User:Palevas

Paul Levas (born August 18th, 1983) is an American aspiring writer. He grew up in the suburbs of Chicago IL, but now resides out west in Phoenix Az. He has been writing and studying fiction authors for the past ten years. Stephen King,Quentin Tarantino, and Elmore Leonard are my favorite writers and my biggest influnces. Elmore Leonards sharp and realistic dialougue influnces me to make my characters more realistic. When i think about charcters dialougue, i think to myself 'do they talk about the plot?' the answer is no, they talk as if any other person walking this earth would, about anything. Elmore Leonard, just from his book 'My Ten rules of writing' has taught me alot. he is one of the best storytellers. Stephen King is fantastic. his plots, his diffrent genres. his ability to make simple idea into somthing completly unreal. He truley is the King.

Advice
Any advice i get from any author i will take. The rules of writing when we took the english classes in high school, i've learned, are broken when writing fiction. I thought about that for a long time and i came to the conclusion that its true. Another thing that i am still trying to grasp hold of is the grammer, verbs, nouns, ect. i was never to great with that in high school, but i am learning as i go now and i am doing well, its difficult but I'm doing well. So my point is, never stop writing. If you love to write then write, If you don't know somthing, than research it. Heres few short tips i have learned. 1. Read, read, and write as much as you can 2. Write at least three hundred words a day 3. Write what you know, if you don't know somthing, but are very interested, then research it, '''4. Sit on your butt and write! Even if its a paragraph or a sentence.'''

2009-
The short novel he has been working on is on hold, but will be later completeded. At this time, Paul is in the middle of the sixth chapter of a novel (title unknown)he's been working on since June 2009. No completion date is announced, nor publication, but Paul would like to have it completed by the end of 2009 or early 2010. You can visit his website for any additional information.

Upcoming Fiction works
I have many projects unfinished, and completed (waiting for revisions) that are sitting in a cabinet by my desk. But I'm working on my first Novel right now. when i complete and submit my novel and send it to publishers i will open that cabinet of mine.

Fiction

 * Untitled Novel (In progress)
 * Untitled Short Novel (On Hold)