My first novel, Nepenthos, written in Portugese, is published! In paper and ebook. This is a moment of self-fulfilment like I‘ve never experienced...
When I was much younger I wrote an unfinished and poorly written short story about a lost child trying to find his Mother in a apocalyptic...
Hi all, I just found this great resource today while researching how to write a query letter for a literary agent. I finished writing and editing...
Being a writer has always been a dream of mine. At the age of 10, I started writing poems and stories which involve love and comedy. I even...
I wonder how many of you who have actually finished writing a novel, have written short stories before that. If so, do you think that has really...
(I hope this is the right forum for this, if not, please move it.) So, I'm really scared of my first novel. It's the first one I wrote to...
I've had an idea for a novel in my head for around 8 months now. At the start I thought it was too ambitious/difficult/complicated for me to...
Hello fellow writers! I am so happy to have found an ACTIVE forum. I am currently working on a few projects, but my precious baby, the one I am...
Greetings! I have been in the process of taking a serious effort to finish a novel. I have been putting in the effort and am finally seeing myself...
Greetings! I write, I read, and I think about all the things I want to read or write about. Occasionally I go experience them. Otherwise, I just...
Hi you guys! Just to let you know that my first novel has been translated from my native language into German and published! It's been a year and...
Okay, I want opinions, thoughts, gut feelings. If you intend your first novel to be the first in a series, would you identify it that way on the...
Hey fellow writers! I just got my book fresh from the print. It’s amazing to feel it in your hands. It’s real folks, I’ve actually made...
Hey guys, I'm a new member here. After several years of writing for country music and Italian football magazines/websites, I decided that it was...
So I've written the first four chapters (approx 12,000 words) and I know where the manuscript needs to go next, as of about chapter six or seven.....
Just want to hear what you look for while editing? Obviously it varies, and everyone likes to focus on different things and everything is...
Please bear with us as I give a little back ground information. We have been writing a blog for over 10 years now. It's mostly about our life...
I'm not sure about the title, just ignore it. I do. And is not really a memoir either, so ignore that part too. What remains is the tragic story...
Hello! I'm trying to write my first novel, and I'm having serious problems to start the story. Quickly introducing my story, is about a 42 old...
I'm just about to start writing my first novel. I've written many short stories before but I've been sitting on an idea for a while and now that I...
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