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qxf55h | writing_train | 0.97 | Sometimes you have to force yourself to write. Earlier this year, I wrote 70k in 77 days while being a dad to a toddler and working full-time. That's not a humble brag. I hated it. It was my first time finishing anything longer than a poem in fifteen years. I say all that because I had a writing schedule of an hour or so daily (not including weekends). Many days I had to force myself to write. I was plagued by hard or awkward scenes, moments of self-doubt, fatigue and all the reasons in the world to not write. But I wanted to write a book and finish one. Often when I got to writing, I was able to get into it and write up to 1000 words in one sitting. Sometimes I even went up to 1500 words (that took more than an hour and cost me some sleep). But there were times I only wrote 500 words or 300. Those were days when I just wrote something so that I didn't break the habit. I often had to push myself to take up my phone (easier than a laptop to me, but hand writing should also work). But I never regretted it afterwards. Even 300 words meant that I had that much less to write. Everyone is different and what works for me may not work for but if nothing else, consider why you wanna write, what you want to achieve and how to get yourself there. If you always love your writing sessions, that's awesome. If not, still find a way to get yourself there. Having a finished book is the greatest feeling (until you have to navigate getting it published). | hl9ubkr | hl9zzrj | 1,637,340,328 | 1,637,342,541 | 26 | 28 | I do feel the whole "Listen to your feelings and follow them" crowd are a little...naive. You won't like every single time you write, and sometimes things feel bad at the start and then you start liking it. Also as you go through the project your feelings towards it change. Obviously you get very excited at the start, and then near the end you can feel like you just want to chuck everything away and have it be done already. None of these feelings really have much to do with the quality of the writing, and if you listen to a lot of them you will basically not write (or chuck away your novel and not have anything) | One of my favourite quotes I've ever read which describes my relationship to writing is "I don't like writing. I like having written." | 0 | 2,213 | 1.076923 | ||
qxf55h | writing_train | 0.97 | Sometimes you have to force yourself to write. Earlier this year, I wrote 70k in 77 days while being a dad to a toddler and working full-time. That's not a humble brag. I hated it. It was my first time finishing anything longer than a poem in fifteen years. I say all that because I had a writing schedule of an hour or so daily (not including weekends). Many days I had to force myself to write. I was plagued by hard or awkward scenes, moments of self-doubt, fatigue and all the reasons in the world to not write. But I wanted to write a book and finish one. Often when I got to writing, I was able to get into it and write up to 1000 words in one sitting. Sometimes I even went up to 1500 words (that took more than an hour and cost me some sleep). But there were times I only wrote 500 words or 300. Those were days when I just wrote something so that I didn't break the habit. I often had to push myself to take up my phone (easier than a laptop to me, but hand writing should also work). But I never regretted it afterwards. Even 300 words meant that I had that much less to write. Everyone is different and what works for me may not work for but if nothing else, consider why you wanna write, what you want to achieve and how to get yourself there. If you always love your writing sessions, that's awesome. If not, still find a way to get yourself there. Having a finished book is the greatest feeling (until you have to navigate getting it published). | hl90xlh | hl9zzrj | 1,637,327,347 | 1,637,342,541 | 26 | 28 | Thank you so much for sharing this. Last year, I wrote a 95K novel, and this year I started rewriting it but I struggled with severe depression and terrible self-confidence. I stopped at 40K of my rewrite. Your experience of forcing it out is something that I need to incorporate. I'm going to start a schedule. | One of my favourite quotes I've ever read which describes my relationship to writing is "I don't like writing. I like having written." | 0 | 15,194 | 1.076923 | ||
qxf55h | writing_train | 0.97 | Sometimes you have to force yourself to write. Earlier this year, I wrote 70k in 77 days while being a dad to a toddler and working full-time. That's not a humble brag. I hated it. It was my first time finishing anything longer than a poem in fifteen years. I say all that because I had a writing schedule of an hour or so daily (not including weekends). Many days I had to force myself to write. I was plagued by hard or awkward scenes, moments of self-doubt, fatigue and all the reasons in the world to not write. But I wanted to write a book and finish one. Often when I got to writing, I was able to get into it and write up to 1000 words in one sitting. Sometimes I even went up to 1500 words (that took more than an hour and cost me some sleep). But there were times I only wrote 500 words or 300. Those were days when I just wrote something so that I didn't break the habit. I often had to push myself to take up my phone (easier than a laptop to me, but hand writing should also work). But I never regretted it afterwards. Even 300 words meant that I had that much less to write. Everyone is different and what works for me may not work for but if nothing else, consider why you wanna write, what you want to achieve and how to get yourself there. If you always love your writing sessions, that's awesome. If not, still find a way to get yourself there. Having a finished book is the greatest feeling (until you have to navigate getting it published). | hl9zzrj | hl8xyno | 1,637,342,541 | 1,637,325,684 | 28 | 17 | One of my favourite quotes I've ever read which describes my relationship to writing is "I don't like writing. I like having written." | Yes, just write 👍 | 1 | 16,857 | 1.647059 | ||
qxf55h | writing_train | 0.97 | Sometimes you have to force yourself to write. Earlier this year, I wrote 70k in 77 days while being a dad to a toddler and working full-time. That's not a humble brag. I hated it. It was my first time finishing anything longer than a poem in fifteen years. I say all that because I had a writing schedule of an hour or so daily (not including weekends). Many days I had to force myself to write. I was plagued by hard or awkward scenes, moments of self-doubt, fatigue and all the reasons in the world to not write. But I wanted to write a book and finish one. Often when I got to writing, I was able to get into it and write up to 1000 words in one sitting. Sometimes I even went up to 1500 words (that took more than an hour and cost me some sleep). But there were times I only wrote 500 words or 300. Those were days when I just wrote something so that I didn't break the habit. I often had to push myself to take up my phone (easier than a laptop to me, but hand writing should also work). But I never regretted it afterwards. Even 300 words meant that I had that much less to write. Everyone is different and what works for me may not work for but if nothing else, consider why you wanna write, what you want to achieve and how to get yourself there. If you always love your writing sessions, that's awesome. If not, still find a way to get yourself there. Having a finished book is the greatest feeling (until you have to navigate getting it published). | hl9m5xs | hl9zzrj | 1,637,337,081 | 1,637,342,541 | 10 | 28 | I ended up getting an old Neo2 off ebay and I use that for writing (editing and stuff still on my laptop) because it cuts out the ease it is to do anything else. Get out the keyboard, I set a timer on the phone, put on some music (the soundtrack to Painting With John or Eno's Music For Installations can always be there without being too there) and my brain will get something, anything down. I did this enough times and suddenly I had a process, how artistic of me! Take that, imposter syndrome. | One of my favourite quotes I've ever read which describes my relationship to writing is "I don't like writing. I like having written." | 0 | 5,460 | 2.8 | ||
qxf55h | writing_train | 0.97 | Sometimes you have to force yourself to write. Earlier this year, I wrote 70k in 77 days while being a dad to a toddler and working full-time. That's not a humble brag. I hated it. It was my first time finishing anything longer than a poem in fifteen years. I say all that because I had a writing schedule of an hour or so daily (not including weekends). Many days I had to force myself to write. I was plagued by hard or awkward scenes, moments of self-doubt, fatigue and all the reasons in the world to not write. But I wanted to write a book and finish one. Often when I got to writing, I was able to get into it and write up to 1000 words in one sitting. Sometimes I even went up to 1500 words (that took more than an hour and cost me some sleep). But there were times I only wrote 500 words or 300. Those were days when I just wrote something so that I didn't break the habit. I often had to push myself to take up my phone (easier than a laptop to me, but hand writing should also work). But I never regretted it afterwards. Even 300 words meant that I had that much less to write. Everyone is different and what works for me may not work for but if nothing else, consider why you wanna write, what you want to achieve and how to get yourself there. If you always love your writing sessions, that's awesome. If not, still find a way to get yourself there. Having a finished book is the greatest feeling (until you have to navigate getting it published). | hl9zzrj | hl9x9ag | 1,637,342,541 | 1,637,341,470 | 28 | 8 | One of my favourite quotes I've ever read which describes my relationship to writing is "I don't like writing. I like having written." | There were days on Ulysses where James Joyce worked on one SENTENCE. No need to feel guilt about word counts. | 1 | 1,071 | 3.5 | ||
