The downside is that you've outlined so thoroughly that the actual writing can be a bore, and that can come through in the writing.
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During that first year, I felt guilty that my wife was out working bringing in all our income, while I was at home playing on the computer, so I made myself treat writing like a job.
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I usually spend a month developing the idea into an outline. Two to three months to write the first draft. Another month or six weeks to revise.
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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.
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Many of my short stories (all unpublished) were horror, and the novel I'd just finished was horror, too.
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Actually, the 14 novels were written over a period of just over 6 years.
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