Hi everyone, I know it's been a while since i came on here last but I'm feeling kind of lost. Ive never been a confident writer and had to overcome various writing barriers to get where I am now with my book, but it also feels like I'm never going to get there.
I finished my first draft of my book 3 years ago, but with a job and children i find it hard to get concentrated time just to write and edit. The problem i have is that I have no one to read it and help me to see the errors. Can anyone suggest a website where i can buddy up with someone who could help me and in return I would try and help them?
I'm just finding it hard when people continue to say a good first draft. Maybe it is time to give in.
Right children delivered to school so I have half a few minutes before I have to do some planning for work this afternoon.
Damien thank you for your advice and I love your sneakiness of posting the lion the witch and the wardrobe extract! Unfortunately my other half would be less keen on putting the children on Ebay as we have already invested a lot of time and effort into them, so I will just have to keep working around the Chaos. My book is 113,000 ish words. Chapters are changing as I do another run through as I am trying to shorten them and make them at more crucial points. There are 25 at the moment.
Debbie thanks you for the time and effort you have taken to read my piece and giving me your valuable critic. It is very useful and I understand the points you have covered. I will be taking those words in the brackets out as you are quite right that they are not needed.
I know I over write especially in this chapter and believe it or not I have taken a lot out! I just really wanted to put you in the car. As the second chapter begins you realise the whole first chapter is actually a reoccurring nightmare, which Lucy has had since the day of the crash many months before, hence the almost surreal vivid details. The rest of the book is hopefully less overwritten. Though possibly not.
Amanda, good luck with your last two chapters and thank you for your encouragement.
Hi Jonathan, I have got my first 7000 words on you write on and I have had some great feedback and scores, then unfortunately I got 2 bad reviews from people who dragged my scores really down, very frustrating. If anyone wants to look at it on youwriteon my name is CheeryE and the book is Shadowlight.
But thank you all for your comments and advice, it has helped me to pick myself off the floor and carry on. One day I will finish!
Firstly thank you for all your messages of encouragement and secondly for your help. I will come back tomorrow to write a proper messages as I'm on my phone and both the school run and work are rapidly approaching. I just wanted to quickly say I appreciate the support.
You can have an excerpt peer-reviewed on www.youwriteon.com. You must reciprocate in kind, but you can learn an awful lot from reader/writer comments. I certainly did.