qxf55h | writing_train | 0.97 | Sometimes you have to force yourself to write. Earlier this year, I wrote 70k in 77 days while being a dad to a toddler and working full-time. That's not a humble brag. I hated it. It was my first time finishing anything longer than a poem in fifteen years. I say all that because I had a writing schedule of an hour or so daily (not including weekends). Many days I had to force myself to write. I was plagued by hard or awkward scenes, moments of self-doubt, fatigue and all the reasons in the world to not write. But I wanted to write a book and finish one. Often when I got to writing, I was able to get into it and write up to 1000 words in one sitting. Sometimes I even went up to 1500 words (that took more than an hour and cost me some sleep). But there were times I only wrote 500 words or 300. Those were days when I just wrote something so that I didn't break the habit. I often had to push myself to take up my phone (easier than a laptop to me, but hand writing should also work). But I never regretted it afterwards. Even 300 words meant that I had that much less to write. Everyone is different and what works for me may not work for but if nothing else, consider why you wanna write, what you want to achieve and how to get yourself there. If you always love your writing sessions, that's awesome. If not, still find a way to get yourself there. Having a finished book is the greatest feeling (until you have to navigate getting it published). | hl9vw0f | hl9zzrj | 1,637,340,940 | 1,637,342,541 | 3 | 28 | >~~Sometimes~~ Every time you have to force yourself to write. FTFY. | One of my favourite quotes I've ever read which describes my relationship to writing is "I don't like writing. I like having written." | 0 | 1,601 | 9.333333 | ||
qxf55h | writing_train | 0.97 | Sometimes you have to force yourself to write. Earlier this year, I wrote 70k in 77 days while being a dad to a toddler and working full-time. That's not a humble brag. I hated it. It was my first time finishing anything longer than a poem in fifteen years. I say all that because I had a writing schedule of an hour or so daily (not including weekends). Many days I had to force myself to write. I was plagued by hard or awkward scenes, moments of self-doubt, fatigue and all the reasons in the world to not write. But I wanted to write a book and finish one. Often when I got to writing, I was able to get into it and write up to 1000 words in one sitting. Sometimes I even went up to 1500 words (that took more than an hour and cost me some sleep). But there were times I only wrote 500 words or 300. Those were days when I just wrote something so that I didn't break the habit. I often had to push myself to take up my phone (easier than a laptop to me, but hand writing should also work). But I never regretted it afterwards. Even 300 words meant that I had that much less to write. Everyone is different and what works for me may not work for but if nothing else, consider why you wanna write, what you want to achieve and how to get yourself there. If you always love your writing sessions, that's awesome. If not, still find a way to get yourself there. Having a finished book is the greatest feeling (until you have to navigate getting it published). | hl9zzrj | hl9wa10 | 1,637,342,541 | 1,637,341,091 | 28 | 3 | One of my favourite quotes I've ever read which describes my relationship to writing is "I don't like writing. I like having written." | I tried this, and it was going okay, until I hit a point in my draft I just couldn't get past. It was a scene with a couple moving parts, and I couldn't figure out how to make it jive. Typical advice may've been to just leave it for later, but it felt like there was too much context I was skipping over, and the words I'd be typing afterwards would be incredibly insincere. In the end I just couldn't, and my story's stopped there for the last few months. | 1 | 1,450 | 9.333333 | ||
qxf55h | writing_train | 0.97 | Sometimes you have to force yourself to write. Earlier this year, I wrote 70k in 77 days while being a dad to a toddler and working full-time. That's not a humble brag. I hated it. It was my first time finishing anything longer than a poem in fifteen years. I say all that because I had a writing schedule of an hour or so daily (not including weekends). Many days I had to force myself to write. I was plagued by hard or awkward scenes, moments of self-doubt, fatigue and all the reasons in the world to not write. But I wanted to write a book and finish one. Often when I got to writing, I was able to get into it and write up to 1000 words in one sitting. Sometimes I even went up to 1500 words (that took more than an hour and cost me some sleep). But there were times I only wrote 500 words or 300. Those were days when I just wrote something so that I didn't break the habit. I often had to push myself to take up my phone (easier than a laptop to me, but hand writing should also work). But I never regretted it afterwards. Even 300 words meant that I had that much less to write. Everyone is different and what works for me may not work for but if nothing else, consider why you wanna write, what you want to achieve and how to get yourself there. If you always love your writing sessions, that's awesome. If not, still find a way to get yourself there. Having a finished book is the greatest feeling (until you have to navigate getting it published). | hl9ubkr | hl8xyno | 1,637,340,328 | 1,637,325,684 | 26 | 17 | I do feel the whole "Listen to your feelings and follow them" crowd are a little...naive. You won't like every single time you write, and sometimes things feel bad at the start and then you start liking it. Also as you go through the project your feelings towards it change. Obviously you get very excited at the start, and then near the end you can feel like you just want to chuck everything away and have it be done already. None of these feelings really have much to do with the quality of the writing, and if you listen to a lot of them you will basically not write (or chuck away your novel and not have anything) | Yes, just write 👍 | 1 | 14,644 | 1.529412 | ||
qxf55h | writing_train | 0.97 | Sometimes you have to force yourself to write. Earlier this year, I wrote 70k in 77 days while being a dad to a toddler and working full-time. That's not a humble brag. I hated it. It was my first time finishing anything longer than a poem in fifteen years. I say all that because I had a writing schedule of an hour or so daily (not including weekends). Many days I had to force myself to write. I was plagued by hard or awkward scenes, moments of self-doubt, fatigue and all the reasons in the world to not write. But I wanted to write a book and finish one. Often when I got to writing, I was able to get into it and write up to 1000 words in one sitting. Sometimes I even went up to 1500 words (that took more than an hour and cost me some sleep). But there were times I only wrote 500 words or 300. Those were days when I just wrote something so that I didn't break the habit. I often had to push myself to take up my phone (easier than a laptop to me, but hand writing should also work). But I never regretted it afterwards. Even 300 words meant that I had that much less to write. Everyone is different and what works for me may not work for but if nothing else, consider why you wanna write, what you want to achieve and how to get yourself there. If you always love your writing sessions, that's awesome. If not, still find a way to get yourself there. Having a finished book is the greatest feeling (until you have to navigate getting it published). | hl9m5xs | hl9ubkr | 1,637,337,081 | 1,637,340,328 | 10 | 26 | I ended up getting an old Neo2 off ebay and I use that for writing (editing and stuff still on my laptop) because it cuts out the ease it is to do anything else. Get out the keyboard, I set a timer on the phone, put on some music (the soundtrack to Painting With John or Eno's Music For Installations can always be there without being too there) and my brain will get something, anything down. I did this enough times and suddenly I had a process, how artistic of me! Take that, imposter syndrome. | I do feel the whole "Listen to your feelings and follow them" crowd are a little...naive. You won't like every single time you write, and sometimes things feel bad at the start and then you start liking it. Also as you go through the project your feelings towards it change. Obviously you get very excited at the start, and then near the end you can feel like you just want to chuck everything away and have it be done already. None of these feelings really have much to do with the quality of the writing, and if you listen to a lot of them you will basically not write (or chuck away your novel and not have anything) | 0 | 3,247 | 2.6 | ||
