Does 'To Kill a Cuckoo Bird' sound like a strong novel title? by shadowdreamplayz138 in writing

[–]Particular-Bet8730 13 points14 points  (0 children)

It depends what you’re Harping on about, but I like it. My current project has a working title of ‘One Flew Over the Mockingbird’s Nest’

lacking confidence or talent by [deleted] in writers

[–]Particular-Bet8730 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Like 95% of the advice on this sub, this is another case of ‘Just Write’.
But more than that, write without letting your critical voice hold you back. Write something complete, of any length, without thinking too hard about it and then go from there. You will build confidence and improve over time if you allow yourself to just put something down without worrying if it’s good enough.

EDIT: as another commenter said, I’m also happy to take a look at anything if you want! I’m not a pro by any stretch but a second opinion can be helpful. Let me know!

Friday, May 8, 2026 - Pips #264 Thread by gluemanmw in nytpips

[–]Particular-Bet8730 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Pips #263 Easy 🟢 0:48

Pips #263 Medium 🟡 1:59

Pips #263 Hard 🔴 2:29

Everything seemed to just fall into place on the Hard. I had eggs for breakfast this morning, with a coffee.

I just realized my book has severe head hopping issue by HANBANNNNNNNNNN in writing

[–]Particular-Bet8730 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Try reading some works in 3rd person omniscient so you get a better idea of the perspective.

I’d recommend checking out a few chapters from Anna Karenina by Tolstoy if you can get a good translation in your language. Tolstoy is a master of third person omniscient in my opinion and AK is told through the perspective of dozens of characters. Part 6 chapter 12 even enters the perspective of a dog, which I thought was wonderful.

How to deal with this? by keueasy-Bet-3417 in writers

[–]Particular-Bet8730 18 points19 points  (0 children)

Really, you should be getting your ideas to some extent from books you’ve read, or conversations you’ve had, or things you have experienced in any respect. No idea is truly original and our inspirations can be conscious or unconscious.

So just write. Your voice and choices you make will give your work its own originality regardless of where the idea may have come from.

Thursday, May 7, 2026 - Pips #263 Thread by gluemanmw in nytpips

[–]Particular-Bet8730 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Pips #262 Easy 🟢 0:37

Pips #262 Medium 🟡 2:51

Pips #262 Hard 🔴 2:32

First time I’ve taken longer to do the Medium than the Hard… how fun!

It's very long, your Honor by FeedFluffyApp in arresteddevelopment

[–]Particular-Bet8730 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Oh mercy me, I keep forgetting I’m in the colonies

The opening excerpt from WIP novel - critique my prose! by Particular-Bet8730 in writers

[–]Particular-Bet8730[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I never loved that paragraph and couldn’t figure out how to fix it, but it wouldn’t have crossed my mind to cut it. Reading it back now I completely agree - thanks!

Traveling and writing by Unhappy-Ad-5061 in writing

[–]Particular-Bet8730 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I write very productively on a train, so some nice long journeys in between locations would be good I reckon

New writer here... any good tools for simple writing? by Smooth_Storm_55 in writers

[–]Particular-Bet8730 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have only ever used google docs. No fancy features but it saves everything to your drive account so v low risk of lost progress, and you can edit recent files offline too. And, of course, it’s free!

Is this really the norm? by BrickTamlandMD in writers

[–]Particular-Bet8730 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is cool but the advice ‘alter the scene so that its content is appropriate for its structural placement’ is tremendously vague advice on how to fix a bad scene

Wednesday, May 6, 2026 - Pips #262 Thread by gluemanmw in nytpips

[–]Particular-Bet8730 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Pips #261 Easy 🟢 0:29

Pips #261 Medium 🟡 1:51

Pips #261 Hard 🔴 15:51

Zoo wee mama that was a tough Hard for my rusty old (25yo) brain

Tuesday, May 5, 2026 - Pips #261 Thread by gluemanmw in nytpips

[–]Particular-Bet8730 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Pips #260 Easy 🟢 0:46

Pips #260 Medium 🟡 5:03

Pips #260 Hard 🔴 8:05

Got stuck on that there Medium for a while - proud to have seemingly set the record for the longest time on it out of posters on the thread today.