I have published two novels with moderate success. But that was a long time ago. Now I’m writing an autobiographical novel about a caretaker working in a church.
He is bullied by his closest colleague. He has an attack of lumbago (lower back pain). Because of the troubles with his colleague and the pain he is suffering, he takes too much opium and finally he is having a mental breakdown and is sent to a closed psychiatric ward.
Everything is precisely as I experienced it two years ago where I worked as a caretaker in a church, took too much opium and ended up in a closed ward.
Although a lot of work, skilled writing work, is required @bluebutterfly it’s in you and you can do it the same way to eat an elephant… One bite at a time. I’m envious.
I hope it goes well. Remember to think of an appropriate ending before you get too stuck into it. Its very difficult to write a satisfying story without a conclusion or fullfilling achievement at the end. Which is obvioisly very difficult if its based entitely around yourself and is supposed to be accurate.
The Dalai Lama said, that you are the author of your own life. Perhaps it’s time to develop a vision of who you are, and where you want to be. I think that’s where it all starts
Cheers on the book idea. If you need a pair of eyes, let me know
Yes. @NotSeksoEmpirico I wrote the novel two years ago but something was missing and I gave up on it. Then I read Hans Fallada - thanks for the recommendation - and now I know how I want to write the novel. It has the same structure as “The Drinker.”
Thanks, @StarCrazy. Yes the end is important. I don’t want a conclusion in the end, I love books with an open and ambiguous end.
If the people who read it think its rubbish then it is I guess. But if they don’t it may be great. If you have it ready to publish without having to spend a ton of money on it give it a go. You never know until you try it.
You are so right @Cragger ! At (nearly) 67 years I’ve just now woke up to realize I have to be working on that and get that figured out otherwise nothing else makes sense.
Thanks @anon69073975@Blizzard … Even if my novel is rejected, I have at least spent some time doing something instead of just passing time. I enjoy writing, there is a lot of rubbish novels that are published, and a lot of good novels that are turned down. I can’t figure out what it takes to have a book accepted. But i have done it twice, i might be lucky.
Thanks @Schztuna my first novel was considered to be adapted to a movie, but there was too much inner dialogue, so the company found it impossible to make a movie out of it.
even though the publisher probably are going to reject my novel
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