qxf55h | writing_train | 0.97 | Sometimes you have to force yourself to write. Earlier this year, I wrote 70k in 77 days while being a dad to a toddler and working full-time. That's not a humble brag. I hated it. It was my first time finishing anything longer than a poem in fifteen years. I say all that because I had a writing schedule of an hour or so daily (not including weekends). Many days I had to force myself to write. I was plagued by hard or awkward scenes, moments of self-doubt, fatigue and all the reasons in the world to not write. But I wanted to write a book and finish one. Often when I got to writing, I was able to get into it and write up to 1000 words in one sitting. Sometimes I even went up to 1500 words (that took more than an hour and cost me some sleep). But there were times I only wrote 500 words or 300. Those were days when I just wrote something so that I didn't break the habit. I often had to push myself to take up my phone (easier than a laptop to me, but hand writing should also work). But I never regretted it afterwards. Even 300 words meant that I had that much less to write. Everyone is different and what works for me may not work for but if nothing else, consider why you wanna write, what you want to achieve and how to get yourself there. If you always love your writing sessions, that's awesome. If not, still find a way to get yourself there. Having a finished book is the greatest feeling (until you have to navigate getting it published). | hl90xlh | hl8xyno | 1,637,327,347 | 1,637,325,684 | 26 | 17 | Thank you so much for sharing this. Last year, I wrote a 95K novel, and this year I started rewriting it but I struggled with severe depression and terrible self-confidence. I stopped at 40K of my rewrite. Your experience of forcing it out is something that I need to incorporate. I'm going to start a schedule. | Yes, just write 👍 | 1 | 1,663 | 1.529412 | ||
qxf55h | writing_train | 0.97 | Sometimes you have to force yourself to write. Earlier this year, I wrote 70k in 77 days while being a dad to a toddler and working full-time. That's not a humble brag. I hated it. It was my first time finishing anything longer than a poem in fifteen years. I say all that because I had a writing schedule of an hour or so daily (not including weekends). Many days I had to force myself to write. I was plagued by hard or awkward scenes, moments of self-doubt, fatigue and all the reasons in the world to not write. But I wanted to write a book and finish one. Often when I got to writing, I was able to get into it and write up to 1000 words in one sitting. Sometimes I even went up to 1500 words (that took more than an hour and cost me some sleep). But there were times I only wrote 500 words or 300. Those were days when I just wrote something so that I didn't break the habit. I often had to push myself to take up my phone (easier than a laptop to me, but hand writing should also work). But I never regretted it afterwards. Even 300 words meant that I had that much less to write. Everyone is different and what works for me may not work for but if nothing else, consider why you wanna write, what you want to achieve and how to get yourself there. If you always love your writing sessions, that's awesome. If not, still find a way to get yourself there. Having a finished book is the greatest feeling (until you have to navigate getting it published). | hl9vw0f | hl9x9ag | 1,637,340,940 | 1,637,341,470 | 3 | 8 | >~~Sometimes~~ Every time you have to force yourself to write. FTFY. | There were days on Ulysses where James Joyce worked on one SENTENCE. No need to feel guilt about word counts. | 0 | 530 | 2.666667 | ||
qxf55h | writing_train | 0.97 | Sometimes you have to force yourself to write. Earlier this year, I wrote 70k in 77 days while being a dad to a toddler and working full-time. That's not a humble brag. I hated it. It was my first time finishing anything longer than a poem in fifteen years. I say all that because I had a writing schedule of an hour or so daily (not including weekends). Many days I had to force myself to write. I was plagued by hard or awkward scenes, moments of self-doubt, fatigue and all the reasons in the world to not write. But I wanted to write a book and finish one. Often when I got to writing, I was able to get into it and write up to 1000 words in one sitting. Sometimes I even went up to 1500 words (that took more than an hour and cost me some sleep). But there were times I only wrote 500 words or 300. Those were days when I just wrote something so that I didn't break the habit. I often had to push myself to take up my phone (easier than a laptop to me, but hand writing should also work). But I never regretted it afterwards. Even 300 words meant that I had that much less to write. Everyone is different and what works for me may not work for but if nothing else, consider why you wanna write, what you want to achieve and how to get yourself there. If you always love your writing sessions, that's awesome. If not, still find a way to get yourself there. Having a finished book is the greatest feeling (until you have to navigate getting it published). | hl9x9ag | hl9wa10 | 1,637,341,470 | 1,637,341,091 | 8 | 3 | There were days on Ulysses where James Joyce worked on one SENTENCE. No need to feel guilt about word counts. | I tried this, and it was going okay, until I hit a point in my draft I just couldn't get past. It was a scene with a couple moving parts, and I couldn't figure out how to make it jive. Typical advice may've been to just leave it for later, but it felt like there was too much context I was skipping over, and the words I'd be typing afterwards would be incredibly insincere. In the end I just couldn't, and my story's stopped there for the last few months. | 1 | 379 | 2.666667 | ||
qxf55h | writing_train | 0.97 | Sometimes you have to force yourself to write. Earlier this year, I wrote 70k in 77 days while being a dad to a toddler and working full-time. That's not a humble brag. I hated it. It was my first time finishing anything longer than a poem in fifteen years. I say all that because I had a writing schedule of an hour or so daily (not including weekends). Many days I had to force myself to write. I was plagued by hard or awkward scenes, moments of self-doubt, fatigue and all the reasons in the world to not write. But I wanted to write a book and finish one. Often when I got to writing, I was able to get into it and write up to 1000 words in one sitting. Sometimes I even went up to 1500 words (that took more than an hour and cost me some sleep). But there were times I only wrote 500 words or 300. Those were days when I just wrote something so that I didn't break the habit. I often had to push myself to take up my phone (easier than a laptop to me, but hand writing should also work). But I never regretted it afterwards. Even 300 words meant that I had that much less to write. Everyone is different and what works for me may not work for but if nothing else, consider why you wanna write, what you want to achieve and how to get yourself there. If you always love your writing sessions, that's awesome. If not, still find a way to get yourself there. Having a finished book is the greatest feeling (until you have to navigate getting it published). | hl9vw0f | hlafqi9 | 1,637,340,940 | 1,637,348,502 | 3 | 8 | >~~Sometimes~~ Every time you have to force yourself to write. FTFY. | That's awesome! Writing every day for the sake of getting words down doesn't work for my personal writing psychology, but I put effort into writing, or outlining, or learning every day instead. A schedule still works wonders! | 0 | 7,562 | 2.666667 | ||
qxf55h | writing_train | 0.97 | Sometimes you have to force yourself to write. Earlier this year, I wrote 70k in 77 days while being a dad to a toddler and working full-time. That's not a humble brag. I hated it. It was my first time finishing anything longer than a poem in fifteen years. I say all that because I had a writing schedule of an hour or so daily (not including weekends). Many days I had to force myself to write. I was plagued by hard or awkward scenes, moments of self-doubt, fatigue and all the reasons in the world to not write. But I wanted to write a book and finish one. Often when I got to writing, I was able to get into it and write up to 1000 words in one sitting. Sometimes I even went up to 1500 words (that took more than an hour and cost me some sleep). But there were times I only wrote 500 words or 300. Those were days when I just wrote something so that I didn't break the habit. I often had to push myself to take up my phone (easier than a laptop to me, but hand writing should also work). But I never regretted it afterwards. Even 300 words meant that I had that much less to write. Everyone is different and what works for me may not work for but if nothing else, consider why you wanna write, what you want to achieve and how to get yourself there. If you always love your writing sessions, that's awesome. If not, still find a way to get yourself there. Having a finished book is the greatest feeling (until you have to navigate getting it published). | hlafqi9 | hl9wa10 | 1,637,348,502 | 1,637,341,091 | 8 | 3 | That's awesome! Writing every day for the sake of getting words down doesn't work for my personal writing psychology, but I put effort into writing, or outlining, or learning every day instead. A schedule still works wonders! | I tried this, and it was going okay, until I hit a point in my draft I just couldn't get past. It was a scene with a couple moving parts, and I couldn't figure out how to make it jive. Typical advice may've been to just leave it for later, but it felt like there was too much context I was skipping over, and the words I'd be typing afterwards would be incredibly insincere. In the end I just couldn't, and my story's stopped there for the last few months. | 1 | 7,411 | 2.666667 | ||
