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Feb 23 |
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How many words/hour should you aim for when writing your first draft? I don't know about that. I'm not a professional typist (or writer) but I used to write many fanfiction's; I usually wrote around 6,000 words every 2.5 hours. I wrote each episode of my ff's around that number; and as I hated sloppy plots, said-bookisms, plastic dialogs, etc (you get the gist), I'd say I wrote some very good pieces back then. Then came the day I decided to write something worthy of submitting to a publisher, I fell to ~500wpm with tens of drafts... It all depends on how confident, comfortable, and stressed you are. |
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Jan 24 |
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How to cite two volumes in one (Turabian) Write your info in a separate section so that we know which cell of that arbitrary text means what. |
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Jan 24 |
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Confusing writing in order to show how character is falling asleep - is it OK? Going blind would have given us a 180 deg 'better' result or view but I don't know if it would've been allowed. If he had done it then said it was a test, well, can somebody tell me the norm in such a case here? |
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Jan 20 |
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Proof reading service I just tried it and it doesn't tell you exactly where the problem is; only general info in the free version so I's advise against it if the OP wants to improve his writing not only know there's something wrong with it... Or he can purchase an account. |
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Jan 7 |
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How can I write poems in an attractable manner? That was... Shocking! I've never been to a work shop before but it looks like if I did I'd be called (The Non-Know-It-All); I only write novels or rather I start them. Working on that... |
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Jan 5 |
awarded | Supporter |
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Jan 4 |
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Quality examples of 'in medias res' starting sequences in SF literature @justkt , I'll try to send it to LSE as well; who knows? |
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Jan 4 |
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Quality examples of 'in medias res' starting sequences in SF literature @standback , Not quite what I meant. |
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Jan 4 |
answered | How to refer to character of focus in a story |
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Jan 1 |
awarded | Teacher |
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Jan 1 |
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Quality examples of 'in medias res' starting sequences in SF literature I'd think this fits more into being direct foreshadowing. Which isn't really what I'm looking for. |
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Jan 1 |
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Quality examples of 'in medias res' starting sequences in SF literature added 332 characters in body; edited title |
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Dec 29 |
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Quality examples of 'in medias res' starting sequences in SF literature added 324 characters in body |
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Dec 29 |
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Quality examples of 'in medias res' starting sequences in SF literature @lau I wouldn't say so. TV is a really? bad example for this... And since it's going to be a serial, the 'ending-point' I've posted isn't preceding the climax; it's actually the first part of the cliffhanger after the climax. The rest of the story has its own plot with consequences that lead to a climax in chapter 43 (since I already mentioned that) and later what should be the second part of the serial... Still, I'm asking for quality examples for a hard SF novel; I can't say I saw anything on TV close to that. |
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Dec 29 |
asked | Quality examples of 'in medias res' starting sequences in SF literature |
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Dec 28 |
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Do these starting paragraphs make you want to keep reading? "nothing's related, no context": solved in the revision. - "Too much info": That'll need some more work. - "switching between tenses erratically and inconsistently": I seriously can't see where this came from! Are you sure you're reading the revised version? Here: link |
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Dec 28 |
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Do these starting paragraphs make you want to keep reading? @lauren Could you take a look at the revised version (the above link) and message me somehow? See if you could start a chat since I can't yet... |
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Dec 28 |
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Do these starting paragraphs make you want to keep reading? The chat room is not available... Do you think you can reach me someway else? Maybe you start the chat? |
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Dec 26 |
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Do these starting paragraphs make you want to keep reading? I'm not sure the chat room is yet open for me but I'll see what I can do. |
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Dec 26 |
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Do these starting paragraphs make you want to keep reading? That's very thorough! I had some questions, objections, etc… But I really need to go now and I could only upload another version I hope is better… Please read and comment again here; if I didn't add a comment with my questions, etc… before then! Thanks a lot. |
