if you're aiming at tradpub and you're writing high fantasy, you can go to 110k pretty safely. my first novel was about 86k when it was typeset.
god I am so tired of zombies. I'm worried about the ecosystem of books, honestly. I am hoping that indie bookstores will come out stronger than...
are your characters interacting with the setting, or are they just standing there doing nothing? I wrote a blog post years ago about how to...
i wake up, wash, make coffee, and write in my journal first thing. usually I figure out what I'm going to write that day as a result, so I go...
Because it's fun. Even when it sucks, it's fun.
losing it at 20k is perfectly normal, and I'm glad you've pushed on. you have at least two more rough patches ahead of you as you continue to...
I am a "revise as you go" writer and I always have been, but there's a time and a place. generally I go back and review the story every 50 pages...
starting, sure. but when's it going to move on?
I'm scratching my head over the fact that the question was, "is fantasy inherently safe and reactionary?" and the response of the forum was to...
That person isn't really up on fantasy if they think that. If you're reading up to date fantasy by newer novelists, it's up to the eyes in timely...
I don't know where you're getting your information from. I published a book in June 2018 that is still on store bookshelves today, and still gets...
wow, this is absolutely not true in my experience. two rounds of dev edits, one round of line edits, copy editing and proofreaded were all...
I can't define it. I have tried, but the definition changes because whatever I pointed at and said, "that's success," it turns out I was pointing...
yeah, the agent process can take a while. i got lucky and completed that phase fairly quickly. another place where you might have to wait is when...
I see it very differently. Which is to be expected. the editing and production process is just a natural part of making the novel to me. I don't...
I'm published, but through a traditional publisher. you might want to join the facebook group 20 books to 50k and get advice from them? I know a...
the hook isn't for the readers first, if you're going trad. the hook is for the agent you're hoping will represent you. yesterday, an agent on...
I really like the advice about how if you know what you're writing about you write faster, and it can be true, and I've used it to write faster....
okay here's the thing though when you're talking about the craft of writing, these terms are all useful, because you don't have to have consumed...
some people really want to know what the formula is. a few people have attempted to satisfy this need through narrative structure analysis. the...