qxf55h | writing_train | 0.97 | Sometimes you have to force yourself to write. Earlier this year, I wrote 70k in 77 days while being a dad to a toddler and working full-time. That's not a humble brag. I hated it. It was my first time finishing anything longer than a poem in fifteen years. I say all that because I had a writing schedule of an hour or so daily (not including weekends). Many days I had to force myself to write. I was plagued by hard or awkward scenes, moments of self-doubt, fatigue and all the reasons in the world to not write. But I wanted to write a book and finish one. Often when I got to writing, I was able to get into it and write up to 1000 words in one sitting. Sometimes I even went up to 1500 words (that took more than an hour and cost me some sleep). But there were times I only wrote 500 words or 300. Those were days when I just wrote something so that I didn't break the habit. I often had to push myself to take up my phone (easier than a laptop to me, but hand writing should also work). But I never regretted it afterwards. Even 300 words meant that I had that much less to write. Everyone is different and what works for me may not work for but if nothing else, consider why you wanna write, what you want to achieve and how to get yourself there. If you always love your writing sessions, that's awesome. If not, still find a way to get yourself there. Having a finished book is the greatest feeling (until you have to navigate getting it published). | hla1dk9 | hlafqi9 | 1,637,343,085 | 1,637,348,502 | 2 | 8 | One hundred percent agree. It's basically a rule for me at this point to sit down around the same time and write for 30 mins. If you're having trouble focusing on your current project, you can really just write anything that's on your mind. That helps me personally | That's awesome! Writing every day for the sake of getting words down doesn't work for my personal writing psychology, but I put effort into writing, or outlining, or learning every day instead. A schedule still works wonders! | 0 | 5,417 | 4 | ||
qxf55h | writing_train | 0.97 | Sometimes you have to force yourself to write. Earlier this year, I wrote 70k in 77 days while being a dad to a toddler and working full-time. That's not a humble brag. I hated it. It was my first time finishing anything longer than a poem in fifteen years. I say all that because I had a writing schedule of an hour or so daily (not including weekends). Many days I had to force myself to write. I was plagued by hard or awkward scenes, moments of self-doubt, fatigue and all the reasons in the world to not write. But I wanted to write a book and finish one. Often when I got to writing, I was able to get into it and write up to 1000 words in one sitting. Sometimes I even went up to 1500 words (that took more than an hour and cost me some sleep). But there were times I only wrote 500 words or 300. Those were days when I just wrote something so that I didn't break the habit. I often had to push myself to take up my phone (easier than a laptop to me, but hand writing should also work). But I never regretted it afterwards. Even 300 words meant that I had that much less to write. Everyone is different and what works for me may not work for but if nothing else, consider why you wanna write, what you want to achieve and how to get yourself there. If you always love your writing sessions, that's awesome. If not, still find a way to get yourself there. Having a finished book is the greatest feeling (until you have to navigate getting it published). | hla3i6r | hlafqi9 | 1,637,343,906 | 1,637,348,502 | 2 | 8 | Big time congrats! It's difficult for me to sit down and start writing on most days. But I find if I stick with any session for at least 30 mins, I end up writing for an hour or more and getting at least something usable down on the page. | That's awesome! Writing every day for the sake of getting words down doesn't work for my personal writing psychology, but I put effort into writing, or outlining, or learning every day instead. A schedule still works wonders! | 0 | 4,596 | 4 | ||
qxf55h | writing_train | 0.97 | Sometimes you have to force yourself to write. Earlier this year, I wrote 70k in 77 days while being a dad to a toddler and working full-time. That's not a humble brag. I hated it. It was my first time finishing anything longer than a poem in fifteen years. I say all that because I had a writing schedule of an hour or so daily (not including weekends). Many days I had to force myself to write. I was plagued by hard or awkward scenes, moments of self-doubt, fatigue and all the reasons in the world to not write. But I wanted to write a book and finish one. Often when I got to writing, I was able to get into it and write up to 1000 words in one sitting. Sometimes I even went up to 1500 words (that took more than an hour and cost me some sleep). But there were times I only wrote 500 words or 300. Those were days when I just wrote something so that I didn't break the habit. I often had to push myself to take up my phone (easier than a laptop to me, but hand writing should also work). But I never regretted it afterwards. Even 300 words meant that I had that much less to write. Everyone is different and what works for me may not work for but if nothing else, consider why you wanna write, what you want to achieve and how to get yourself there. If you always love your writing sessions, that's awesome. If not, still find a way to get yourself there. Having a finished book is the greatest feeling (until you have to navigate getting it published). | hlafqi9 | hlaaeca | 1,637,348,502 | 1,637,346,574 | 8 | 2 | That's awesome! Writing every day for the sake of getting words down doesn't work for my personal writing psychology, but I put effort into writing, or outlining, or learning every day instead. A schedule still works wonders! | For me, it’s more like I always have to force myself to write. (._.) | 1 | 1,928 | 4 | ||
qxf55h | writing_train | 0.97 | Sometimes you have to force yourself to write. Earlier this year, I wrote 70k in 77 days while being a dad to a toddler and working full-time. That's not a humble brag. I hated it. It was my first time finishing anything longer than a poem in fifteen years. I say all that because I had a writing schedule of an hour or so daily (not including weekends). Many days I had to force myself to write. I was plagued by hard or awkward scenes, moments of self-doubt, fatigue and all the reasons in the world to not write. But I wanted to write a book and finish one. Often when I got to writing, I was able to get into it and write up to 1000 words in one sitting. Sometimes I even went up to 1500 words (that took more than an hour and cost me some sleep). But there were times I only wrote 500 words or 300. Those were days when I just wrote something so that I didn't break the habit. I often had to push myself to take up my phone (easier than a laptop to me, but hand writing should also work). But I never regretted it afterwards. Even 300 words meant that I had that much less to write. Everyone is different and what works for me may not work for but if nothing else, consider why you wanna write, what you want to achieve and how to get yourself there. If you always love your writing sessions, that's awesome. If not, still find a way to get yourself there. Having a finished book is the greatest feeling (until you have to navigate getting it published). | hla1dk9 | hlatn1n | 1,637,343,085 | 1,637,353,686 | 2 | 3 | One hundred percent agree. It's basically a rule for me at this point to sit down around the same time and write for 30 mins. If you're having trouble focusing on your current project, you can really just write anything that's on your mind. That helps me personally | Yep. Absolutely. I've written 29 books and do it full time, but I still have to force myself to write, and there are days when I just can't do it. I find that if I just start, I can usually get into the story and push myself further. | 0 | 10,601 | 1.5 | ||
qxf55h | writing_train | 0.97 | Sometimes you have to force yourself to write. Earlier this year, I wrote 70k in 77 days while being a dad to a toddler and working full-time. That's not a humble brag. I hated it. It was my first time finishing anything longer than a poem in fifteen years. I say all that because I had a writing schedule of an hour or so daily (not including weekends). Many days I had to force myself to write. I was plagued by hard or awkward scenes, moments of self-doubt, fatigue and all the reasons in the world to not write. But I wanted to write a book and finish one. Often when I got to writing, I was able to get into it and write up to 1000 words in one sitting. Sometimes I even went up to 1500 words (that took more than an hour and cost me some sleep). But there were times I only wrote 500 words or 300. Those were days when I just wrote something so that I didn't break the habit. I often had to push myself to take up my phone (easier than a laptop to me, but hand writing should also work). But I never regretted it afterwards. Even 300 words meant that I had that much less to write. Everyone is different and what works for me may not work for but if nothing else, consider why you wanna write, what you want to achieve and how to get yourself there. If you always love your writing sessions, that's awesome. If not, still find a way to get yourself there. Having a finished book is the greatest feeling (until you have to navigate getting it published). | hlatn1n | hla3i6r | 1,637,353,686 | 1,637,343,906 | 3 | 2 | Yep. Absolutely. I've written 29 books and do it full time, but I still have to force myself to write, and there are days when I just can't do it. I find that if I just start, I can usually get into the story and push myself further. | Big time congrats! It's difficult for me to sit down and start writing on most days. But I find if I stick with any session for at least 30 mins, I end up writing for an hour or more and getting at least something usable down on the page. | 1 | 9,780 | 1.5 | ||
