Well so far today has been incredible. We first talked to the amazing Des Hunt himself who told us about himself and his book "Cry of the taniwha." Then we did question and answer where we asked him questions about things and then he gives us an answer. Next we traveled to the hall where Des talked about how he writes his books by using chemistry, involving experiments and tests. Later today I am going to go with him and have one on one time with him. How about that!!!
Today I learnt that in writing to hook the reader so they actually finish the story was that you first have to have a hook (the bit at the start) then next comes the development (the part in the middle) and last but not least the climax (near the end). I also learnt that writing a book is not always easy as you have to figure out characters, where it is going tot be set and even after that you have to plan which usually take 1-2 weeks, then you have to write the introduction making sure you are hooking the reader in. This part according to Des is the hardest. Next you do the developing part of the story and at the same time you have to be adding in all of the details for e.g characters, the scene e.t.c. Finally you have the climax, the bit at the end which ends the story well by rounding it off. This writing process takes 7-8 weeks so you have to persevere to finish the book. Once you have done all of the above you have to reread it and rewrite the bits you do not like. Once all of this has been done you send it to the publishers who either sent you back a letter saying yes they will happily publish it or you get a letter that says in a nice way your book was horrible so no we are not going to publish it for you as we will not make much money from it. Overall this process takes 2-3 months.
I have learnt so much so fast today. Big thanks to Des for his wisdom and fun times so far.
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