12/29/2023 0 Comments 1200 page manuscript![]() I think that’s why I’ve been a little hesitant about opening another door and peaking in at the beast waiting for me inside the dark room. It was less about the writing and more about examining my life, my attitudes, areas I need to change. The last project took three years (and two renditions of a 1200 page manuscript) of wrestling through family issues. Or, in other words, give up, give in to market trends, or trust God to answer my questions and make a story out of it in the process. I can do one of three things: die, submit to it, or wrestle with it not knowing whether I’m going to win or lose. When you try to get away, you find the door locked. And you don’t have a chair or whip to defend yourself. In 1996, before he had a chance to have this new volume published, Schoenherr died unexpectedly, leaving a 1,200-page manuscriptdescribed as his magnum opus. It included 398 full-page drawings - seven of which depict enslaved Africans. Imagine stepping into an animal’s cage without knowing what kind of animal is in there. He wrote this over 1,200-page manuscript between 16. I begin to feel as though I’m living in another place and time even though I live in here and now with “real” people. Once I get started, most of my mind seems taken up by the question I’m working through and the characters that are coming to life around it. The 1200-Page Inside Secrets Manuscript Is Definitely Not a Scam. Getting up early, studying, praying, shower, dress etc as though going to a “real job”, actually sitting down and writing, and always, day in and day out, pondering ideas, catching phrases and insights in some of the oddest places and at the oddest times (like the middle of the night). Some mistakenly think writing is all about inspiration. A brain goes flabby as quickly as a body, and it takes hard work to get it “back in shape”. It’s like someone who’s gone to the gym every day and worked out for one hour, then takes a break for six months. It takes time to get back into the flow of writing. When starting, it more about one word, one sentence at a time. A book? How is it possible to write an entire book? Impossible! In defense, I have to think of writing in terms of one page at a time. Whatever made me think I could write anything, let alone a novel? I know I’m not alone in this. ![]() I am told by those close to me that I always go through the same process when I’m writing a new book.
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