qxf55h | writing_train | 0.97 | Sometimes you have to force yourself to write. Earlier this year, I wrote 70k in 77 days while being a dad to a toddler and working full-time. That's not a humble brag. I hated it. It was my first time finishing anything longer than a poem in fifteen years. I say all that because I had a writing schedule of an hour or so daily (not including weekends). Many days I had to force myself to write. I was plagued by hard or awkward scenes, moments of self-doubt, fatigue and all the reasons in the world to not write. But I wanted to write a book and finish one. Often when I got to writing, I was able to get into it and write up to 1000 words in one sitting. Sometimes I even went up to 1500 words (that took more than an hour and cost me some sleep). But there were times I only wrote 500 words or 300. Those were days when I just wrote something so that I didn't break the habit. I often had to push myself to take up my phone (easier than a laptop to me, but hand writing should also work). But I never regretted it afterwards. Even 300 words meant that I had that much less to write. Everyone is different and what works for me may not work for but if nothing else, consider why you wanna write, what you want to achieve and how to get yourself there. If you always love your writing sessions, that's awesome. If not, still find a way to get yourself there. Having a finished book is the greatest feeling (until you have to navigate getting it published). | hlatn1n | hlaaeca | 1,637,353,686 | 1,637,346,574 | 3 | 2 | Yep. Absolutely. I've written 29 books and do it full time, but I still have to force myself to write, and there are days when I just can't do it. I find that if I just start, I can usually get into the story and push myself further. | For me, it’s more like I always have to force myself to write. (._.) | 1 | 7,112 | 1.5 | ||
qxf55h | writing_train | 0.97 | Sometimes you have to force yourself to write. Earlier this year, I wrote 70k in 77 days while being a dad to a toddler and working full-time. That's not a humble brag. I hated it. It was my first time finishing anything longer than a poem in fifteen years. I say all that because I had a writing schedule of an hour or so daily (not including weekends). Many days I had to force myself to write. I was plagued by hard or awkward scenes, moments of self-doubt, fatigue and all the reasons in the world to not write. But I wanted to write a book and finish one. Often when I got to writing, I was able to get into it and write up to 1000 words in one sitting. Sometimes I even went up to 1500 words (that took more than an hour and cost me some sleep). But there were times I only wrote 500 words or 300. Those were days when I just wrote something so that I didn't break the habit. I often had to push myself to take up my phone (easier than a laptop to me, but hand writing should also work). But I never regretted it afterwards. Even 300 words meant that I had that much less to write. Everyone is different and what works for me may not work for but if nothing else, consider why you wanna write, what you want to achieve and how to get yourself there. If you always love your writing sessions, that's awesome. If not, still find a way to get yourself there. Having a finished book is the greatest feeling (until you have to navigate getting it published). | hlas7s4 | hlatn1n | 1,637,353,140 | 1,637,353,686 | 2 | 3 | I wish it was only sometimes 😅😅😅 | Yep. Absolutely. I've written 29 books and do it full time, but I still have to force myself to write, and there are days when I just can't do it. I find that if I just start, I can usually get into the story and push myself further. | 0 | 546 | 1.5 | ||
qxf55h | writing_train | 0.97 | Sometimes you have to force yourself to write. Earlier this year, I wrote 70k in 77 days while being a dad to a toddler and working full-time. That's not a humble brag. I hated it. It was my first time finishing anything longer than a poem in fifteen years. I say all that because I had a writing schedule of an hour or so daily (not including weekends). Many days I had to force myself to write. I was plagued by hard or awkward scenes, moments of self-doubt, fatigue and all the reasons in the world to not write. But I wanted to write a book and finish one. Often when I got to writing, I was able to get into it and write up to 1000 words in one sitting. Sometimes I even went up to 1500 words (that took more than an hour and cost me some sleep). But there were times I only wrote 500 words or 300. Those were days when I just wrote something so that I didn't break the habit. I often had to push myself to take up my phone (easier than a laptop to me, but hand writing should also work). But I never regretted it afterwards. Even 300 words meant that I had that much less to write. Everyone is different and what works for me may not work for but if nothing else, consider why you wanna write, what you want to achieve and how to get yourself there. If you always love your writing sessions, that's awesome. If not, still find a way to get yourself there. Having a finished book is the greatest feeling (until you have to navigate getting it published). | hld5gcf | hla1dk9 | 1,637,396,493 | 1,637,343,085 | 3 | 2 | Your post is inspiring me right now and telling me to get up and get my shit together. 15 years old and I'm already on the path to screwing up my future because of my pathetic decisions, fears, and worries. I lost my brother, I could've built memories and make him even more in my life now... But my illusions, fears, worries, mistakes, and excuses prevented those memories and moments I could've had. I could've argued with him but now I lost that chance. I fucked up, and I'm going to live with that forever. But if you can write all that despite the obstacles, then I can too. I did it before when I was depressed and I can do it again depressed now. Fuck my Xbox. I have a whole world built up and all it needs is stories and chapters to be written. I have expectations and I need to fulfill them. One habit and problem at a time. I will stop my gibberish now. I guess thank you. | One hundred percent agree. It's basically a rule for me at this point to sit down around the same time and write for 30 mins. If you're having trouble focusing on your current project, you can really just write anything that's on your mind. That helps me personally | 1 | 53,408 | 1.5 | ||
qxf55h | writing_train | 0.97 | Sometimes you have to force yourself to write. Earlier this year, I wrote 70k in 77 days while being a dad to a toddler and working full-time. That's not a humble brag. I hated it. It was my first time finishing anything longer than a poem in fifteen years. I say all that because I had a writing schedule of an hour or so daily (not including weekends). Many days I had to force myself to write. I was plagued by hard or awkward scenes, moments of self-doubt, fatigue and all the reasons in the world to not write. But I wanted to write a book and finish one. Often when I got to writing, I was able to get into it and write up to 1000 words in one sitting. Sometimes I even went up to 1500 words (that took more than an hour and cost me some sleep). But there were times I only wrote 500 words or 300. Those were days when I just wrote something so that I didn't break the habit. I often had to push myself to take up my phone (easier than a laptop to me, but hand writing should also work). But I never regretted it afterwards. Even 300 words meant that I had that much less to write. Everyone is different and what works for me may not work for but if nothing else, consider why you wanna write, what you want to achieve and how to get yourself there. If you always love your writing sessions, that's awesome. If not, still find a way to get yourself there. Having a finished book is the greatest feeling (until you have to navigate getting it published). | hla3i6r | hld5gcf | 1,637,343,906 | 1,637,396,493 | 2 | 3 | Big time congrats! It's difficult for me to sit down and start writing on most days. But I find if I stick with any session for at least 30 mins, I end up writing for an hour or more and getting at least something usable down on the page. | Your post is inspiring me right now and telling me to get up and get my shit together. 15 years old and I'm already on the path to screwing up my future because of my pathetic decisions, fears, and worries. I lost my brother, I could've built memories and make him even more in my life now... But my illusions, fears, worries, mistakes, and excuses prevented those memories and moments I could've had. I could've argued with him but now I lost that chance. I fucked up, and I'm going to live with that forever. But if you can write all that despite the obstacles, then I can too. I did it before when I was depressed and I can do it again depressed now. Fuck my Xbox. I have a whole world built up and all it needs is stories and chapters to be written. I have expectations and I need to fulfill them. One habit and problem at a time. I will stop my gibberish now. I guess thank you. | 0 | 52,587 | 1.5 | ||
