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Sarahfi joined the group Sci-fi Writers 5 years, 10 months ago
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Livi Ryddle replied to the topic Sci-fi novella: How to write? in the forum Sci-fi Writers 5 years, 10 months ago
*nods* Gotcha. Coolio! I haven’t thought about this story for a while, so I should go back now and go through my notes with a fresh mind and see what I can do with it 🙂
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Zee joined the group Historical Fiction Writers 5 years, 11 months ago
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Gracie replied to the topic For Critique: Novel in Progress, Chapter One in the forum Contemporary Fiction Writers 5 years, 11 months ago
Yes, I’d love to help!
The more eyes, the better!
Indeed mam.
I will do the same for you.
“you could give as much or as little critique as you felt in the mood for”
Thank you for offering to read my book.
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Gracie started the topic Chena’s Story Chpt. 1 in the forum Historical Fiction Writers 5 years, 11 months ago
@zee
<p style=”text-align: left;”>no man can find out the work that God maketh from the beginning to the end</p>
<p style=”text-align: left;”>I</p>
<p style=”text-align: left;”>She was only six, and yet her world was about to crumble.</p>
<p style=”text-align: left;”>The child’s chest steadily rose and fell, her coarse sheets just barely b…[Read more]-
Thanks for sharing the beginning of your story, Gracie! You’ve certainly got a dramatic opening and a lot of vivid, in the moment description. Well done. The one thing I’d watch for is to be sure you stay in Chena’s POV throughout the scene. That doesn’t mean you have to keep it for the entire story, or even the entire chapter, but the current…[Read more]
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Thank you.
I can just imagine Eitan, (the one reading it for historical accuracy), giving me a knowing look, /Haven’t heard //that// before, have you?/ Ahh well, need to work on that…
I emailed you…though my email was having trouble a few weeks ago. I’d like to check to make sure it went through? I’d love to read your next chapter!
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Zee replied to the topic For Critique: Novel in Progress, Chapter One in the forum Contemporary Fiction Writers 5 years, 11 months ago
Gracie, I totally understand if you’ll be busy, but if you’re willing to help, I don’t mind if it takes a while. I could send you the story chapter by chapter, and I wouldn’t send a new one until you were through with the one that came before, so you wouldn’t feel backlogged. And you could give as much or as little critique as you felt in the mood…[Read more]
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Gracie replied to the topic For Critique: Novel in Progress, Chapter One in the forum Contemporary Fiction Writers 5 years, 11 months ago
character development
I’ll tag you to a character building game on here.
It’s helped me with learning about and rounding some of my characters.
Would you be interested in giving me a more in-depth critique of the whole thing as I go along?
Interested, yes, very. (But I’m not sure you want me to do it.)
Disclaimer: I’m not sure if I’d be a very…[Read more]
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Zee replied to the topic For Critique: Novel in Progress, Chapter One in the forum Contemporary Fiction Writers 5 years, 11 months ago
Thanks for reading, Gracie! I appreciate it. Yes, this is by no means a finalized draft, so I’m sure there are plenty of typos lurking. At this point, I’m looking more at story flow, possible plot holes, character development–stuff like that.
Would you be interested in giving me a more in-depth critique of the whole thing as I go along? If so,…[Read more]
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Okay, here’s the idea. Would you be willing to put your email up here? On this thread? It won’t show on the ‘recent activity’ page.
Unless someone’s specifically looking for this thread (or a part of the conversation) they shouldn’t find it. And then you can erase what you put on this thread, where you can’t on the other.
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Sure, that sounds good. I’m still figuring out all the nuts and bolts of this site. Here’s my email: btznvnt@gmail.com
Now you can just send an email to me, and then I’ll have your address, and you won’t have to put it on the forum at all.
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Thanks!
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I actually haven’t received an email from you yet. If you’ve changed your mind about critiquing for me, that’s fine, but I just wanted to let you know in case you thought I’d received it.
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No! I still would like to critique! I sent an email to you, it just didn’t go through. I will be trying again as soon as I’m done with this post.
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Ok, I sent it.
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Gracie replied to the topic For Critique: Novel in Progress, Chapter One in the forum Contemporary Fiction Writers 5 years, 11 months ago
I love your story past and plan! With that description, I would buy it.
I saw a few minor typos, but that (from my point of view) was all that was wrong per se.
I liked how you described the atmosphere of the old man’s home. And then this:
a dark sadness without an end in sight.
That stuck with me.
….When he saw them, he stopped…
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Zee started the topic For Critique: Novel in Progress, Chapter One in the forum Contemporary Fiction Writers 5 years, 11 months ago
As this is the third book in a series, it might be a little confusing to just jump in–so, a little background is in order. While the series genre is Romantic Suspense, we also have some fantasy/alternative history elements at play due to the fact that the stories are set in Sevia. It’s a fictional Eastern European country, plagued by unrest and…[Read more]
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JasonKarpf replied to the topic Sci-fi novella: How to write? in the forum Sci-fi Writers 5 years, 11 months ago
Livi—
I agree with writing this in first person. As MC pushes through the emotional barriers, he will learn more and so will the reader. The effect of manipulating emotions will be more powerful for the reader. Think about why the society promoted the emotion-dampening technology. There should be a dark reason, or some faction that has been a…[Read more]
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JasonKarpf posted an update in the group Sci-fi Writers 5 years, 11 months ago
Hello, fellow Christian sci-fi writers. I just signed a book deal with Elk Lake Publishing on my Christian sci-fi novel, Brimstone 1.
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Arindown replied to the topic Fresh Eyes in the forum Contemporary Fiction Writers 5 years, 11 months ago
@zee Hey! Nice to meet you!
I think if you want feedback, you just ask, and people can jump on if they’d like.
If you tell me a little bit more about your story, I might be interested. Around StoryEmbers, we love reading and helping out with other people’s stories.
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Ok, sounds good! My WIP is the third book in a series; the first two have already been published. The series genre is technically Romantic Suspense, but since the stories are set in the fictional country of Sevia, I also have a fantasy/alternative history thing going. I’ll go ahead and post Chapter One here on the Contemporary Fiction forum, and…[Read more]
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Mel replied to the topic Fresh Eyes in the forum Contemporary Fiction Writers 5 years, 11 months ago
Oh, we love helping people with their current writing works!
So what I normally do, and other people, is post your story in whatever group (fantasy, contemporary fiction, historical fiction, horror, mystery/suspense/thriller, romance, sci fi, or writers of children’s books) it fits in on the forum page. (Make sure you’ve joined that…[Read more]
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Thank you! That’s what I’ll do.
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Zee replied to the topic Fresh Eyes in the forum Contemporary Fiction Writers 5 years, 11 months ago
And I forgot to say–I’d be happy to offer feedback in exchange.
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Zee started the topic Fresh Eyes in the forum Contemporary Fiction Writers 5 years, 11 months ago
I’ve been a member of another great online community ChristianWriters.com, for a little over two years now. In that time I’ve learned so much about the craft of writing/storytelling, and gotten amazing encouragement and help–so much so that I ended up self-publishing two short novels this year.
Now, with my third in progress, I feel that I need…[Read more]
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Kristianne joined the group Historical Fiction Writers 5 years, 11 months ago
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Eitan replied to the topic Chena’s Story Chpt. 4 in the forum Historical Fiction Writers 5 years, 11 months ago
I’ll read it and give a critique this week 🙂
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Thank you. (: No rush, it’s kind of long.
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