http://www.gabriellewang.com/archives/from-notes-to-first-pages/ Australian children’s author and illustrator Sat, 04 Feb 2012 05:46:18 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://www.gabriellewang.com/archives/from-notes-to-first-pages/comment-page-1/#comment-2139 Gabrielle Wang Wed, 21 Oct 2009 03:46:44 +0000 http://www.gabriellewang.com/?p=1293#comment-2139 Thank you for your comments, Sandy. I have those big plastic boxes for each of my novels. I am a bit of a hoarder but luckily have a big garage. I think it's a good idea to keep everything associated with the making of the book just to remind yourself of the amount of work that went into the finished product. I don't know about you but once it's published, I forget the incredible pain and moments of self-doubt I went through. I guess it's a bit like childbirth, once it's out you forget the pain of it all. Thank you for your comments, Sandy. I have those big plastic boxes for each of my novels. I am a bit of a hoarder but luckily have a big garage.
I think it’s a good idea to keep everything associated with the making of the book just to remind yourself of the amount of work that went into the finished product. I don’t know about you but once it’s published, I forget the incredible pain and moments of self-doubt I went through. I guess it’s a bit like childbirth, once it’s out you forget the pain of it all.

]]> http://www.gabriellewang.com/archives/from-notes-to-first-pages/comment-page-1/#comment-2138 Sandy Fussell Wed, 21 Oct 2009 03:29:41 +0000 http://www.gabriellewang.com/?p=1293#comment-2138 Fascinating to see the process documented in these snippets and snatches. Also finally I have firm hard copy proof that writing is really hard work. I have none of my own as I throw all my notes out - except the research - but from here on in I'll just point to this blog post. I love reading your posts. Fascinating to see the process documented in these snippets and snatches. Also finally I have firm hard copy proof that writing is really hard work. I have none of my own as I throw all my notes out – except the research – but from here on in I’ll just point to this blog post. I love reading your posts.

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