Tag: writers
group name: novelistlounge
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May 22, 2007 03:31 PM EDT --
To all the members of the group Writing a Book Proposal:
To get some insight into other people's experiences with query letters / proposals, I would like to recommend that we join in this little survey. . . .
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July 16, 2006 01:54 AM EDT --
I watched Skeleton Key with my daughter and son-in-law tonight. We enjoyed the movie, plenty of suspense and not what we expected the "evil" to be. The ending was quite a bit different than what . . .
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January 13, 2007 03:00 AM EST --
December 2004 - For the last month I've been writing a novel. Every November since 2001, the year after I moved to Happy Camp, I've written a novel. Before then I only dreamed of writing novels. . . .
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August 02, 2006 12:01 PM EDT --
One key to the marketability of your writing is your ability to summarize the story in a single sentence. The clarity and succinctness of that sentence tells the agent or editor a lot about your writing. . . .
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January 14, 2007 02:17 PM EST --
So many people who write are hung up on being completely "original," and this makes them shy away from using the work of other writers who've had much more luck receiving acceptance in the . . .
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January 15, 2007 12:18 AM EST --
Step One
Quit your job. It sounds illogical and crazy and plain foolish, but you'll have to do it if you want to be taken seriously when someone asks you what you do and you say, "Huh? Oh. I'm . . .
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March 24, 2006 05:07 PM EST --
Let's see if following some writer's group rules would make us happier, more productive writers. When posting a story or article, writers can ask that "Writers Group Rules" apply-- or . . .
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May 25, 2006 02:14 PM EDT --
I suppose the title shouldn't be "Why I Write", but why I post my writing here. I write to be read. I write to make someone feel. I don't imagine my words will change the world, but I . . .
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March 21, 2007 11:40 AM EDT --
Why are most published books non-fiction instead of fiction? I have a theory. In our time-deprived, multi-tasked, overextended lives, where efficiency is prized, where people shout, “Get . . .
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May 15, 2006 11:48 PM EDT --
Here are some ideas to jump-start your writing!
1) Write an arguement between two characters that begins in bed.
2) Tell the story of a job interview that goes badly. The more your characters . . .
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May 03, 2007 12:24 PM EDT --
Go on a straight line in any direction, and after 40,000 kilometers (forget about fences and walls and buildings and oceans and other minor obstacles), where will you be?
Exactly on your starting point. . . .
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January 27, 2006 04:30 AM EST --
Are you writing a book? Have you written a book and are you now trying to get it published? Have you always wanted to write a book, but never tried? Have you written many books and been . . .
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March 25, 2006 09:33 AM EST --
Finding My Voice, And Sharing The Discovery With You
George Corneliussen
If I were talking to you in "people time" right now, I'd be telling you that I wrote and published my first article . . .
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June 09, 2007 05:35 PM EDT --
Welcome!
Writer's Life is where you can tell us anything about your life as a writer--what inspires, what drags you down, what makes you laugh so hard that you get a series of humor articles . . .
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January 15, 2007 12:06 PM EST --
Since I started this group as a forum for discussing self-publishing and the state of publishing in general, I suppose I should give some idea of where I stand on the subject. I wrote my first novel during . . .
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June 04, 2007 12:18 PM EDT --
Many of my author friends have been asking how I created my book trailer, how much time it took, and what it cost me. As I have explained to everyone who has asked, this is something that anyone can do, . . .
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January 14, 2007 07:21 PM EST --
Most people think that their own days are uneventful, that their histories are dull, and that nobody would ever want to read about the "insignificant" problems that plague their lives . . .
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December 31, 2006 08:10 AM EST --
As a kid, the author that really inspired me to become an author was L.M. Montgomery. Most of you will know her as the author of Anne of Green Gables. But she wrote loooots more books, series, and . . .
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April 07, 2007 10:12 PM EDT --
This is the scifi novel I did NOT submit into the First Chapters contest. Perhaps that was a mistake. Before I send this to professionals, please let me know what you think. Good or bad, I can take it. . . .
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February 25, 2008 08:26 PM EST --
I was exposed to this quote (attributed to Tom Hanks) sometime around the Apollo 13/Saving Private Ryan/Cast Away era. It has given me something to think about everytime I sit down to tell a story. . . .
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