George Stephen
George Stephen
George Stephen, 1st Baron Mount Stephen, Bt, GCVO, known as Sir George Stephen, Bt, between 1886 and 1891, was a prominent Canadian businessman. Originally from Scotland, he made his fame in Montreal and was the first Canadian to be elevated to the Peerage of the United Kingdom. He was the financial genius behind the creation of the Canadian Pacific Railway...
NationalityCanadian
ProfessionBusinessman
Date of Birth5 June 1829
CountryCanada
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I usually spend a month developing the idea into an outline. Two to three months to write the first draft. Another month or six weeks to revise.
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The downside is that you've outlined so thoroughly that the actual writing can be a bore, and that can come through in the writing.
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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.
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For the novels I wrote before selling anything, I didn't outline much. I had a vague idea of the story.
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A couple of weeks after that, Zebra Books phoned with an offer, and I accepted.
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I've been reading horror since I was five years old.
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Many of my short stories (all unpublished) were horror, and the novel I'd just finished was horror, too.
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I spent two months on the first draft, working 8 hours a day, five days a week.
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For each book, the time is also broken up.
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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.
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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.