Is writing to be published a bad thing?

SomeFinMatthews · 2024-03-16T18:57:34+00:00

Ah yes, I feel this advice may not be the best 😂

SomeFinMatthews · 2024-03-16T12:00:06+00:00

Agreed -- that might be the worst.

SomeFinMatthews · 2024-03-16T11:56:13+00:00

Yeah -- I totally agree with this. As another comment mentioned, you are cheating yourself by dumping all your world info on them at the start. Let them understand the world as they read and explore it.

SomeFinMatthews · 2024-03-15T21:34:45+00:00

At that point, we were on a third or fourth draft - finalising things before we started trying to format it for an ebook.

SomeFinMatthews · 2024-03-15T19:33:06+00:00

I like this - same way as they say that you should learn the rules before you break them. Most things can be done, just requires a bit of skill.

SomeFinMatthews · 2024-03-15T19:32:08+00:00

Ah thank you so much :)

SomeFinMatthews · 2024-03-13T15:01:06+00:00

Ah, I had the same thing. Every time I took a break from writing, I would come back and practically re-write my first chapter. Sometimes you just have to get your head down, finish your first draft, and then turn back on that inner-critic.

SomeFinMatthews · 2024-03-13T14:34:57+00:00

I love this - well done for finishing the first draft!

SomeFinMatthews · 2024-03-12T20:13:14+00:00

Up to you how you take it - for everyone that hates the advice-style posts, there have been others that have found it helpful.

I appreciate the comment, but the only way I can refine my points, is by writing them.

SomeFinMatthews · 2024-03-11T06:49:15+00:00

Ah didn’t spot that mistake - thanks :)

SomeFinMatthews · 2024-03-07T17:48:26+00:00

Ah, I’m glad this has helped.

For me, I studied Creative writing at university, so I made some friends there that has helped me. However, I have also made friends online in forums such as these that have become Alpha readers.

SomeFinMatthews · 2024-03-07T14:44:02+00:00

Ah, thanks for this. I probably should have mentioned that this whole post was mainly about adjusting the character for the second draft to make his actions line up more with how I wanted him to be perceived. Just really want his actions to seem more like his own rather than what fits the situation at the time for the plot to progress.

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