qxf55h | writing_train | 0.97 | Sometimes you have to force yourself to write. Earlier this year, I wrote 70k in 77 days while being a dad to a toddler and working full-time. That's not a humble brag. I hated it. It was my first time finishing anything longer than a poem in fifteen years. I say all that because I had a writing schedule of an hour or so daily (not including weekends). Many days I had to force myself to write. I was plagued by hard or awkward scenes, moments of self-doubt, fatigue and all the reasons in the world to not write. But I wanted to write a book and finish one. Often when I got to writing, I was able to get into it and write up to 1000 words in one sitting. Sometimes I even went up to 1500 words (that took more than an hour and cost me some sleep). But there were times I only wrote 500 words or 300. Those were days when I just wrote something so that I didn't break the habit. I often had to push myself to take up my phone (easier than a laptop to me, but hand writing should also work). But I never regretted it afterwards. Even 300 words meant that I had that much less to write. Everyone is different and what works for me may not work for but if nothing else, consider why you wanna write, what you want to achieve and how to get yourself there. If you always love your writing sessions, that's awesome. If not, still find a way to get yourself there. Having a finished book is the greatest feeling (until you have to navigate getting it published). | hld5gcf | hlaaeca | 1,637,396,493 | 1,637,346,574 | 3 | 2 | Your post is inspiring me right now and telling me to get up and get my shit together. 15 years old and I'm already on the path to screwing up my future because of my pathetic decisions, fears, and worries. I lost my brother, I could've built memories and make him even more in my life now... But my illusions, fears, worries, mistakes, and excuses prevented those memories and moments I could've had. I could've argued with him but now I lost that chance. I fucked up, and I'm going to live with that forever. But if you can write all that despite the obstacles, then I can too. I did it before when I was depressed and I can do it again depressed now. Fuck my Xbox. I have a whole world built up and all it needs is stories and chapters to be written. I have expectations and I need to fulfill them. One habit and problem at a time. I will stop my gibberish now. I guess thank you. | For me, it’s more like I always have to force myself to write. (._.) | 1 | 49,919 | 1.5 | ||
qxf55h | writing_train | 0.97 | Sometimes you have to force yourself to write. Earlier this year, I wrote 70k in 77 days while being a dad to a toddler and working full-time. That's not a humble brag. I hated it. It was my first time finishing anything longer than a poem in fifteen years. I say all that because I had a writing schedule of an hour or so daily (not including weekends). Many days I had to force myself to write. I was plagued by hard or awkward scenes, moments of self-doubt, fatigue and all the reasons in the world to not write. But I wanted to write a book and finish one. Often when I got to writing, I was able to get into it and write up to 1000 words in one sitting. Sometimes I even went up to 1500 words (that took more than an hour and cost me some sleep). But there were times I only wrote 500 words or 300. Those were days when I just wrote something so that I didn't break the habit. I often had to push myself to take up my phone (easier than a laptop to me, but hand writing should also work). But I never regretted it afterwards. Even 300 words meant that I had that much less to write. Everyone is different and what works for me may not work for but if nothing else, consider why you wanna write, what you want to achieve and how to get yourself there. If you always love your writing sessions, that's awesome. If not, still find a way to get yourself there. Having a finished book is the greatest feeling (until you have to navigate getting it published). | hlas7s4 | hld5gcf | 1,637,353,140 | 1,637,396,493 | 2 | 3 | I wish it was only sometimes 😅😅😅 | Your post is inspiring me right now and telling me to get up and get my shit together. 15 years old and I'm already on the path to screwing up my future because of my pathetic decisions, fears, and worries. I lost my brother, I could've built memories and make him even more in my life now... But my illusions, fears, worries, mistakes, and excuses prevented those memories and moments I could've had. I could've argued with him but now I lost that chance. I fucked up, and I'm going to live with that forever. But if you can write all that despite the obstacles, then I can too. I did it before when I was depressed and I can do it again depressed now. Fuck my Xbox. I have a whole world built up and all it needs is stories and chapters to be written. I have expectations and I need to fulfill them. One habit and problem at a time. I will stop my gibberish now. I guess thank you. | 0 | 43,353 | 1.5 | ||
qxf55h | writing_train | 0.97 | Sometimes you have to force yourself to write. Earlier this year, I wrote 70k in 77 days while being a dad to a toddler and working full-time. That's not a humble brag. I hated it. It was my first time finishing anything longer than a poem in fifteen years. I say all that because I had a writing schedule of an hour or so daily (not including weekends). Many days I had to force myself to write. I was plagued by hard or awkward scenes, moments of self-doubt, fatigue and all the reasons in the world to not write. But I wanted to write a book and finish one. Often when I got to writing, I was able to get into it and write up to 1000 words in one sitting. Sometimes I even went up to 1500 words (that took more than an hour and cost me some sleep). But there were times I only wrote 500 words or 300. Those were days when I just wrote something so that I didn't break the habit. I often had to push myself to take up my phone (easier than a laptop to me, but hand writing should also work). But I never regretted it afterwards. Even 300 words meant that I had that much less to write. Everyone is different and what works for me may not work for but if nothing else, consider why you wanna write, what you want to achieve and how to get yourself there. If you always love your writing sessions, that's awesome. If not, still find a way to get yourself there. Having a finished book is the greatest feeling (until you have to navigate getting it published). | hld5gcf | hlawv70 | 1,637,396,493 | 1,637,354,922 | 3 | 2 | Your post is inspiring me right now and telling me to get up and get my shit together. 15 years old and I'm already on the path to screwing up my future because of my pathetic decisions, fears, and worries. I lost my brother, I could've built memories and make him even more in my life now... But my illusions, fears, worries, mistakes, and excuses prevented those memories and moments I could've had. I could've argued with him but now I lost that chance. I fucked up, and I'm going to live with that forever. But if you can write all that despite the obstacles, then I can too. I did it before when I was depressed and I can do it again depressed now. Fuck my Xbox. I have a whole world built up and all it needs is stories and chapters to be written. I have expectations and I need to fulfill them. One habit and problem at a time. I will stop my gibberish now. I guess thank you. | Sometimes? Haha. Most of the time. Many writers, including myself, relate to the adage "I don't enjoy writing, but I enjoy having written." | 1 | 41,571 | 1.5 | ||
qxf55h | writing_train | 0.97 | Sometimes you have to force yourself to write. Earlier this year, I wrote 70k in 77 days while being a dad to a toddler and working full-time. That's not a humble brag. I hated it. It was my first time finishing anything longer than a poem in fifteen years. I say all that because I had a writing schedule of an hour or so daily (not including weekends). Many days I had to force myself to write. I was plagued by hard or awkward scenes, moments of self-doubt, fatigue and all the reasons in the world to not write. But I wanted to write a book and finish one. Often when I got to writing, I was able to get into it and write up to 1000 words in one sitting. Sometimes I even went up to 1500 words (that took more than an hour and cost me some sleep). But there were times I only wrote 500 words or 300. Those were days when I just wrote something so that I didn't break the habit. I often had to push myself to take up my phone (easier than a laptop to me, but hand writing should also work). But I never regretted it afterwards. Even 300 words meant that I had that much less to write. Everyone is different and what works for me may not work for but if nothing else, consider why you wanna write, what you want to achieve and how to get yourself there. If you always love your writing sessions, that's awesome. If not, still find a way to get yourself there. Having a finished book is the greatest feeling (until you have to navigate getting it published). | hlaze65 | hld5gcf | 1,637,355,902 | 1,637,396,493 | 2 | 3 | Love to hear about this type of experience, and I'll add that's an impressive amount of writing per sitting! If I may ask, what sort of methods do you employ to get into a good groove? Personally, I find I can only write efficiently when it's light out and when I've been properly caffeinated. | Your post is inspiring me right now and telling me to get up and get my shit together. 15 years old and I'm already on the path to screwing up my future because of my pathetic decisions, fears, and worries. I lost my brother, I could've built memories and make him even more in my life now... But my illusions, fears, worries, mistakes, and excuses prevented those memories and moments I could've had. I could've argued with him but now I lost that chance. I fucked up, and I'm going to live with that forever. But if you can write all that despite the obstacles, then I can too. I did it before when I was depressed and I can do it again depressed now. Fuck my Xbox. I have a whole world built up and all it needs is stories and chapters to be written. I have expectations and I need to fulfill them. One habit and problem at a time. I will stop my gibberish now. I guess thank you. | 0 | 40,591 | 1.5 | ||
