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| 29 Jun |
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Character-driven or theme-driven novels
On my Arvon course last week, the focus was very much on plot-driven novels. My WIP seems to be more character-driven or theme-driven (as are most of
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 blackdove
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Technique Forum
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| 18 Jun |
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Agent v Publisher – who knows best?
I recently entered a writing competition and was shortlisted for my first full lengt
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 Greta
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Getting Published Forum
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| 15 Jun |
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Multiple viewpoints - how much to expect?
Does anyone mind if I ask a long, boring question? What I have been wondering about (in relation, in fact, to a new novel I am starting and then stopp
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RT104
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Technique Forum
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| 4 Jun |
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Agencies that deal with short stories
Just wondering if anyone knows if there are
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Dwriter
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Getting Published Forum
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| 28 May |
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What would you recommend one considers when making a choice between agents?
I know not many people are lucky enough to get several agents wanting to represent them all at once, but if they do how would you recommend they go ab
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Remy
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Getting Published Forum
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| 25 May |
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Starting a novel
I'm curious about this, because I'm just satrting a new novel at the moment. How do you all begin?
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RT104
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Technique Forum
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| 18 May |
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SO so so...
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I'm here to share some happy news. I just opened a packet informing me that I've been accepted into an MFA program for fiction writing at
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Jordan789
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Flash Fiction
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| 18 May |
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Mid-novel crisis. It`s a biggie. Help!
I'm having a hideous time with my novel and I urgently need advice as I'm loosing sleep over it and can't afford to (two small kids
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nezelette
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Technique Forum
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| 18 May |
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Approaching agents...should I send them press cuttings?
I've written my first novel and have been lucky enough to receive some publicity in the press and on a few websites despite it not be
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Remy
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Getting Published Forum
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| 11 May |
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Macmillan New Writing
Just thought this might interest anyone submitting....There's a page on their site where you can ask the authors questions and i ask
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Casey
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Private Members Forum
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| 11 May |
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Pacing
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Can anyone recommend a good essay/book/link about pacing? I'm really struggling with it, particularly at the beginning of the
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cherys
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Technique Forum
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| 11 May |
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How to layout a short story for a competition
I have noticed that a lot of short story competitions just advise the word count, double line spacing on one side of A4 and numbered on t
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Beverley
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Competitions Forum
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| 7 May |
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Help, my agent is ignoring me
I'm looking for a wee bit of advice on this issue. By way of background, I finished my first novel early in 2007. I sent it
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Accie
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Getting Published Forum
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| 4 May |
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Events and dates!
Just want to remind all WW members to post up your own events and dates, whether they're a reading you're doing, an open mic night, a play, or
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 Anna Reynolds
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Writewords Forum
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| 3 May |
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Help!!
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Following a query relating to two differing assessments on my work, I submitted a post on the synopsis group and was given some valuable f
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Sharley
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Inspiration & Ideas Forum
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| 30 Apr |
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Formatting for submission
Does one need to format the chapters so the dialogue is indented? At the moment I'm simply starting dialogue on a new line (ever since snowbo
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 NMott
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Technique Forum
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| 30 Apr |
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If you`ve been offered representation by an agent
We all know that you should steer clear of an agent who asks you for money, or promises the world, or suggests that you use their friendly in-house ed
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EmmaD
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Getting Published Forum
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| 30 Apr |
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Small / independent presses
I’m trying to make a list of small/medium/independent publishers who encou
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Livi
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Getting Published Forum
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| 28 Apr |
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The benefits of writing short fiction
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I was going to add this to a thread about magazines, but thought it might work better as a new topic. Off the top of my head, here is basic list of wh
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Terry Edge
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Getting Published Forum
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| 23 Apr |
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Crisis of confidence...
A few days before my book got accepted for publication I entered the first few chaps into a quite prestigious regional competition. I didn't recei
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catcrag
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Getting Published Forum
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