About writing that is. Cheryl and I understand that this writing schtick ain't easy so we thought it might be the perfect time to invite you all to leave your writing questions in the comment box. We'll be sure to answer them in a post for next Wednesday.
Ask whatever you'd like: technical questions, questions about our own writing styles and methods, etc. We're open to addressing them all!
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I think my biggest issue as a writer is ending the darn piece! My blog entries either fall off of a cliff or I ramble for a paragraph hoping I'll gain some inspiration for an ending point. Any tips?
ReplyDeleteI have a non technical question,if that's alright.
ReplyDeleteWhat do you do if you get too easily fazed at all the talent out there, and say "there's no room for me out there...look what's already going on!"
I have a question about the memes. The one below - choosing the number 1-10 one for example. When you announce these, do we write it by a certain day, do we post it on our site whenever we want? Just trying to figure out the particulars of it! :) Thanks! (Unfortunately, yes, I am kind of a rule-bound person. Even though half the time I enjoy breaking rules, what is most important to me is that I am in the know of what rules I need to follow and what rules I will break.)
ReplyDeleteI've been trying to write a book for the past year. The plot is not very strong at all, in fact I'm still trying to figure it out. I have about 155 pages, should I throw in the towel or just finish it and figure it out for draft number two????
ReplyDeleteI wrote a book/memoir about my pregnancy with my little boy. I haven't sent out many queries yet because agents don't seem to care for memoirs unless they're written by someone well known. Do you think I can use my blog as a forum to post excerpts from my book to see if it attracts enough interest? Do you know of anyone who has done this? (I would do this in addition to my regular day-to-day posts). Thanks for the offer to write a question--I'm thrilled to be a new follower!
ReplyDeleteHow often do you update your blogs? What is too much? What is too little? My readership drops way off on the weekends, so I don't tend to post then - do you find this also to be true?
ReplyDeleteFor six months straight I posted daily without fail. I am now exhausted and am just trying to post M-F.
First of all, Adelle, you're a rock star! M-F blog posting is amazing. I'm an underachiever, apparently.
ReplyDeleteSo, my question... I feel like it's a stupid one (and don't tell me there are no stupid questions, because there are, indeed).
I always hear about writers having a goal of X pages per day, and it makes me wonder about book length. How do the computer/word processor pages translate to actual book pages; and how big a role does book length play in publishing? Is there an ideal range? It seems like a lot of what I read falls into a similar page-range, so I wonder if very short & very long books are harder to get published?
Although it's not apparent here, I tend to be brief in my attempts at fiction. Sometimes I feel daunted by trying to tell a longer story.
sex scenes in literary fiction. do you write them? how do you balance the sex vs the erotica?
ReplyDeleteWhat do you do to break through the inevitable "writer's block"?
ReplyDeleteA small children's book publisher expressed interest in my work. A promise of an email with edits has never come... four months now. Am I entitled to submit my work elsewhere?
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