Recent content by Jess

Thank you so much. The support I'm receiving is keeping the fire lit. I will do this! <3

Love this! Thank you!

Life and doubt got in the way of following my dreams. I lost myself for a few years and finally woke back up one day. The fire inside has been reignited and is burning brighter than ever before.

I have this advice printed out. I gave up on my dream for a minute but I'm back at it and nothing is going to stop me now.

I needed to reread your awesome advice. I went through some major writer's block and just picked up on writing my novel. It's your words that reminded me I can do this. Thank you so much.

I needed to reread this today. Again thank you so much for this advice.

That's a good point. People will either like it or not like it. I really have no control over that. I just really hope someone likes it. I want to give someone that fantastical world to escape to through my writing. My wish is that someone can feel the magic in my words and find some kind of joy...

Lol, Yes I am still here. Just taking in all the great advice. I am more than willing to learn more about the craft of writing. I have done tons of research on sci-fi and fantasy writing in particular. My greatest concern is that someone will read through my book and think that my characters...

I'm crying. Your response is incredibly beautiful, moving, and thoughtful. Thank you so much for taking the time to not only read my post but to put so much into your response. You're seriously my favorite person right now.

Thank you, that's a really good way of looking at it. This project is close to my heart which is where the anxiety is coming from. I know I just need to push forward and finish it. No matter what.

I ended up setting a deadline for myself and then divided my rough estimate of a word count by the number of days I had to complete my project by said deadline. This ended up working out pretty well for me personally. I ended up having a extremely reasonable daily word count goal that I could...

Are you going through a publisher or self publishing and what age group are you looking at? This article is pretty good at explaining how long a novel should be. A few of my editor friends have agreed. How Long Should a Book Be? -- Word Count For Books Explained

I've actually been contemplating the same thing. There is violence implied in my novel right now. My world is at war but I've been personally wondering if I need to really go into detail and write about the battles being fought. For me, I think it enhances the story. It brings a element of...

No one has written from your mind and heart. That's something that has always stuck with me. What do your elves look like? I agree with what WooHooMan said about your thinking being a little backwards. It's pretty much impossible to avoid cliches entirely. I think I get what you mean though, you...

I worry about this constantly. So much so that I have almost given up completely on my novel. I had a writing teacher once tell me "Most likely you will come across an idea that has already been done. Technically speaking if you have a hobbit in your book then someone is going to say that it's...