GGx - Reinstate Monica Cellio‭

I drafted a book two years ago that I'm now polishing to publish. When I drafted it, for speed's sake, I named one of my primary characters after an old school friend who I'm still in contact with ...

5 answers  ·  posted 5y ago by GGx - Reinstate Monica Cellio‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

I’ve been a writer for fifteen years, five as a full-time writer, and still haven’t figured out how to get the people in my life to view it as a job. Right now, I’m editing a novel to a very tight ...

4 answers  ·  posted 7y ago by GGx - Reinstate Monica Cellio‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

I had to do the same thing for my novel only instead of a doctor, I needed a vet. It was only one scene but it was very detailed so I needed to get the information bang on. I think the key to con...

posted 6y ago by GGx - Reinstate Monica Cellio‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

Amadeus has given an excellent answer to your conundrum and the article by Palahniuk is excellent. I just wanted to add one little point from experience that I hope will spur you on (can't comment ...

posted 7y ago by GGx - Reinstate Monica Cellio‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

I'd recommend visiting your local cafe with a notebook. Sit and listen to the people around you and see how they talk. You'll find that people often speak in fairly clipped sentences, they don't sp...

posted 6y ago by GGx - Reinstate Monica Cellio‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

I use Scapple by Literature and Latte, the makers of Scrivener. It's basically a storyboarding tool, much like you have created on your wall, only you can't run out of wall space or damage your wa...

posted 6y ago by GGx - Reinstate Monica Cellio‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

If I'm reading correctly, the crux of your issue is this: Eris is a girl, she forms a romantic attachment to a boy, the reader assumes she's straight. Later, when she forms a romantic attachm...

posted 5y ago by GGx - Reinstate Monica Cellio‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

I think Secespitus hits the nail on the head by saying: People will rarely look at the letter of a word means. They know what "tiptoeing" implies and that is all they need to imagine the scen...

posted 5y ago by GGx - Reinstate Monica Cellio‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

Starting from a blank page is always hard. Read Writing Down The Bones by Natalie Goldberg. It's an excellent book to get you writing. Writing, you will find, is like any art. Like learning...

posted 5y ago by GGx - Reinstate Monica Cellio‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

I suggest breaking the story into smaller scenes which you approach individually one at a time. Make each scene a connection between the characters that grows slowly over time, each scene bringing ...

posted 5y ago by GGx - Reinstate Monica Cellio‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

It's possible you're tying yourself in knots with Hemingway which is, perhaps, better for prose writers than technical writers. Hemingway themselves state: But what if I want to break the rule...

posted 5y ago by GGx - Reinstate Monica Cellio‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

It depends. Using Amazon's book store as an example: If your book is in an Amazon category that has very few books and the reader finds a poorly-done homemade cover that speaks to what they are ...

posted 5y ago by GGx - Reinstate Monica Cellio‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

Converting comments to an answer as suggested by @wetcircuit WHY BOOKS SUCCEED I was in the same place with my first novel. Many writers assume that the doors aren't open to them or there's some ...

posted 5y ago by GGx - Reinstate Monica Cellio‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

Why to abandon an idea In considering the question of whether or not you should write an idea you don’t like, my instinct would be no. If you don’t like it, it will show in the writing. If you are...

posted 5y ago by GGx - Reinstate Monica Cellio‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

Starting from a blank page is always hard, so don’t beat yourself up. But there are tools that will help you get started: The first I would recommend is Scapple by Literature and Latte. Scapple ...

posted 5y ago by GGx - Reinstate Monica Cellio‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