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  1. The Sage's Lot - my completed novel

    The Sage's Lot - Prologue Pt3

    Again Xylin looked about the room, expecting at least one of the local drunkards to have spat out his ale at the spectacle, and yet on they drank, oblivious to a working of sagecraft greater than any Xylin had ever witnessed in all his years walking Rubeyah. This was insanity, yet there it was...
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    • fantasy fighting. foul langue. and fun final draft lit agents prologue publishing
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  2. The Sage's Lot - my completed novel

    The Sage's Lot - Prologue Pt2

    Xylin’s escape thereafter involved no more bloodshed, shifting to his insubstantial form to become almost invisible in the shadows and once again pass through those iron-barred gates like tobacco smoke escaping a gap-toothed smile. Now though, some tolls of the bell later, Xylin didn’t find...
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    • Portfolio entry
    • 6 min read
    • fantasy fighting. foul langue. and fun final draft lit agents prologue publishing
    • Category: Book Chapters
  3. The Sage's Lot - my completed novel

    The Sage's Lot - Prologue Pt1

    Prologue Again he swallowed, and again the stinging ichor these westerners dared call wine made Xylin want to retch. Was he drunk? Surely not. One, two, three bottles wouldn’t do it. A little tipsy? Perhaps. But drunk? Never. Such foolishness was unthinkable, yet ever since reading those...
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    • fantasy fighting. foul langue. and fun final draft lit agents prologue publishing
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  4. The Sage's Lot - my completed novel

    The Sage's Lot - my completed novel

    I've been working away on my fantasy novel for 5 years, and I'm well over halfway to putting in my 10,000 hours. I'm currently trying to get a Lit agent interested so thought putting the first few chapters up on here might help to get both attention and constructive criticism. My beta readers...
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    Planning or flying?

    Plantsing... I like that. I like that a lot.
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    Planning or flying?

    My novel is the first thing I've ever tried to write creatively and was done almost entirely by seat-of-your-pant. It was good in that it allowed me to be creative and spend a long time experimenting with different writing styles and whatnot, but it was awful from a practical perspective. My...
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    Cutting out characters

    Hi again guys and girls. Just a little update, if anyone was still interested. After the completion of my 'Machete' draft, I've managed to cut 43,000 words, bringing the grand total to almost 160,000 exactly. A much more respectable length. Thanks again for all the help. The pacing is much...
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    Cutting out characters

    Hi guys and girls As ever, thanks for all the amazing advice. I've taken it on board and already made a lot of progress. I've taken the best qualities of the character I removed and split them between two others who I feel were a little hollow at times (a master and student), and it not only...
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    Cutting out characters

    Hi guys and girls I'm at the stage now with my novel that I'm just trying to polish it off. You know, ensure continuity within character personalities, making sure each situation works as logically as possible, and most importantly, reducing the gods cursing word count. I've already removed the...
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    When to use italics and when to use quotation in writing

    Thanks guys. That's a lot of help. I think it all comes down to consistency. As long as I keep using them for the same reasons throughout, I should be fine. TheCrystallineEntity, your reason makes a lot of sense for your own work, so it kind of justifies the idea of personal preference, as long...
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    When to use italics and when to use quotation in writing

    Hi guys and girls Just a quick question which I could really use some opinions on. I've seen several different styles of use of Italics and 'quotation marks' in books for different reasons, and I was wondering what other peoples' opinions are? I also know that there are different conventions...
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    Immersive writing, cutting down the word count, and polishing the final draft

    Hey everyone A massive thank you to you guys and gals that commented. They really helped, especially Mytherea and Micheal K. You're right. Publishing a 330,000 novel for a unpublished author just isn't likely, no matter how good it is. However, you're also right in that my book could be...
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    Immersive writing, cutting down the word count, and polishing the final draft

    Hi Guys So I'm currently on the 9th draft of my book. I know that sounds a lot, but in reality I decided to write the entire thing (330,000 words) from scratch after the 5th draft. My writing skill had improved so much since I first decided to write that I needed a completely clean slate. No...
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    A post I made about World-building

    I'm totally on board with this. In my own work a vague map was the very first thing that I drew just so I could get my bearings. When I started I didn't really have a story laid out. Just an idea. The map gave me an anchor to base the events that I came up with around. It also let me pick up on...
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    Hi Everyone

    Thanks CupofJoe Already I can see that the community is really friendly. There are a lot of brilliant people with amazing ideas here.
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