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What are people writing at the moment?
Sorry if not allowed to start a discussion, but as we approach Christmas, wondered what people write over the holidays?
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I’ve just finished writing the final dissertation of my Creative Writing MA… I now have just 2 months to write the first 15,000 words of the book club fiction novel which my dissertation is about! 😬 My draft pitch line: “After surviving a suicide attempt, a man with aphasia must relearn not only how to speak, but how to live in a world that no longer understands him.”
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@Louis Urbanowski I find that when I’ve spent an hour continually changing the same sentence, it’s time to give up and move on. Coming back to the book a few weeks later helps to see it with fresh eyes (and changing the font, and printing it out, and reading it aloud standing on your head, etc!).
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Writer resources
I was wondering if anyone would be willing to share some of their go-to writer resources. Extra points (and the points mean nothing and get you nowhere) to those who can provide good FREE resources!! Here’s two of mine: https://trackbear.app/ https://www.wordhippo.com/ Now… go forth writer souls and share the resources!
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Writershelpingwriters.net has some great stuff. I love all their thesauruses (thesauri?)—which are not free but so worth it.
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These are invaluable for writers for show-not-tell. I pretty much have the whole series. Plus, they’ve got heaps of free resources on their website too. https://shopwritershelpingwriters.net/collections/series-in-order
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For Maria, to be opened on the day of my funeral.
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@Tami Winbush just do it!
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Welcome and First Paragraph Feedback
Hello Marlowe and Christie Writers! It's amazing to have you here. Please share the opening paragraph of your WIP to receive feedback here.
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@Max Langton I really like this! The countdown (or count up) is a great hook and instantly draws you in with the tension and wanting to know what he’s waiting for. Perhaps tightening up the last sentence might add more tension, as I found myself tripping over the adjectives… “Between her ramblings and the drumming of the man's grubby nails on his empty cardboard cup, just couldn’t seem to hit a sixty this week.”
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Perched near the end of the long, polished table, I try to steady my nerves as Hugh presents the slides I spent all day perfecting—with zero acknowledgement of my efforts. As always. The usual Marketing suspects are here, transfixed on the giant screen as if hypnotised by his monotonous drone. The air inside the cramped meeting room is infused with a suffocating blend of furniture polish and late afternoon testosterone from the six men sat around me. It’s hard to breathe and my heart’s pounding so hard, I’m sure everyone can hear it. Just three more slides to go until I put my plan into action…
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