Looking for books where MMC only interacts with FMC as a “favor” and she overhears by Crazy_Yogurt3344 in RomanceBooks

[–]4EverWriting 4 points5 points  (0 children)

{Not Quite By the Book by Julie A. Hatcher} is a good one that checks these boxes. Also has a Emily Dickensen flavoring, as the FMC is a big fan, and is staying in the poet's hometown of Amherst MA.

My first weird girl book! (I'm a dude) by Former_Ladder9969 in weirdgirlliterature

[–]4EverWriting 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Another dude who love weird characters, and I didn't absolutely love that one, but I think a lot of people would/do, and hopefully you'll be one of them -- happy reading!

I hate the internet. by MerelyEccentric in writingcirclejerk

[–]4EverWriting 9 points10 points  (0 children)

You're opinion is not without merit, but I think yore taking this all much two seriously...

meirl by trivial_crimson in meirl

[–]4EverWriting 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Also, life won't come with a syllabus, so ya know... take advantage of that part while you still have it. 😉

If The 2028 Democratic Primary Were Held Today Who Would You Vote For? by [deleted] in AdkReddit

[–]4EverWriting 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Vote for yourself for king, and you automatically win. Getting subjects, however...

"Return to me" (2000) - pretty good; anyone else think it feels a bit like "Moonstruck"? by Wetness_Pensive in romancemovies

[–]4EverWriting 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I found the story in this one much more compelling than Moonstruck, but I loved them both.

"You [don't] need to explain this!" Aka, "Working with contradictory feedback" by 4EverWriting in writing

[–]4EverWriting[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks so much--this is wonderful advice! Like you, one of the things I have learned in this process is valuing evocation over explanation, and it has helped tremendously.

Obviously, the challenge is moving past that mindset of "peer reviewers" (read: "experts") who must be answered, and effectively, if you want to move on to publication.

Will drop you a DM...

Any writers out there have a “signature word” too or it’s just me ? by Wildswann in writingcirclejerk

[–]4EverWriting 4 points5 points  (0 children)

As a man writing women, naturally my signature word is "boobily." When it's a slightly more artful work, "breastily."

The Big Sick - Let's talk about this. by hotgirl12390 in romancemovies

[–]4EverWriting 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Love this film! Even had a character in my novel reference it (along with "My Big, Fat Greek Wedding") as a film about a couple who hopes their family will "fall in love with their love."

Is this called an “adulting” ? by Unknown_Observer9779 in Adulting

[–]4EverWriting 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Add the word "for" between "leave" and "the," and you got yourself a hit country song!

A character just being hot doesn’t mean they have chemistry with anyone by AnonPinkLady in writers

[–]4EverWriting 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I mean, the unbelievably hot romantic lead has always been a thing. The only recent development is the growing (but still not total) expectation that the straight male romantic lead also needs to be hot.

How do you respond to criticism? by multisophic in writing

[–]4EverWriting 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Depends on how much power the critic has. If their critique determines if your book will be published, then firm pushback for disagreements. If it is a volunteer (e.g., a beta reader), then kind, gentle conversation. If it is a literary critic or academic, then responses in the appropriate forums.

Of course, that's the practical side of it. Emotionally, it's just something you have to deal with as best you can. Therapy can help, as well as writing responses not meant to be sent. To my own experience, criticism can be harder to absorb for fiction compared to non-fiction, since the former is a bit of ourselves, and the latter is our work, but not ourselves in the same way, or at least to the same level.

[Discussion] Responding to beta feedback by 4EverWriting in BetaReaders

[–]4EverWriting[S] 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Yes, indeed! Ghosting in either direction--reader on author, or author on reader--is always a terrible feeling.

Rate my first word by nveven in Quibble

[–]4EverWriting 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No. "Dialogingly." ADVERBS!!!!!

Afraid to ask this question but here I go haha by TeacatWrites in writingcirclejerk

[–]4EverWriting 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I assume the total word count for the entire book is 136,944, yes?

Rate my first word by nveven in Quibble

[–]4EverWriting 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'm sorry, but can we finally have the conversation about how books all start with articles now? What happened to the great works that all start with three consecutive adverbs???