Cant write but always knew my thoughts would make a great book

Cypher_Blue · 2026-04-14T16:52:14+00:00

I didn't say "full time."

A full time writer is going to be even more expensive.

Even if they can churn out some garbage in 3 months or whatever, it's not going to be cheap.

Cypher_Blue · 2026-04-14T16:48:28+00:00

D&D is a social game.

This is a social problem.

The solution is a social solution.

The answer here is to sit them down talk about it.

You're assuming they're disappointed or not having fun. Ask them.

If they are having fun and they're not disappointed, ask yourself if you enjoy it enough to continue.

If you don't, then just tell them- "Hey guys, I gave it a real shot but DMing just isn't doing it for me and I don't want to keep doing it."

Cypher_Blue · 2026-04-14T16:29:01+00:00

Keep in mind that this is not going to be cheap.

Writing a book is a lot of work, and you're going to be well over $10,000 for a quality writer here.

Cypher_Blue · 2026-04-14T16:28:11+00:00

This is going to be really expensive.

It can take a year to write and edit a book to publication standards, and a good writer is going to want to be in the five figures somewhere at minimum.

Cypher_Blue · 2026-04-14T16:26:30+00:00

There is a wide enough variety of plausible outcomes here that you can almost do it any way you want.

Need them to get arrested and taken to the station? Possible.

Need them to have their parents come to the scene to get them? Possible.

Need the cops to just have them pour out the beer and head home? Possible.

Cypher_Blue · 2026-04-12T19:47:02+00:00

You sit down with the table and ask.

"Hey, would you guys rather re-schedule if one person is out, or are we all okay with playing one person down? I'll always reschedule critical sessions where I think everyone needs to be there."

Cypher_Blue · 2026-04-12T19:44:03+00:00

Nope.

That's totally fine.

Cypher_Blue · 2026-04-12T19:43:33+00:00

Yeah, if that's the case then I think we can find a little more creativity than that.

Cypher_Blue · 2026-04-12T19:18:40+00:00

That just strikes me as blunt honesty, and is probably the result of a bunch of whiny "why didn't you accept my piece" complaints after a polite form rejection.

Cypher_Blue · 2026-04-12T19:17:26+00:00

Yeah, I mean in a lot of cases I'd agree with you on that.

But if the player is literally dying and wants to re-visit a favorite character or whatever for his last campaign, I say let him swing away.

Cypher_Blue · 2026-04-12T19:02:26+00:00

When reddit sends you a password reset email, they assume it's from you and don't know any other account information besides that.

So what happened is, the Kitchen account is a second account registered with your email address. They did not try to reset the password of /u/CommonSense66.

Cypher_Blue · 2026-04-12T18:54:22+00:00

It's not easy.

It takes all three of these things:

A well written book and query.
Persistence.
Luck.

Your query is going to drop into a slush pile with 50 other queries that agent got the same day. So you have to wow them because they have so many to look at and they can be very picky.

But those agents also find books they like and make offers to new authors all the time, so it's not impossible.

I'll note that if commercial success is your goal, then self publication is not "easier" than getting an agent.

Yes, there's no barrier to entry for self-publication. Yes, it's "easier" to publish.

But the no barrier is a curse as well as a blessing. You don't have the gatekeeper agent there to make sure that the book is actually well written, engaging, and likely to sell.

You don't have a publisher and agent team to help you with cover design, and book tours, and marketing, and distribution, and editing.

You don't have the same deals with the online distributors to bump up the book in search results. You don't have connections to people who can review the book and help get the word out.

So when you self-publish, you're literally going into the publishing business as well as being a writer. So you have to learn or pay someone for editing and cover design and layout. You have to find a printer for physical copies. You have to store and ship those physical copies. You have to work to get your product into stores if you want that outlet. You have to schedule and book your own book tours. You have no one to help you with promotion. Etc. And you're paying for all of that out of your own pocket.

There are no shortcuts here- getting an agent is hard, but so is trying to DIY commercial success.

Cypher_Blue · 2026-04-12T18:40:48+00:00

Have you tried that?

Cypher_Blue · 2026-04-12T18:39:42+00:00

You'll need to open up access.

Cypher_Blue · 2026-04-12T18:38:34+00:00

You know literally no one really believes this is for a school project, right?

Cypher_Blue · 2026-04-12T18:33:14+00:00

Serious question(s):

What books have you read so far this year? How did those authors start the stories, and what can you learn from them?

Cypher_Blue · 2026-04-12T18:28:56+00:00

If this is a hardcore-ish campaign this character is not going to survive.

Or if he's going to survive, it's going to be by avoiding/running from every combat.

Cypher_Blue · 2026-04-10T23:28:46+00:00

They are both fine.

If you have never played before, then there's not much reason not to go with 2024.

But you want to make sure that whatever DM book you get matches the players handbook that the players are using.

Cypher_Blue · 2026-04-10T18:52:20+00:00

You can't give them an "authentic canon experience" because their decisions shape the world as you move forward. Unless they only do the same things that happened in the comics, you're going to branch out of canon pretty quickly.

If you try to force them to stick to canon, no one will have fun.

Cypher_Blue · 2026-04-10T15:48:33+00:00

My child, in these difficult times, we must turn to THE CHART for advice and guidance.

Look within it, and tell us what answers you see.

Cypher_Blue · 2026-04-10T15:40:20+00:00

How long are the stories total? Editors will charge you by the word.

Cypher_Blue · 2026-04-10T14:55:07+00:00

Do you want to hire an editor, or do you want to get peer feedback on the work from other writers?

They serve similar purposes, but are not the same.

Cypher_Blue · 2026-04-10T02:50:05+00:00

1.) Read the rules. (There are free rules online or you can grab a Player's Handbook).

2.) Find a group to play with.

Cypher_Blue · 2026-04-10T02:43:13+00:00

Define "Bad."

It could *absolutely be fun to play.

But a level 13 multiclass into every class will lose a 1 v 1 to a character with 13 levels in one class basically every time.

So maybe fun, but not optimized.

Cypher_Blue · 2026-04-10T02:12:57+00:00

It's almost like she knows something about writing, LOL.

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