in my head. The characters, alas, had a different idea. I'm 60,000 words in and maybe halfway through.

This means I have to kill some puppies. Not real puppies, of course, but in the second draft I'll need to compress a lot of Read more of this blog post »

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