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I am reading in a few blogs like this that the first page of the novel is really important if it has to get published. Is this true? Can a good story not compensate for an ordinary first page. I h...

6 answers  ·  posted 5y ago by codeNewbie‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by DPT‭

As a novice writer to improve my writing I have taken one online course. I want to ask, what are good ways to improve as a writer other than writing courses?

6 answers  ·  posted 5y ago by codeNewbie‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by Mark Baker‭

If you read names from popular novels you feel like the names define characters. They fit perfectly to the personality of character. For an e.g. Harry Potter, Robert Langdon, Jason Bourne, etc. I ...

2 answers  ·  posted 5y ago by codeNewbie‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

This question sounds similar to this but I am asking something different. It is said that Stephen Hawking removed all the formulas except one because with each use of a formula the readers of boo...

3 answers  ·  posted 5y ago by codeNewbie‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

I have written my novel as a 'first person singular' and in past tense. There are lot of times in it where I have written it as I will say it while speaking. I have used phrases which have implied ...

3 answers  ·  posted 5y ago by codeNewbie‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

The question is similar to this but the answers does not answer me. In my general fiction novel, which is told in first person singular past tense, I encounter moments where I am confused whether t...

1 answer  ·  posted 5y ago by codeNewbie‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

In my novel, the MC goes to a resort and at the resort, they offer two types of Buddhist meditations. Those meditations are from another book and I cannot fiddle with the meditation steps without t...

3 answers  ·  posted 5y ago by codeNewbie‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

I have completed my novellas first draft which is 32k words long. For all the reasons, I was doing research as to whether self-publish or try my luck getting a publisher. I should tell you that ...

1 answer  ·  posted 5y ago by codeNewbie‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

This is my first time writing a novel. In my novel, there is a part of the married life of my protagonist who is a woman. I don't have any experience of married life so I have taken inspiration fro...

1 answer  ·  posted 5y ago by codeNewbie‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

In my novel, the protagonist is depressed. In the story which is in my mind... The autumn leaves were falling as I was sitting alone and Gary Jules' "Mad World" was ringing in my iPod. The s...

4 answers  ·  posted 5y ago by codeNewbie‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

This might be a very trivial question but I don't know what to google to get an answer so asking anyways. In this dialogue; "I have such a miserable cold, your sarcastic remarks are hardly m...

2 answers  ·  posted 5y ago by codeNewbie‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

In my story the protagonist goes to live in a health resort. The receptionist presents her with a brochure of activities. At the moment I have written like this in a word document; After patien...

1 answer  ·  posted 5y ago by codeNewbie‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

I am 20% outliner and 80% discovery writer, (I know many will object that this is not possible) meaning, I have a very brief outline of what is going to happen in the end and then I go on filling t...

3 answers  ·  posted 5y ago by codeNewbie‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

In my novel I have written this line; At your deepest core the buddha nature is waiting quietly for you. Now Buddha-nature is a complex concept to understand. If the reader is not savvy about...

3 answers  ·  posted 5y ago by codeNewbie‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

While writing a first-person singular novel, is the MC all-knowing? How do we handle plots which do not include the MC, like something happening with others but not including MC? Will it be taken a...

1 answer  ·  posted 5y ago by codeNewbie‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