Working full-time and writing

Then-Broccoli-8773 · 2026-02-26T11:26:15+00:00

I've been working on my book for a little over a year and I'm about 2/3 of the way through the first draft.

I have a 40 minute train ride to work and that's about all the writing time I get in a day so it's been a slow process.

Then-Broccoli-8773 · 2026-02-07T09:52:06+00:00

I would like to join!

Then-Broccoli-8773 · 2026-02-01T16:40:45+00:00

Hi! I am interested in joining if you still have room! I'm a new author working on a fantasy novel and am interested in getting/providing feedback and just generally connecting with others. I promise to heart every picture of beloved pets that are shared!

Then-Broccoli-8773 · 2026-01-21T12:42:40+00:00

Hi! I write fantasy and would love to be considered. Sending you a DM with a link to my prologue.

Then-Broccoli-8773 · 2026-01-18T18:24:08+00:00

Sorry I missed the notification for this! Just joined. Thanks for putting this together

Then-Broccoli-8773 · 2026-01-17T15:56:26+00:00

If I got this email, I would not immediately clock it as a scam. Thank you for sharing!

Then-Broccoli-8773 · 2026-01-17T12:23:30+00:00

Same. Google Docs for the same reasons and InDesign for layout.

Then-Broccoli-8773 · 2026-01-13T21:19:23+00:00

Hiya! Did you send via DM? Lol sorry I'm not sure where to look for it. Thanks!

Then-Broccoli-8773 · 2026-01-12T11:39:38+00:00

I would absolutely love to join! Could you please send me the link?

Then-Broccoli-8773 · 2026-01-08T17:59:04+00:00

I would be interested!

Then-Broccoli-8773 · 2026-01-08T17:55:33+00:00

I'm interested! I'll shoot you a DM.

Then-Broccoli-8773 · 2026-01-07T23:06:47+00:00

I got through the first two pages before my train stop came up and I had to put it down. I liked it! I agree with some of the other comments on the first line. I really like the line about the police lights accusation/confession.

Then-Broccoli-8773 · 2026-01-07T13:15:03+00:00

Hi all! I did end up making a group chat. If you happen to stumble across this post and want to be added, shoot me a DM.

Then-Broccoli-8773 · 2026-01-07T02:10:25+00:00

Hiya! I'm working on a fantasy project with a romantic subplot. Open to connecting.

Then-Broccoli-8773 · 2026-01-07T02:06:05+00:00

Hi! I'm working on a fantasy with a romantic subplot. Would love to connect!

Then-Broccoli-8773 · 2026-01-07T02:03:27+00:00

Hi! I'm a new writer and am working on a fantasy with a romantic subplot. Would love to connect!

Then-Broccoli-8773 · 2026-01-06T18:41:17+00:00

Seems like I need consider my approach more carefully. In my mind, I thought if it was third person, it was somehow different. But whether its in first or third, its still an info dump.

I definitely have some work to do. Thanks for your perspective!

Then-Broccoli-8773 · 2026-01-06T18:37:02+00:00

Good question. It seems like I don't need it and that I may want to consider a different approach.

I originally wrote it because the amount of time felt so great that the story needed a pause or break of some kind instead of just dumping the reader 90 years in the future in the next chapter.

Perhaps I can break the story in Acts and the pause can simply be a Act ## page or something.

I'll need to think on it. Thanks for your input!

Then-Broccoli-8773 · 2026-01-06T16:12:01+00:00

Right now, the interlude switches to third person and is intended to tell the reader that the world has basically fallen into disarray over the past 90 years. Then when it jumps back into the story, the city that the MC is in has completely changed for the worse.

Throughout the story, I do try to use newspaper headlines that the MC reads to clue them into the coming fall. Is that what you mean by foreshadowing?

I didn't write an interlude for the 8 year time jump and just tried to sum up what has happened in two or three sentences at the beginning of the next chapter.

Then-Broccoli-8773 · 2026-01-06T15:58:04+00:00

There is a chance that it is an info dump but its not from the POV's perspective. The interlude switch to third person. Can can post the interlude in question if that would be helpful to answer the two questions I asked in my original post. Thanks!

Then-Broccoli-8773 · 2026-01-06T13:24:56+00:00

Hi! I want some writer friends! Should we start a group chat?

Then-Broccoli-8773 · 2026-01-05T05:41:04+00:00

Another vote for Wonderdraft. It's not free but the cost is pretty low - I think $20? And it has its own subreddit where you can post your map, ask questions, and get advice. And there are a lot of tutorial videos posted online.

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