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Post by NowISee on Aug 3, 2015 19:58:23 GMT
I have three different novel ideas in my head. One, crime novel, is the one I'm putting all my effort in right now. I hope I'd be able to finish it this year and perhaps get it published one day.
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Post by C_K on Aug 3, 2015 20:03:59 GMT
The sky is the limit!! What is your book about? Mine is a love story with a twist.. I hope to have it published by the end of the year..
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Post by Deleted on Aug 3, 2015 20:33:44 GMT
I really enjoy writing. I mainly write poems and short stories but I have started to write a full-length novel, however it is still in the very early stages. Who are your influences?
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Post by C_K on Aug 3, 2015 20:45:43 GMT
Writing is definitely my passion! Hmmm I'd have to say J.K. Rowling and Sylvia Day.. I absolutely love their writing techniques What is your book about?
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Post by BogoGog24 on Aug 3, 2015 23:29:51 GMT
I have tried writing several novels in the past but never finished them. It is a goal of mine though to be able to finish one. Getting it published is another though. Unless you self publish (which you need to basically pay for) it's really difficult to get a novel published without an agent or connections. My uncle has published quite a few nonfiction books about the history of sports though, it was through a minor publishing company. And my other uncle self published a memoir and a nun from my church self published a prayer book. My only novel idea at the moment is actually something a bit personal and I think pretty unique- I'm taking all of the Facebook messages that my friend and I wrote to each other over the years and copying them basically into a book. Because when we were in high school we went through the typical shit that teenagers go through and talked about it and I think kids today could read it and feel like someone understands what they are going through, and a lot of our messages are actually pretty funny as well. It takes a long time to compile all of the messages though. I'm calling it My Life According To Facebook. As to whether anyone would ever want to publish it or not, well that's a different story.
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Post by NowISee on Aug 4, 2015 15:46:41 GMT
The sky is the limit!! What is your book about? Mine is a love story with a twist.. I hope to have it published by the end of the year.. the book is about missing people and cold cases. I'm not going to get it published this year though. I wish to finish it and then re-write and polish it so that I'd be able to send it to publishers within a year..
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Post by TheRaven on Aug 20, 2015 5:38:10 GMT
I've tried writing. Never turned out good, and I never finished one.
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Post by orangesky on Aug 24, 2015 11:51:11 GMT
I've actually written 4 full length novels plus one that's maybe half done and another almost complete. Getting published is another story though. Basically you just need to be lucky. There are so many really bad books that I've read and I don't know how they get published. It's just luck of the draw I guess.
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Post by BogoGog24 on Aug 24, 2015 12:06:50 GMT
I know. Like how did something like 50 Shades of Gray get published? (Oh I know why- sex sells). Or Twilight? I've heard both of them are poorly written.
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Post by orangesky on Aug 24, 2015 12:18:37 GMT
Well 50 shades was a popular Twilight fanfic but it is very badly written. I can only imagine it became so popular because it was about sex and the people reading it were new to fanfics and didn't know how much better smut there was out there. Basically it just comes down to the opinion of the one person who reads it and gets to pass judgement on whether they like it or not. They also have to think of what will sell which is why bookstores are overflowing with the same kind of story nowadays. The book industry isn't so great with the creativity anymore.
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Post by Avengium on Oct 29, 2015 4:43:35 GMT
I'm writing short fantasy/sci-fi stories. And someday i will create a novel or something like that from the world that share all the stories. Is really slow, because is a great tapestry of locations and species. and the main characters are from very complex and ancient species. The species in the background are easy job, but the primary ones have too much involved...
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Post by TheRaven on Oct 29, 2015 8:47:14 GMT
I know. Like how did something like 50 Shades of Gray get published? (Oh I know why- sex sells). Or Twilight? I've heard both of them are poorly written. (late reply, I know) I've got no clue about 50 Shades, but as for Twilight I'd say it's written for a younger audience. I liked it a few years ago, but now I'm not that fascinated anymore...
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Post by C_K on Oct 30, 2015 18:51:56 GMT
Hey guys! Sorry I was so quiet for a while.. I have to agree that 50 Shades was very poorly written.. yes, I'll admit to reading the trilogy because I'm a romantic and like the love story behind everything because true love will conquer all..
I think Twilight wasn't badly written but directed at a younger audience..
I just hope one day my books will get published though.. I really enjoy writing and have poured my heart and soul into the pages of my books..
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Post by C_K on Oct 30, 2015 18:57:09 GMT
I'm writing short fantasy/sci-fi stories. And someday i will create a novel or something like that from the world that share all the stories. Is really slow, because is a great tapestry of locations and species. and the main characters are from very complex and ancient species. The species in the background are easy job, but the primary ones have too much involved... I really think you should try to write a novel! Your ideas sound amazing and you are writing stories in a very popular genre.. But ugh I know planning takes up a lot of time..
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Post by Avengium on Oct 31, 2015 0:07:53 GMT
I'm writing short fantasy/sci-fi stories. And someday i will create a novel or something like that from the world that share all the stories. Is really slow, because is a great tapestry of locations and species. and the main characters are from very complex and ancient species. The species in the background are easy job, but the primary ones have too much involved... I really think you should try to write a novel! Your ideas sound amazing and you are writing stories in a very popular genre.. But ugh I know planning takes up a lot of time.. i don't want to make "out of nowhere" free advertising, but i want to tell about the stories. The stories are published in spanish (only a few in english, and usually in devianart and other sites, under request of some occasional "fan", not in the blog in spanish) in blogia.com in a blog called El Bestiario del Hypogripho Dorado (The Bestiary of the Golden Hypogriph) tuscriaturas.blogia.com The majority of the tales are from site admin and friend. i only wrote the ones signed as avengium, as the one in this image: m.flickr.com/#/photos/136558065@N07/22606613072/ i can see the "author: Avengium" at the top-left. I think about my fictional world but i am too lazy to write, sometimes too busy, and like the Simple Plan song "procrastination run in circles in my head". Most of the stories written are yet to be published in the blog. I have also a google doc with a list of the published ones ready to link if you want to learn more about (if you want to read, just let me know), but is difficult to see the pattern with the current ones.
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