Faith Kindred

Ooo, fun. I’ve never thought of inn names before:

The Screaming Falcon

Sign of the Rolling Heads

The Ax and Rose

The Black Griffin

So, for those of you who like Studio C and Star Wars…

Well, think of it this way. What I really said is, “I think I can keep it down to about five hundred pages, six hundred at most. The thing is, I’m only about a seventh of the way through, so I have no idea what might wiggle its way into my story.”

I could also say, “I think I can keep my book to about a quarter of the length of the entire…[Read more]

Ugh… lucky you.

*Cringe* God help me!

I think I can keep it under 200,000 words though

@Daeus It’s not a problem of people wanting to read the book…it’s the problem of getting a book with a huge word count published because the publishers can have limits. 😉

@Daeus It’s not a problem of people wanting to read the book…it’s the problem of getting a book with a huge word count published because the publishers sometimes have limits. 😉

Thank you so much for taking the time to critique my poem, Daeus! I really like your suggestions. 🙂

My sentiments exactly.

This poem is very good in that it gives one feel and then caries that same feel without turning to astray to another throughout its entirety, growing ever stronger and stronger. The one problem with this poem is that it is a little to prose-y in some parts. You use a lot of slant rhyme which is excellent, but where you…[Read more]

@Hope Yes! The end of Mockingjay was very sad…and depressing.

@kate-flournoy I know right! It’s so sad… 🙁

I like that, Hope! 😛

Maybe you should try setting yourself parameters. For instance, set a timer for a half an hour and resolve to stay off your computer. Then, write down just a few main questions for your self. Who are my main characters? How can I describe them in less than 6 sentences? What are the major plots of my story? Once you have got down the bare bones…[Read more]

Yeah, that’s why it’s my theory.

Criticize it!? It’s perfect!

All the more so because… I can do that. 😛

Here’s my theory. It doesn’t really matter how long your book is. All people want to do is buy a good book. They don’t necessarily want to read it so size doesn’t really matter. Your job is make the cover and summary so appealing that people must buy it. Then you must make them finish it whether they intended to or not, because after reading the…[Read more]

Have you ever tried outlining before? Perhaps you are one of those types of people and just don’t know it. I think with anyone outline will help them write faster even if for certain people it may still not be worth it.

My system is only a little different from the Ezra system. It is more complicated and therefore a devolution.

Do an outline of…[Read more]

@dbhgodreigns— yes, I know, it’s awful. I used to fret that my novels weren’t long enough, when I’d first started, and now I fret that they’re too long and no one will want to read them. 😛

It seems to be impossible to strike some middle ground.