Hi all, So my book is being released on the 25th of September with a traditional publisher. Honestly, I feel like I'm drowning in edits and,...
Howdy there, I've recently just got through with the first draft of my novel's outline and while I am quite proud of my janky, typo-ridden...
In honor of the approaching fall, McSweeney's just posted the original email chain discussing their most popular piece, "It's Decorative Gourd...
Just a quick question. When writing your book, do you write the whole thing first and then edit from the beginning until the end? So, you...
Hey all! I just published my book "Touching the Void". It was a lot of fun and a huge thrill to hit that "publish" button. However, going through...
Hello and thank you for your time. I was wondering if anyone could point me to some decent resources for editing. I, for lack of better words, am...
Hi! I finished my first draft three months ago and I am currently 50% done with my second draft. I have been wondering if I need to complete the...
I keep thinking I have these rules nailed in my mind, but then a pressing urge to check again makes me realize that despite a lot of search,...
Hi guys, I am a newbie on this forum but not on writing as I finished my first novel (and read a lot on writing). So, I got feedbacks from...
I am writing on my novel and I have been given some feedback from one of my beta readers. She suggests I try to make the readers feel more like...
I watched the movie Blinded by the Light last night, the inspired-by-life story of a Pakistani Muslim growing up in England in the 80s who becomes...
So I'm a bit of a novice writer, currently writing my first full length work. Before I started I always presumed that editing was a bit of a...
When you guys write your first manuscripts, do you just plow through it and worry about making a nice story later? Or do you at least attempt to...
How do you overcome the urge to go back and edit what you've already written instead of finishing a story? I've gotten myself into a loop where I...
I'd finished the 115k word first draft of my WIP almost a year ago, but I've spent a good portion of the time since then not getting serious about...
I'm having trouble lately because I'm trying to get going on a non-fiction project and worry that while I'm doing so and writing it, that I'll...
Can someone please clarify if this is all good and proper? So, I started reading Sharp Objects by Gillian Flynn (I love her style). In Chapter...
Not quite sure where to put this, so I'll put it here. Hope that's ok. But as a writer, I often have to edit my books, make notes, spell check and...
It’s hard to find a simple way to ask about this, but I figured that I’d give it a go. I love a lot of those sparse John Carpenter-esque action...
I recently finished my first ever writing project, now a 95k word fantasy novel. Anyone got any advice on progressing from here? Publishing,...
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