qxf55h | writing_train | 0.97 | Sometimes you have to force yourself to write. Earlier this year, I wrote 70k in 77 days while being a dad to a toddler and working full-time. That's not a humble brag. I hated it. It was my first time finishing anything longer than a poem in fifteen years. I say all that because I had a writing schedule of an hour or so daily (not including weekends). Many days I had to force myself to write. I was plagued by hard or awkward scenes, moments of self-doubt, fatigue and all the reasons in the world to not write. But I wanted to write a book and finish one. Often when I got to writing, I was able to get into it and write up to 1000 words in one sitting. Sometimes I even went up to 1500 words (that took more than an hour and cost me some sleep). But there were times I only wrote 500 words or 300. Those were days when I just wrote something so that I didn't break the habit. I often had to push myself to take up my phone (easier than a laptop to me, but hand writing should also work). But I never regretted it afterwards. Even 300 words meant that I had that much less to write. Everyone is different and what works for me may not work for but if nothing else, consider why you wanna write, what you want to achieve and how to get yourself there. If you always love your writing sessions, that's awesome. If not, still find a way to get yourself there. Having a finished book is the greatest feeling (until you have to navigate getting it published). | hlbayni | hld5gcf | 1,637,360,618 | 1,637,396,493 | 2 | 3 | Well done. I know I should do the same but I've struggled for various reasons, although the past couple days I have forced myself to do another hobby, not writing but hopefully I can carry it over. Good job my guy, keep it up. | Your post is inspiring me right now and telling me to get up and get my shit together. 15 years old and I'm already on the path to screwing up my future because of my pathetic decisions, fears, and worries. I lost my brother, I could've built memories and make him even more in my life now... But my illusions, fears, worries, mistakes, and excuses prevented those memories and moments I could've had. I could've argued with him but now I lost that chance. I fucked up, and I'm going to live with that forever. But if you can write all that despite the obstacles, then I can too. I did it before when I was depressed and I can do it again depressed now. Fuck my Xbox. I have a whole world built up and all it needs is stories and chapters to be written. I have expectations and I need to fulfill them. One habit and problem at a time. I will stop my gibberish now. I guess thank you. | 0 | 35,875 | 1.5 | ||
qxf55h | writing_train | 0.97 | Sometimes you have to force yourself to write. Earlier this year, I wrote 70k in 77 days while being a dad to a toddler and working full-time. That's not a humble brag. I hated it. It was my first time finishing anything longer than a poem in fifteen years. I say all that because I had a writing schedule of an hour or so daily (not including weekends). Many days I had to force myself to write. I was plagued by hard or awkward scenes, moments of self-doubt, fatigue and all the reasons in the world to not write. But I wanted to write a book and finish one. Often when I got to writing, I was able to get into it and write up to 1000 words in one sitting. Sometimes I even went up to 1500 words (that took more than an hour and cost me some sleep). But there were times I only wrote 500 words or 300. Those were days when I just wrote something so that I didn't break the habit. I often had to push myself to take up my phone (easier than a laptop to me, but hand writing should also work). But I never regretted it afterwards. Even 300 words meant that I had that much less to write. Everyone is different and what works for me may not work for but if nothing else, consider why you wanna write, what you want to achieve and how to get yourself there. If you always love your writing sessions, that's awesome. If not, still find a way to get yourself there. Having a finished book is the greatest feeling (until you have to navigate getting it published). | hlbmyue | hld5gcf | 1,637,365,666 | 1,637,396,493 | 2 | 3 | Yeah it’s taken me longer than I’d like to admit to figure this out. One thing I struggle with is writing vs reporting. I’m writing a creative nonfiction book (based on my thesis from grad school) about a group of political activists. I feel so limited when I try to write through blocks because I can’t take any liberties with the facts. It makes the plot so hard to figure out ahead of time (all the advice for nonfiction/literary journalism says to outline everything first). I got to the point of realizing I need to write in order to figure out whatever outline I’m eventually going to use. I’ve been going scene by scene at this point and it’s helped. Like maybe I’ll be able to see the plot direction better after I have a lot of the scenes written out already. I’m jealous of fiction writers lmao. I’ve heard some creative nonfiction writers “lie” in their first draft, so they can take liberties temporarily to get their creativity flowing and find the story frame, and then they correct it all later. I’m thinking about that option as well. Thank you for sharing, the “just fucking write already” advice is always appreciated! 😊 | Your post is inspiring me right now and telling me to get up and get my shit together. 15 years old and I'm already on the path to screwing up my future because of my pathetic decisions, fears, and worries. I lost my brother, I could've built memories and make him even more in my life now... But my illusions, fears, worries, mistakes, and excuses prevented those memories and moments I could've had. I could've argued with him but now I lost that chance. I fucked up, and I'm going to live with that forever. But if you can write all that despite the obstacles, then I can too. I did it before when I was depressed and I can do it again depressed now. Fuck my Xbox. I have a whole world built up and all it needs is stories and chapters to be written. I have expectations and I need to fulfill them. One habit and problem at a time. I will stop my gibberish now. I guess thank you. | 0 | 30,827 | 1.5 | ||
qxf55h | writing_train | 0.97 | Sometimes you have to force yourself to write. Earlier this year, I wrote 70k in 77 days while being a dad to a toddler and working full-time. That's not a humble brag. I hated it. It was my first time finishing anything longer than a poem in fifteen years. I say all that because I had a writing schedule of an hour or so daily (not including weekends). Many days I had to force myself to write. I was plagued by hard or awkward scenes, moments of self-doubt, fatigue and all the reasons in the world to not write. But I wanted to write a book and finish one. Often when I got to writing, I was able to get into it and write up to 1000 words in one sitting. Sometimes I even went up to 1500 words (that took more than an hour and cost me some sleep). But there were times I only wrote 500 words or 300. Those were days when I just wrote something so that I didn't break the habit. I often had to push myself to take up my phone (easier than a laptop to me, but hand writing should also work). But I never regretted it afterwards. Even 300 words meant that I had that much less to write. Everyone is different and what works for me may not work for but if nothing else, consider why you wanna write, what you want to achieve and how to get yourself there. If you always love your writing sessions, that's awesome. If not, still find a way to get yourself there. Having a finished book is the greatest feeling (until you have to navigate getting it published). | hld5gcf | hlc0epn | 1,637,396,493 | 1,637,371,689 | 3 | 2 | Your post is inspiring me right now and telling me to get up and get my shit together. 15 years old and I'm already on the path to screwing up my future because of my pathetic decisions, fears, and worries. I lost my brother, I could've built memories and make him even more in my life now... But my illusions, fears, worries, mistakes, and excuses prevented those memories and moments I could've had. I could've argued with him but now I lost that chance. I fucked up, and I'm going to live with that forever. But if you can write all that despite the obstacles, then I can too. I did it before when I was depressed and I can do it again depressed now. Fuck my Xbox. I have a whole world built up and all it needs is stories and chapters to be written. I have expectations and I need to fulfill them. One habit and problem at a time. I will stop my gibberish now. I guess thank you. | Thank you so much for sharing this. I'm writing my first novel and I'm struggling to write everyday, but when I do sit down and write, I write for long periods of time. I need to get in the habit of writing every day. You provided some great tips. I want my book finished and that is a good goal right there. I will make it happen. | 1 | 24,804 | 1.5 | ||
