Writing a book

[broganreynik]

I'm not sure how many people frequent this area of the forum, but I thought it'd be interesting to talk about the process of writing, whether it be short stories, poetry or novels. Granted, that'll be a pretty small group. At any rate, I'm in the process of writing a book with my brother. Writing with a partner has benefits, but there's also some struggles.

I've noticed my brother writes a lot better dialogue, and I write more descriptive, so putting that together, to me, seems like it should make for a pretty good read. We're close to finishing it up, and will then go forward with having friends and/or family read and proof reading and all that jazz.

I'm nervous about the self publishing aspect though. My aunt has self-published two books and it seems like those publishers really give her the run around, but then again she's pretty gullible. I work with some people that have written books and screenplays that are getting a lot better feedback than my aunt's books, so I'll look into how they went about it. Since I work at a tv station, and our morning talk show is always looking to fill guests, I feel like I have a bit of an advantage as far as marketing goes.

So go ahead, share what you want about your experiences in writing and self-publishing, etc.