I said "3 drafts is a reasonable expectation with revisions after that." Are you disagreeing with this? If so, what is a reasonable number of...
I said it was reasonable. If I thought three was the only answer then I would have said "3 drafts is exactly the right number". So your question...
perfectionism is stupid outside of final editing. No book worth a shit is going to be one draft. 3 drafts is a reasonable expectation with...
When I have scenes I separate them with *** but when I have a scene and there is some passage of time between the events happening in two adjacent...
That is not a prologue. That is a first chapter. A prologue is something that occurs outside of story time or with characters outside of story...
I had one of those old tape recorders. I recorded myself talking. I played it back but the voice was too high pitched so I said that is not my...
Bullshit. Flat out bullshit. Other than stream of consciousness writers like Keroac (sp?) have an outline. Now, an outline can be all in your head...
So basically you wrote a chapter and I am guessing you did not do a real outline before just jotting down this chapter and you wonder why it failed?
Ah, I meant as a first name and not a last name (surname). My answer to your thing then would be to use the character's first name for the...
There is no need to be in a zone for hours and to write for hours. It is much harder to be in the process of writing a novel and taking long...
Lol, just use that when the narrator is having an inner dialogue...not even in a conversation. :P What the hell does your Mexican friend have...
I've had Montezuma's revenge and a few bad run ins with Taco Bell, but never has Daieresis....cha cha cha.
Sorry, I am going to be brutally honest here in a rage of tough love. The problem is that it is a stupid name. Jacob is a name that has been...
You would have a better chance of a graphic novel being adapted to a movie nowadays.
You have enough time to post here so you have enough time to write. Be honest with yourself. Do you like writing or just the thought of being a...
Separate names with a comma.
