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Old 03-04-2011, 08:14 PM   #1 (permalink)
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Odd question.

I guess I should post this here but if its in the wrong board sorry.

I started to write something a couple of weeks ago what I should had started ten years ago:my autobiography.

My question is very premature but it still bugs me. Can anybody tell me if there are any successful autobiographies that can run as low as 100-150 pages? I have a story to tell and I was born a writer and always had the knack.

That said I absolutely suck at fillers and lengthy detail.

For example most books I read could take a two to three of my paragraphs and make it at least a page or two pages longer. It intimidates the fuck out of me.

I'm doing well and at a good pace considering this week alone I had an uncle die, wife move out and I have bronchitis lmfao. =\ This week is like not even 1% as interesting as my life and disability. However, I write... and write... and its like... where the hell is the fullness?

Can more to the point shoort'sh books be successful?
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Old 03-04-2011, 08:34 PM   #2 (permalink)
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Smaller books are a tougher sell. As superficial as it sounds, readers generally want heavier books for their dollar.

And the category itself lends to longer books. A lot tends to have happened in lives worth reading about. If you can't fill more than 200 pages, people might not think there's enough there of interest.

Don't scrimp on the details. Remember, your potential reader will have no idea what in hell you're talking about. You, on the other hand, have been through it before.
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Old 03-05-2011, 10:25 AM   #3 (permalink)
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Smaller books are a tougher sell. As superficial as it sounds, readers generally want heavier books for their dollar.

And the category itself lends to longer books. A lot tends to have happened in lives worth reading about. If you can't fill more than 200 pages, people might not think there's enough there of interest.

Don't scrimp on the details. Remember, your potential reader will have no idea what in hell you're talking about. You, on the other hand, have been through it before.
right. I think I am over stressing. It'll work out somehow or it won't. thanks for the feedback.
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