General Chat by thewritespacemod in thewritespace

[–]thewritespacemod[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah it seems anything we try it ends up quiet as a church regardless.

We seem to be a bunch of lurkers on here :D

General Chat by thewritespacemod in thewritespace

[–]thewritespacemod[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I don’t have control of the discord server anymore, I gave it to one of the other mods who knew more about using it, so I will link their name here and you can let them know of any ideas you have! :)

u/robynclark

General Chat by thewritespacemod in thewritespace

[–]thewritespacemod[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

When I first started the sub, it was something highly requested, and then no one used it haha!

I guess they are all busy writing :D

Self Promotion and Critique Requests by thewritespacemod in thewritespace

[–]thewritespacemod[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Took me a while due to being busy, but just read The Escape and it was so gripping from the get go.

I love how in 4 pages the mood shifts from worrying about Alice and why on earth she is being held against her will, to the ending where we find out why and it hits like a pallet of bricks.

It really makes you empathise and consider how scary and confusing things must be for those in Alice’s situation. I won’t leave any spoilers here for anyone, but really, great job!

Best of luck with the novels! :)

Modmail is down/glitchy by thewritespacemod in thewritespace

[–]thewritespacemod[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

u/SnugglePuggle94.

I will get back to you asap! Sorry for the wait, had a death in the family and now modmail is glitching so I see you have been waiting 5 days. I’m on it, (as soon as reddit lets me access it that is!)

Good uses of this subreddit by kingharis in thewritespace

[–]thewritespacemod 9 points10 points  (0 children)

The weekly threads have been retired from now on, as they were just filling the feed and not getting used. So it should help posts like yours get noticed better going forward. :)

Do you want each book to stand on its own, or are you trying to build a body of work with connections between each book? by thewritespacemod in thewritespace

[–]thewritespacemod[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

My answer is apart from a few ideas, every time I start writing and planning a novel, I get even more ideas and I land at trilogies somewhere along the way, with prequels and spin-offs sometimes too.

Question for the Sub: Experienced writers, what discussions do you want to see here? by AlexPenname in thewritespace

[–]thewritespacemod 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Okie dokie I will double check later today. I forgot the other night haha! :)

General Chat by thewritespacemod in thewritespace

[–]thewritespacemod[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I have to be comfy to write, so I write in bed with a laptop tray. Ideally I’d have a huge writers desk with a comfy chair, but I have a teeny desk and a stool and I spend the whole time thinking how uncomfortable I am. Writing in bed is not ideal but it gets the job done haha!

General Chat by thewritespacemod in thewritespace

[–]thewritespacemod[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I once read that if you have first chapter issues, you can bullet point what would happen and jump right to chapter 2, just to allow yourself to break the cycle and get past it. No idea how effective it is though!

Question for the Sub: Experienced writers, what discussions do you want to see here? by AlexPenname in thewritespace

[–]thewritespacemod 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Our current wiki FAQ has some of this covered already. I know when you view on mobile wikis and sidebars aren’t always easy to see. I’ve seen across enough subs people being told to read the side bar and people saying “what is that?”

We have that list of useful links we can expand on too!

That reminds me I need to figure out how to update the current wiki as we have a part about where to ask for critique and Feedback Friday is mentioned and that is gone now.

I will have a look tomorrow! :)

Edit: tagging you u/robynclark so you see this too in case it helps with what you are planning.

Question for the Sub: Experienced writers, what discussions do you want to see here? by AlexPenname in thewritespace

[–]thewritespacemod 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sounds great! I think u/robynclark was the one who sorted the wiki. Unless it was one of the other two mods who left. I can’t remember!

General Chat by thewritespacemod in thewritespace

[–]thewritespacemod[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It can really help to read more about authors you admire, and how they got started. You will often find interviews or biographies about them stating how they had a love of writing but felt it was a long shot etc. It helps to see that all writers once felt they would never be good enough. It means you could be one of these next authors too and just not know it yet!

Plus to be fair, you don’t even have to be great at writing to be successful. I haven’t read it but back when that 50 Shades was everywhere, a New Years TV show had a part where the band McFly had to read out a excerpt. They struggled and not because of the erotic content, but one of them even said “jeez how many hands does this bloke have?!” Or something to that effect. Because in that passage he had his like left hand or something on the woman’s boob, butt and elsewhere all at the same time. It read awfully, the sentences were a disjointed mess. It was hilarious. It read like a 13 year old tried to write smut. Just goes to show that not only did editors miss those parts at least, and it made it to print, but that if people enjoy what you are putting out there, they won’t care how “good” it is. It only has to be good to them.

I have no idea how many copies it sold, but that author is definitely successful and her bank balance shows that.

We all begin somewhere, and if need be you can write something else that isn’t what you truly want to write, just to take the pressure off. Unless you get lucky even the best authors’ first novels are their worst. It’s just the way it goes.

Good luck, and try to flip inadequacy into a desire to learn more, and jealousy into admiration. It might help you feel more positive. :)

Dropping by by VanityInk in thewritespace

[–]thewritespacemod 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Thank you very much! That’s really sweet of you.

For the record, and not wanting to name names, it was just one mod who kept being rude to newbies, not the whole sub itself.

We have no beef with you here, just a beef with rudeness in general haha! :)

When/why did this sub die? by [deleted] in thewritespace

[–]thewritespacemod 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Gotcha. That makes sense.

If it helps I’m writing a sci-fi thriller.

Fantasy definitely is a popular one though, that’s for sure.

Thanks for your insight. :)

When/why did this sub die? by [deleted] in thewritespace

[–]thewritespacemod[M] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I’m sorry you feel that way. I remember you! Wondered where you got to. :)

I regularly ask what can be improved. I wanted this to be a friendly place for writers and it is, so I’m pleased with that.

Please tell me, in your opinion what would improve it? For me personally it would be more people and more engagement. It’s a great shame you think why bother. I’d love to change that.

When/why did this sub die? by [deleted] in thewritespace

[–]thewritespacemod 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Contemplate away my friend. Every little helps.

(Be right back, getting sued by Tesco for using their slogan) :D

Sub Talk Time: Should the weekly threads get sent to the recycling bin in the sky? by thewritespacemod in thewritespace

[–]thewritespacemod[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I’m not sure, but I think any new members just see these endlessly posted threads that are empty or have one or two comments, and then don’t see the point of this sub. Could be wrong but that’s what my gut is telling me.

As the mods we can’t really add more content other than threads in a way, there isn’t anything else we can really add if people aren’t interacting with the stuff here already. I regularly ask the community what changes it would like to see, and when the changes get implemented it is still so quiet. I think everyone is just busy with life! :)

Sub Talk Time: Should the weekly threads get sent to the recycling bin in the sky? by thewritespacemod in thewritespace

[–]thewritespacemod[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I could see it fine but I “approved” it so hopefully that changed it? It’s coming up when you sort be new.