Well, it took one year. I had several hitches -- weeks where I couldn't squeeze out much but a couple of sentences and the wonderful thing is long...
Fun game: what did the earliest version of your drafts look like? In my fantasy, the main character was Gregreo Valmorn, an orphaned tavern boy...
Hey guys, I'm working on a second draft of a short story at the moment, and I noticed how different this second draft is from my usual revisions....
I'm finally getting back into reading and writing after a few months away from it. I'm wanting to leap back into my WIP, however my mind keeps...
Just want to hear what you look for while editing? Obviously it varies, and everyone likes to focus on different things and everything is...
As a ghostwriter, I cannot hit a deadline without a detailed outline. It saves me when inspiration wanders off into other rooms. Detailed...
The latest short story I've been working on is Science Fiction/Horror and has a jumbled time. In the first draft, my readers were having a lot of...
Hey everyone, I'm in the thick of a first draft right now. The whole novel is generally forward moving. The first eight chapters deal with a...
Learning creative writing has been such a journey. I would have to say that it is one of the hardest things I’ve ever done. I am almost...
Hi everyone! I'm new to this forum :) Nice to meet you all. I've been working on a novel since January and have written about 30,000 words....
I shot my mouth off about this subject a couple weeks ago in another thread about something else, and now that I've calmed down I'm not so sure of...
Hey I was just wondering roughly what the accepted word count is for a normal length book amongst publishing houses? I'm very nearly halfway...
I am currently nearing the end of the first draft of my first novel. Nearing completion has raised some fresh concerns with me surrounding my...
She was a "spirit" who wrote many novels and poems, through a Ouija board! Not sure how plausible this is, but one woman used a Ouija board for...
I've been writing more short stories since first coming to this forum and starting to look into the ideas of story structure etc. by reviewing the...
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