Pat Ritter. Books
Posted: Sat Jan 14, 2012 11:38 pm
Each week went into the next. It was likened to climbing a mountain. Starting at the base when John was seventeen years old and decided to set is life in harness racing. His dream to drive against the best in the world.
Each year a show circuit commenced in May and travelled the eastern seaboard country towns of Queensland and finally finish at the Royal Brisbane Show in August of the same year. John rode in equestrian events and harness racing events.
His first experience of driving in a harness racing event - he caught the 'bug' of harness racing. From that moment on he slept in a horse stall at each show grounds before competing, joined the rank and file of harness racing people to learn all there was about harness racing and to listen to their stories.
After writing each chapter I became so engrossed in John's story I started to doubt if some of this information he was providing to me was in fact the truth. John produced documented evidence of either newspaper clipping, video evidence, bank statement, horse training records, and every other piece of evidence he ever needed to convince me he was 'honest' John.
Like I mentioned yesterday about writing another person's story. It is like pushing your hand into their soul and grabbing hold of everything they'd ever experienced in their lives and making it public knowledge. You've got to take the good with the bad.
Writing this book taught me many lessons I needed to know at the time to learn. One, never be judgemental. Lay the story out and piece it together like a gigsaw puzzle making certain all of the pieces are there to complete the picture.
Wait until tomorrow and I'll share with you how 'Hollywood' John McMullen Story came into print.
Each year a show circuit commenced in May and travelled the eastern seaboard country towns of Queensland and finally finish at the Royal Brisbane Show in August of the same year. John rode in equestrian events and harness racing events.
His first experience of driving in a harness racing event - he caught the 'bug' of harness racing. From that moment on he slept in a horse stall at each show grounds before competing, joined the rank and file of harness racing people to learn all there was about harness racing and to listen to their stories.
After writing each chapter I became so engrossed in John's story I started to doubt if some of this information he was providing to me was in fact the truth. John produced documented evidence of either newspaper clipping, video evidence, bank statement, horse training records, and every other piece of evidence he ever needed to convince me he was 'honest' John.
Like I mentioned yesterday about writing another person's story. It is like pushing your hand into their soul and grabbing hold of everything they'd ever experienced in their lives and making it public knowledge. You've got to take the good with the bad.
Writing this book taught me many lessons I needed to know at the time to learn. One, never be judgemental. Lay the story out and piece it together like a gigsaw puzzle making certain all of the pieces are there to complete the picture.
Wait until tomorrow and I'll share with you how 'Hollywood' John McMullen Story came into print.