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A: Is it worth reading book to learn more about topic of my story Absolutely. I've read lots of books as research for writing stories, and I'm not even a compulsive researcher the way that some writers are. However, there's an obvious limit on how much effort you can put into a short story. Perhaps reading a 300-page book is too much effort, or perhaps only a port... (more) |
— | almost 12 years ago |
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A: Converting Word pages to book pages, for novels? The standard way of calculating word count, aside from simply using the "word count" feature of your word processor, is to format your document in standard submission format and then multiply the number of pages by 250. This is the technique that was used back in the days before computers could insta... (more) |
— | about 12 years ago |
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A: Is going 'off-topic' a sign of bad dialogue? In real life, conversations ramble, so it's unsurprising if your dialogues ramble as well. This is not necessarily a bad thing. In realistic literary novels, it would be unsurprising, or even expected, for your dialogues to include long tangents and unrelated content. This is part of that genre's att... (more) |
— | over 12 years ago |
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A: Are online critique groups a good substitute for editors? You can certainly get pretty far by using an online critique group. There are two problems you'll find with such a service: 1. It's hard to get people who can commit to reading a whole book. 2. The quality of reviews and feedback that you get can vary a lot, and many reviewers won't tell you anythin... (more) |
— | over 12 years ago |
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Front-matter or back-matter? I'm re-releasing a novella of mine as a self-published ebook shortly, and I'm wondering what to do with the traditional "front matter" of the book: copyright information, dedications, acknowledgements, etc. In an e-book format, would it be acceptable to have those things in the back of the book rathe... (more) |
— | about 13 years ago |
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So I finished my novel. Now what do I do? A few days ago I finished the first draft of my current novel project after a few months of work, finishing at 83,212 words. Now what should I do with it? So obviously I need to edit it. Should I jump in right away with the editing? Should I let it sit for a few weeks to get some distance? Should I ... (more) |
— | over 13 years ago |
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A: How to create space A common mistake when people first try to work on setting or "space" is simply to add more description. This is usually the wrong thing to do, since lots of unfocused description is just clutter. What you need to do add descriptive notes that also contribute to other elements of the story. Having a s... (more) |
— | over 13 years ago |
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When to accept an editor's rewrite request? So there's an editor who has accepted a story of mine for publication... but he wants me to change the ending. Normally I'm pretty open to editorial changes, but in this case the proposed changes alter the timbre of the piece by changing the ending from a "downer" ending to something more upbeat. Is... (more) |
— | about 14 years ago |