Thank you!! I think it'l be a really cute, fun project! And it's been great so far! A good refresher on writing techniques and I can definitely see it being a great help and motivator when drafting a book!
I tend to get the main character first, the end and start after that. The rest can be quite a battle. As far as my current work goes, I am managing to accelerate my drafting; I could write a 100k draft in 4 months rather than my present 5, although I should take a midway break . The not-so-good news is I won't be able to finish DW this year. The situation is that I stopped at 88K about 3 years ago, resumed it a few weeks ago thinking I had 30K to do, only to find I that it was more like 55K. I'll finish it next year because it needs a hefty revision. Nevertheless, I am looking forward to trying to write two first drafts next year out of three possible candidates. One is FT3 (mermaid), the second is the train romance, and the other is about alien first contact. It's daunting, but my new working method "getting on with it" seems to be working.
Using smaller words is recommended. A study conducted a few years ago said that the average person reads at a 5th grade level. I don't know how accurate that info about reading level is now, but I always tell my editing clients to use a smaller word (and I provide examples) if I notice that a word or dialogue tag pulls me out of the story. For dialogue tags, I usually provide examples of an action the character can do instead if the tags get repetitive.
Hmm, it depends on the character, for if they are educated they will use more advanced dialogue. Also with deep POV in the same circumstance; I do this to help differentiate character voices. Talking of editors, I found one who did not know what "laden" meant, and another was confused by "brand". I dropped them both.
@@sillypuppy5940 Unfortunately, there are a lot of unqualified editors out there. I've had a few clients come to me after getting scammed by someone who claimed to be an editor. The person took their money and either introduced errors or just kept pushing back a deadline and eventually never delivered the edit.
Ooooh!!! That middle grade idea is great. That course sounds really helpful!
Thank you!! I think it'l be a really cute, fun project! And it's been great so far! A good refresher on writing techniques and I can definitely see it being a great help and motivator when drafting a book!
I've got an idea for a group of soft toys having an adventure, for kids. Yeah, I know.
Amazing Vlog!
Thank you!!
@@BrittanyandBooks. You're welcome!
I tend to get the main character first, the end and start after that. The rest can be quite a battle. As far as my current work goes, I am managing to accelerate my drafting; I could write a 100k draft in 4 months rather than my present 5, although I should take a midway break . The not-so-good news is I won't be able to finish DW this year. The situation is that I stopped at 88K about 3 years ago, resumed it a few weeks ago thinking I had 30K to do, only to find I that it was more like 55K. I'll finish it next year because it needs a hefty revision.
Nevertheless, I am looking forward to trying to write two first drafts next year out of three possible candidates. One is FT3 (mermaid), the second is the train romance, and the other is about alien first contact. It's daunting, but my new working method "getting on with it" seems to be working.
Using smaller words is recommended. A study conducted a few years ago said that the average person reads at a 5th grade level. I don't know how accurate that info about reading level is now, but I always tell my editing clients to use a smaller word (and I provide examples) if I notice that a word or dialogue tag pulls me out of the story.
For dialogue tags, I usually provide examples of an action the character can do instead if the tags get repetitive.
Hmm, it depends on the character, for if they are educated they will use more advanced dialogue. Also with deep POV in the same circumstance; I do this to help differentiate character voices. Talking of editors, I found one who did not know what "laden" meant, and another was confused by "brand". I dropped them both.
@@sillypuppy5940 Unfortunately, there are a lot of unqualified editors out there. I've had a few clients come to me after getting scammed by someone who claimed to be an editor. The person took their money and either introduced errors or just kept pushing back a deadline and eventually never delivered the edit.