Jack McCoy asked David Bell:

Hi David, what is the biggest piece of advice you would give someone trying to write their first book? I'm writing a sci-fi book, and have great ideas, but the plot is so large, I feel I'm losing the characters in the story.

David Bell I think the characters drive the plot, so make sure the plot is growing organically out of the characters. Have you made an outline? Might that help keep things under control? Thanks!

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If you wrote a memoir someday, what would the title be?

Lisa Tomkinson asked David Bell:

Hello, when your writing and you have a draft ready have you ever gone over it? and then thought oh i should have put this instead of what you had put,and have you gone back and re-written it ,and do you get in-put into the front cover,thank you from Lisa x

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In your opinion, what is the best book that YOU have ever written?

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Hi David, what is the biggest piece of advice you would give someone trying to write their first book? I'm writing a sci-fi book, and have great ideas, but the plot is so large, I feel I'm losing the characters in the story.

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If you wrote a memoir someday, what would the title be?

Hello, when your writing and you have a draft ready have you ever gone over it? and then thought oh i should have put this instead of what you had put,and have you gone back and re-written it ,and do you get in-put into the front cover,thank you from Lisa x

In your opinion, what is the best book that YOU have ever written?

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