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You are lucky, Prince. What's great is you are willing to do the work after the feedback!I have two groups, so I get one pass-through from the first, my drivel-ish version, and then a second pass through from the second. My husband reads when he has the time. My oldest daughter (who is my audience) is a fast reader and not afraid to tell me where it is slow!The groups don't line edit, but they give me a deadline to have something written by.

I typically just sort of start, usually with one main voice, until a couple of characters are well developed. From there, I imagine as many scenes between these characters as I can, and write those. At some point during this process, a theme presents itself. Once that happens, I can usually (but not always) develop a plot around what I've already done. Then, I just have to create some more scenes to fill in the gaps, and usually delete several I like that have taken me way off course. Tada!

I've been writing in a vacuum for years. I've got two complete novels that no other human being has ever set eyes on. I've just never been able to find any knowledgeable beta readers in my area.On on-line crit group, though - that sounds like a wonderful idea.Out of the ten or so lay readers who read my latest novel, only one of them had anything bad to say about it. In fact -- she yelled at me. Apparently I thought it was a good idea to leave about a half dozen mysteries unsolved, you know, to create some anticipation for a second book. My friend felt extremely disappointed, outraged, and even betrayed.Here's the funny thing: everything this girl pointed out was echoed by my agent when he called to discuss the book. So. I guess this means I officially have one trustworthy beta reader.

Thanks for coming by, Steve. I have to say I really can relate to your method which is very similar to mine. Kind of...all over the place and see what sticks!V, I think my next project will start with an idea and outline from there. On my current book, I didn't do an outline until I was halfway through it. I can see how it makes sense now.Elise, I can definitely see how planning now makes for a better road map. The problems I was up against in Glimmerlings probably could have been avoided with proper outlining and planning.

The first novel I ever attempted, but never finished, I wrote by the seat of my pants. Ultimately, outlining and planning make for a more coherent piece for me now.Knowing my arc, my basic plot devices and character development early on often means less rewriting.I think there's a balance there somewhere between holding onto the spontinaiety of the work which gives it freshness and really having a good sense of where you're story in going and how you're going to get there.Those two things are usually my biggest battle.

I'm a plot person. Always have been. So, most of the time I get an idea where something happens, then I build the world and characters around it. Though my current WIP is different - I got a vision of the bad guy (a really scary bad guy), and am trying to figure out how to build the world and characters around him. It's been difficult trying to create a good main character that will balance out the insane scariness of the bad guy. :)Thanks for the recommendation on the book. I need to research more scary books, because I think that's what my WIP is turning in to. :)

Herzlichen Glfcckwunsch erstmal, liebe Silvi! Ich freue mich riiseg ffcr dich mit - weidf ja schon, was du dir tolles ausgesucht hast, echt klasse!Ffcr die Challenge diesmal findest du meine Karte , liebe Iris.Viele Grfcdfe, Sandra

Bravo!

kikou ton forum est super génial !!! et les photos sont très jolies !! gros bisous et continue comme ça !!lol