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Westegg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 04:13 PM Original message |
Writing a novel sux! Little help? |
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SteppingRazor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 04:15 PM Response to Original message |
1. no platitudes here, but one small bit of advice. |
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Westegg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 04:44 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. Yes, and I'm working on that. |
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sazemisery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 04:39 PM Response to Original message |
2. My stepdaughter will be publised in March and here is what she went through |
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Westegg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 04:46 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. sazemisery, I thank you! |
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ZombieNixon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 04:49 PM Response to Original message |
5. With a writer for a mother, I know the process. |
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Pale Blue Dot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 04:54 PM Response to Original message |
6. First of all, it's "sucks", not "sux". |
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MrCoffee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 04:54 PM Response to Original message |
7. i found a local informal writer's group that did wonders |
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Westegg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 06:21 PM Response to Reply #7 |
11. This is an excellent idea. Thank you. |
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MrCoffee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 06:22 PM Response to Reply #11 |
12. dude...coffee products sell themselves. |
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OllieLotte (495 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 04:58 PM Response to Original message |
8. I could never write a novel. I don't know anyone that does. |
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OneGrassRoot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 05:07 PM Response to Original message |
9. Gosh, I've had one-too-many a Bloody Mary, I fear... |
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Westegg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 06:32 PM Response to Reply #9 |
14. No, you've been helpful indeed... |
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OneGrassRoot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 06:38 PM Response to Reply #14 |
16. Go Steelers!!! |
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Missy Vixen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 05:18 PM Response to Original message |
10. I'm happy to help |
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Westegg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 06:40 PM Response to Reply #10 |
17. Thank you, Julie. I think you've said it all... |
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Missy Vixen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-05-08 11:52 PM Response to Reply #17 |
27. I don't know everything. I just know what works for me. |
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SocratesInSpirit (540 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 06:31 PM Response to Original message |
13. I have been working on a novel |
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RetroLounge (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 06:32 PM Response to Original message |
15. Here's where I am in the process... |
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struggle4progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 06:54 PM Response to Original message |
18. Need more info. Is it, like, a Proustian version of Jonathan Livingston Seagull? |
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Ellen Forradalom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 06:59 PM Response to Original message |
19. "It was a dark and stormy night...." |
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graywarrior (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 07:02 PM Response to Original message |
20. Just get the fucker written and give it to an editor (student?) to read it over and |
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Tuesday Afternoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 09:21 PM Response to Reply #20 |
23. wo0t. Good to hear. I am at this point with mine. |
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graywarrior (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 09:58 PM Response to Reply #23 |
24. Yay! |
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BlueIris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 08:01 PM Response to Original message |
21. "Unstuck," by Jane Ann Staw, Ph.D. Also, Ray Bradbury's "Zen in the Art of Writing." |
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triguy46 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 08:32 PM Response to Original message |
22. When you reach a stumbling point: |
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DarkTirade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-04-08 10:11 PM Response to Original message |
25. I think every writer runs into that. |
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UTUSN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-05-08 12:01 AM Response to Original message |
26. You're not working? (at a real job) |
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Starbucks Anarchist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-06-08 02:37 AM Response to Original message |
28. I'm going through the same thing. |
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