Jayna Baas

@acancello https://www.writersdigest.com/whats-new/word-count-for-novels-and-childrens-books-the-definitive-post

@acancello

It depends mainly on genre. The standard range for adult fiction is 50,000–100,000, per Writer’s Digest, with the best range being 80,000–90,000 words. (For comparison, this would be a book that’s approximately 300 pages once published.) If you’re writing YA, 60,000 words might be fine—the range for that age bracket is 50,000–80,0…[Read more]

@acancello

Freedom is right about page and word counts. I would say, however, don’t worry about rushing. There’s no such thing as writing too fast. Studies show that the faster you write and the more you do of it, the better your writing will be, both in the moment and later as you develop your skill. You can always edit it later, but getting it…[Read more]

Thanks for the advice guys! I got a critique (Harsh but very informative lol) and I might not be ready to publish yet… lol.

Oof, that can be tough, but it sounds like it was good for you and you’re taking it well. Keep up the good work!

@janellebelovedpig

You’re welcome! I’m glad my comments were helpful to you. I know some people who spend a lot of time hunting for “dirt” on Christian classics or other classic works, and I don’t want to be one of those people, but Hindu philosophy and self-improvement posing as Christianity is kind of a big deal to me. 🙂 It’s so true that t…[Read more]

@madelyn

Pilgrim’s Progress is probably my favorite and the most classic of all Christian allegories, although it contains a few teachings I don’t agree with. @elishavet-pidyon had some really good points. I don’t read a lot of allegories, but my main requirement is that whatever allegorical stuff is in there accurately reflects biblical truth…[Read more]

@mineralizedwritings

Congratulations on finishing your short story! That’s exciting! It sounds like you’re getting the copyright thing figured out, but just let me say that legally your work is protected by copyright as soon as you create it. There’s no such thing as not having a copyright. The difference is that registering your copyright with t…[Read more]

@felicity

Oh, this sounds like a good one for a bittersweet resolution. Thanks for sharing!

@esther-c

Oh, sorry. By the time I finished reading all the posts, I must have forgotten who started the thread. 🙂

@keilah-h

I’m a little late to the party, but I do want to mention something that’s helped me: A lack of action doesn’t make a scene boring; a lack of tension does. You can have a scene without any action at all that still moves the story forward and feels interesting to read as long as there is tension of some kind that relates to the overa…[Read more]

@esther-c

Yes, do!

Tagging a few more: @princesachronicles22 @sarafini @euodia.vision @felicity @rmarcher

@power

Johnny Tremaine! Yes!

I am totally going to read your book, it sounds amazing! Just one question, what reading level is it? Amanda Dykes… She sounds familiar but I don’t think I have read anything by her yet 🙂

@acancello

I recommend it for ages 13 and up because it’s set in wartime and there’s some violence, but nothing graphic. I know some families have used it as a…[Read more]

Thanks, @freedomwriter76!

@acancello

1. I am looking for book recommendations (I like action packed and super exciting, also sometimes a bit of romance)

You should give The Scarlet Pimpernel a try. It’s an old book, so quite longwinded, and there’s mild cussing throughout, but it’s a really fun adventure story. You’ll probably notice that I mention either the book or the 1…[Read more]

@freedomwriter76

Everyone already said the stuff I was going to say (other than the Game of Thrones part; I wasn’t going to say that). Mainly that it must be vital to the story. But another thing I would mention is that it helps if it doesn’t completely, totally blindside readers. You know, where everything’s going great and it looks like this…[Read more]

@freedomwriter76

Yikes. But a good bit of drafting. Go Riker!

One thing to check—did German military officers wear wedding rings in the WWII era? That’s when wedding rings for men started to catch on, from what I’ve read, but I’m wondering if a non-wedding ring would be more accurate. Sorry, that’s my editor brain pinging.