As a reader I wold probably get distracted by that, I always jump in my seat when I come across such a head hopping. One easy way to handle these...
It does seem a little simplified. It goes from A to B in really few steps. I also have a hard time believing that you've reached novel length with...
Renewing: I have completely switched genres with my current one and so far I'm at 8 months, from first draft to my third round of rewriting and...
And who says bestselling writers aren't passionate about what they do? I'd say it's a must for both commercial success and good reviews that you...
I immediately think of Jonathan Tropper, even though I haven't finished any of his books yet... I think humor can be used in a lot of "serious"...
For a first draft I'd say no, you have lots of time to eliminate and rewrite it once you've finished that one. For a finished piece I'd say it's a...
What I see is a beginning, a change and a conclusion, but no catalyst for that change. If he just changes his mind I wouldn't call it a plot and...
I really would like to read no 1, as a novel, but i think you should write no 2 as well, as a stort story. :)
I think that depends on the reasons why he's emaciated, and his metabolism. I mean, you can be underweight for a number of reasons (medical...
Same here. When I try to create a nice female character that the reader can relate to, they always fall flat. Instead the male ones turn out more...
I get your point, and also what you say beneath, that the definition is confusing.
It's not telling in my view, it's summarizing, and there's room for that as well in a story. You don't have to (and I'd say shouldn't) describe...
I wrote one once. It had chapters, and was on the verge of being a novel with its 39000 words. I treated it as a novel but without subplots and...
Make something new of it! Like, a writer I heard about recently released a YA novel about a teenage boy who falls in love with his bigger sisters...
That is what I wish too. And I definitely can understand them as well, It's probably not easy to be a publisher these days either, especially in...
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