Started a new Novel.

So I've started a new novel. I've written 2 so far and one of them I rewrote 3 times, since I was 12, so a good 8 years ago. The idea is this

Main character is keeping a journal, at the beggining he hit a writer's block from his latest novel and decided the journal would help him get back in the groove. He does more and more drugs to try and spark creativity, and one night has a LD, where he basicly is told of a path he should follow. His drug use continues and he starts to hallucinate more and more, he stops the drugs but they continue, he has another LD on accident etc etc, then starts to learn about lucid dreaming, etc etc, starts traveling the path in his dreams, add drama and challenges, personal growth, climax, fallout, and eventually reaches enlightenment. Only to find out that we are all really asleep, and when dreaming we return to the real world, where we are all connected, and immortal. Kind of like, behind the scenes + the matrix + the quabala.

The hallucinations get worse and worse as he continues on the path.

Thoughts?

psychanalayse says you must make a story that is similar in many ways to someones youth life . look at this a bit to understand my point , the most interesting part is when you start reading these paragraphs "Set I: Little Red Riding Hood (LRRH)"

Sounds good, but a little.... done before, in a sense. I'm sure if we get more details it'll sounds great but in that first post I almost feel like I read it before somewhere, or the same general concept of going on a journey and at the end you realize you went full circle and arrived back where you should be and not where you thought you were going.

But I have not written a book before and you have so I dunno.

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Originally Posted by Nhuc

So I've started a new novel. I've written 2 so far and one of them I rewrote 3 times, since I was 12, so a good 8 years ago. The idea is this

Main character is keeping a journal, at the beggining he hit a writer's block from his latest novel and decided the journal would help him get back in the groove. He does more and more drugs to try and spark creativity, and one night has a LD, where he basicly is told of a path he should follow. His drug use continues and he starts to hallucinate more and more, he stops the drugs but they continue, he has another LD on accident etc etc, then starts to learn about lucid dreaming, etc etc, starts traveling the path in his dreams, add drama and challenges, personal growth, climax, fallout, and eventually reaches enlightenment. Only to find out that we are all really asleep, and when dreaming we return to the real world, where we are all connected, and immortal. Kind of like, behind the scenes + the matrix + the quabala.

The hallucinations get worse and worse as he continues on the path.

Thoughts?

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Is there such thing as a target audience for a book? Who are you writing for (if this is for money) ?

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Originally Posted by wana

psychanalayse says you must make a story that is similar in many ways to someones youth life . look at this a bit to understand my point , the most interesting part is when you start reading these paragraphs "Set I: Little Red Riding Hood (LRRH)"

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I always write based on what I've experianced and of my past life, just in a different view point. :)

Edit: write what you know ehh.

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Originally Posted by Avalanche

Sounds good, but a little.... done before, in a sense. I'm sure if we get more details it'll sounds great but in that first post I almost feel like I read it before somewhere, or the same general concept of going on a journey and at the end you realize you went full circle and arrived back where you should be and not where you thought you were going.

But I have not written a book before and you have so I dunno.

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Well its basicly a readaptation of the 50 gates, more modern, and a darker feel, I believe it will bring more people to the old ways.

nhuc i meant based on a pediod of life of people in general , just read the link to see how they target children in it

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Originally Posted by Ev

Is there such thing as a target audience for a book? Who are you writing for (if this is for money) ?

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I write for myself, if someone else finds worth in it, then good for them. Same thing with my music.

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Originally Posted by wana

nhuc i meant based on a pediod of life of people in general , just read the link to see how they target children in it

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Now the question is, does the writer actually think about all of that, during writing, if he does, damn. If he doesn't then, he knows how to reach a crowd.

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Originally Posted by Nhuc

I write for myself, if someone else finds worth in it, then good for them. Same thing with my music.

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The only way to do it.

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Originally Posted by Darkmatters

The only way to do it.

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For some reason i hate this pinocchio gif and yes they do think about all this but geniuses do it unconsciously