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On the other hand, now that I'm not dependent on fiction for my income, I've been writing more short stories despite the fact that there's no real paying market for short horror other than Cemetery Dance.

George Stephen

I've devoted a lot of my time and effort during the past few years to developing my advertising copywriting business to the point of where I can support my family and don't have to depend on writing fiction for my income.

I spent two months on the first draft, working 8 hours a day, five days a week.

I'm a fan of short horror fiction... in fact, the most memorable horror I've read is of the short variety... but I have a hard time pulling it off myself.

I've been reading horror since I was five years old.

Many of my short stories (all unpublished) were horror, and the novel I'd just finished was horror, too.

George Stephen

Horror

The benefit of this kind of outlining is that you discover a story's flaws before you invest a lot of time writing the first draft, and it's almost impossible to get stuck at a difficult chapter, because you've already done the work to push through those kinds of blocks.

So, I outlined a horror novel and started writing.

George Stephen

Horror

Writing

In the first year, 1988, I wrote and sold 3 novels.

George Stephen

First

The way I outline has changed quite a bit from when I first started writing.

George Stephen

First

Writing

Trying to break into the horror market seemed natural.

George Stephen

Horror

Trying

When I decided to take writing seriously, I did a lot of reading and analyzing of the books I liked, and came up with what I thought were pretty sound plotting and structure basics.

So, in effect, my first sale was actually two books.