Julia R.

@daeus Yes. That’s what I failed to do. As long as you’re working on something, you should be okay. @winter-rose
Don’t be like Dragon Snapper. Don’t not write for more than a few days. Dragon Snapper is being nice and giving you a great example of what not to do.

I half agree with you @dragon-snapper. If you work on a new project during your break, I think it’s fine though.

@winter-rose No. Don’t do it. Do not take a break.
Here’s my logic, cause I know I’m going against practically every person’s opinion in the world about taking breaks in writing.
Personally, when I finished my novel, I was like ‘yeah, I’ll take a break’, so I did. Ouch. I will never ever do that again. It broke me. Yeah. I wasn’t able to write…[Read more]

@winter-rose Breaks aren’t absolutely necessary, but they are really helpful. If you feel like your work is a sloppy mess, it’s more likely that you need a break from it. But I don’t think that means you have to keep it from your alpha reader. What you might do is just let her read it and give you her thoughts, but don’t look at her thoughts until…[Read more]

@winter-rose I think breaks are great. A break for a month or so has worked for me to get a new perspective on things. It really helps to leave something alone for a little while because you can start afresh. But, this:

Don’t wait until your story is ‘ready’ to share it, or it will never be ready.

As Brandon said, Alpha and beta readers are there…[Read more]

@northerner Thanks 🙂
@his-instrument Are you talking about The Prince of the Barbarians?
@lifeofkatie Sure, well, it’s all up to you. At the moment, I don’t feel any particular need for another beta-reader, but if it’s something you’d want to do, I’d be more than glad to get your feedback. Each new perspective notices something nobody else did.…[Read more]

@ethryndal @that_writer_Girl_99 @daeus @winter-rose @bethanysinkyroses @daughteroftheking @jane-maree I brought ice cream and frozen raspberries. Want some?

@daeus I apologize for all the typos in the previous comment. Its not a code saying that I’ve been kidnapped, as it would be of i had sent a typo-infested text to a family member. I’m just typing on my phone, and silly old Autocorrect thinks it knows what I’m trying to say better than I do.

@daeus I’d love to help, and as school doesn’t pick back up until August 22, now is the perfect time for me to get something done in a month. Your story sounds fascinating!
My WIL is not completed. Its an I it 60,000 words long, but I still would really love some feedback on it, even if you only do the first 20,000 words or so, because I’m so…[Read more]

@dragon-snapper Yes, that’s fine.

@northerner Eh, yeah. I wish I could. 🙁

Medieval details? Seriously? I would actually love that.

I don’t want to rip you off… 😛

@daeus Alright. Just clarifying so you know that as of now you will you only get 40,000 words of it. You cool with that? I can give you the second half later, when that’s done.

@allison-grace Hi and hi again! Welcome to kingdom Pen! (and that rhymes). Can’t wait to see you around the forum!

@dragon-snapper So it will be around 80,000 words. Yeah, that sounds perfectly doable. Sign me up. 🙂

And also, you can take as long as you want with my WIP if you agree (which I’m hoping you will…as you might have noticed). I don’t need it done by any particular time.
*cough*please*cough*

@winter-rose *faints* I love the idea for your novel. Seriously, I can’t wait to read this.

And I would give you my first novel, that is finished, by it is so rough, I think that I would get a lot more out of a critique of my WIP.

@daeus *headdesk* Come on, Daeus. Stop tempting me.
*pick me! pick me!*
Yes. I agree. I will beta-read for you. You already have my email.
As for the exchange, would you be interested in helping me with my rough draft of my WIP. It’s only half-way done, but I think that if you could help me with even just that, it would be very helpful. It’s…[Read more]

@that_writer_Girl_99 I’m signing out now. I’ll be back later.