qxf55h | writing_train | 0.97 | Sometimes you have to force yourself to write. Earlier this year, I wrote 70k in 77 days while being a dad to a toddler and working full-time. That's not a humble brag. I hated it. It was my first time finishing anything longer than a poem in fifteen years. I say all that because I had a writing schedule of an hour or so daily (not including weekends). Many days I had to force myself to write. I was plagued by hard or awkward scenes, moments of self-doubt, fatigue and all the reasons in the world to not write. But I wanted to write a book and finish one. Often when I got to writing, I was able to get into it and write up to 1000 words in one sitting. Sometimes I even went up to 1500 words (that took more than an hour and cost me some sleep). But there were times I only wrote 500 words or 300. Those were days when I just wrote something so that I didn't break the habit. I often had to push myself to take up my phone (easier than a laptop to me, but hand writing should also work). But I never regretted it afterwards. Even 300 words meant that I had that much less to write. Everyone is different and what works for me may not work for but if nothing else, consider why you wanna write, what you want to achieve and how to get yourself there. If you always love your writing sessions, that's awesome. If not, still find a way to get yourself there. Having a finished book is the greatest feeling (until you have to navigate getting it published). | hlc5sbo | hld5gcf | 1,637,374,218 | 1,637,396,493 | 2 | 3 | I wrote every day for the first two weeks of November and it felt really good! I’m trying not to focus on how many words per day, but just write words as often as possible. | Your post is inspiring me right now and telling me to get up and get my shit together. 15 years old and I'm already on the path to screwing up my future because of my pathetic decisions, fears, and worries. I lost my brother, I could've built memories and make him even more in my life now... But my illusions, fears, worries, mistakes, and excuses prevented those memories and moments I could've had. I could've argued with him but now I lost that chance. I fucked up, and I'm going to live with that forever. But if you can write all that despite the obstacles, then I can too. I did it before when I was depressed and I can do it again depressed now. Fuck my Xbox. I have a whole world built up and all it needs is stories and chapters to be written. I have expectations and I need to fulfill them. One habit and problem at a time. I will stop my gibberish now. I guess thank you. | 0 | 22,275 | 1.5 | ||
qxf55h | writing_train | 0.97 | Sometimes you have to force yourself to write. Earlier this year, I wrote 70k in 77 days while being a dad to a toddler and working full-time. That's not a humble brag. I hated it. It was my first time finishing anything longer than a poem in fifteen years. I say all that because I had a writing schedule of an hour or so daily (not including weekends). Many days I had to force myself to write. I was plagued by hard or awkward scenes, moments of self-doubt, fatigue and all the reasons in the world to not write. But I wanted to write a book and finish one. Often when I got to writing, I was able to get into it and write up to 1000 words in one sitting. Sometimes I even went up to 1500 words (that took more than an hour and cost me some sleep). But there were times I only wrote 500 words or 300. Those were days when I just wrote something so that I didn't break the habit. I often had to push myself to take up my phone (easier than a laptop to me, but hand writing should also work). But I never regretted it afterwards. Even 300 words meant that I had that much less to write. Everyone is different and what works for me may not work for but if nothing else, consider why you wanna write, what you want to achieve and how to get yourself there. If you always love your writing sessions, that's awesome. If not, still find a way to get yourself there. Having a finished book is the greatest feeling (until you have to navigate getting it published). | hlcft1c | hld5gcf | 1,637,379,303 | 1,637,396,493 | 2 | 3 | I’ve just started doing this. I aim for at least 20 minutes a day, M-F (also gave 2 small kids and work full time) Since august, I’m 17k words into thriller novel with a target or 50k or so. Based on current speed, I’ll be done by March (first draft, so obviously it’ll still need work) It’s amazing what making a daily habit can do. Even if one day doesn’t go well, it doesn’t matter because it’s just one day in hundreds | Your post is inspiring me right now and telling me to get up and get my shit together. 15 years old and I'm already on the path to screwing up my future because of my pathetic decisions, fears, and worries. I lost my brother, I could've built memories and make him even more in my life now... But my illusions, fears, worries, mistakes, and excuses prevented those memories and moments I could've had. I could've argued with him but now I lost that chance. I fucked up, and I'm going to live with that forever. But if you can write all that despite the obstacles, then I can too. I did it before when I was depressed and I can do it again depressed now. Fuck my Xbox. I have a whole world built up and all it needs is stories and chapters to be written. I have expectations and I need to fulfill them. One habit and problem at a time. I will stop my gibberish now. I guess thank you. | 0 | 17,190 | 1.5 | ||
qxf55h | writing_train | 0.97 | Sometimes you have to force yourself to write. Earlier this year, I wrote 70k in 77 days while being a dad to a toddler and working full-time. That's not a humble brag. I hated it. It was my first time finishing anything longer than a poem in fifteen years. I say all that because I had a writing schedule of an hour or so daily (not including weekends). Many days I had to force myself to write. I was plagued by hard or awkward scenes, moments of self-doubt, fatigue and all the reasons in the world to not write. But I wanted to write a book and finish one. Often when I got to writing, I was able to get into it and write up to 1000 words in one sitting. Sometimes I even went up to 1500 words (that took more than an hour and cost me some sleep). But there were times I only wrote 500 words or 300. Those were days when I just wrote something so that I didn't break the habit. I often had to push myself to take up my phone (easier than a laptop to me, but hand writing should also work). But I never regretted it afterwards. Even 300 words meant that I had that much less to write. Everyone is different and what works for me may not work for but if nothing else, consider why you wanna write, what you want to achieve and how to get yourself there. If you always love your writing sessions, that's awesome. If not, still find a way to get yourself there. Having a finished book is the greatest feeling (until you have to navigate getting it published). | hld5gcf | hlcsuz3 | 1,637,396,493 | 1,637,386,894 | 3 | 2 | Your post is inspiring me right now and telling me to get up and get my shit together. 15 years old and I'm already on the path to screwing up my future because of my pathetic decisions, fears, and worries. I lost my brother, I could've built memories and make him even more in my life now... But my illusions, fears, worries, mistakes, and excuses prevented those memories and moments I could've had. I could've argued with him but now I lost that chance. I fucked up, and I'm going to live with that forever. But if you can write all that despite the obstacles, then I can too. I did it before when I was depressed and I can do it again depressed now. Fuck my Xbox. I have a whole world built up and all it needs is stories and chapters to be written. I have expectations and I need to fulfill them. One habit and problem at a time. I will stop my gibberish now. I guess thank you. | I have the same approach. Like the humorous ending. 😂 | 1 | 9,599 | 1.5 | ||
z7b289 | writing_train | 0.86 | Finished first draft-how do I begin sorting through it? My first and utterly sloppy draft of my first ever novel is finally finished. It took several years to actually complete due to not having a clear plan of where to go with it initially. In between mental health issues, family issues and more mental health issues (thanks for that 2020), the novel has had periods where I wasn't actively working on it. I know it needs work. It needs editing and revising entirely. But the sheer size of the thing is intimidating and all I keep thinking of is I'm basically going to end up rewriting it entirely. It took me long enough to write it the first time! Do I: 1) Read through it onscreen start to finish and make notes on inconsistencies/ changes needed? 2) Write a plan that covers the plots then edit? 3) As per one writer suggested in her video, print off it entirely and basically do the same as number 1? 4) Other? Any advice would be greatly appreciated. | iy5mbll | iy72fmx | 1,669,675,198 | 1,669,700,474 | -6 | 2 | You don’t have to do anything. | Congratulations for finishing a draft AND for realizing revising & editing are writing. You have a good basic plan and WeakExerciseday gave you great advice. Go at it and enjoy the process to get your story to what you want. | 0 | 25,276 | -0.333333 | ||
z7b289 | writing_train | 0.86 | Finished first draft-how do I begin sorting through it? My first and utterly sloppy draft of my first ever novel is finally finished. It took several years to actually complete due to not having a clear plan of where to go with it initially. In between mental health issues, family issues and more mental health issues (thanks for that 2020), the novel has had periods where I wasn't actively working on it. I know it needs work. It needs editing and revising entirely. But the sheer size of the thing is intimidating and all I keep thinking of is I'm basically going to end up rewriting it entirely. It took me long enough to write it the first time! Do I: 1) Read through it onscreen start to finish and make notes on inconsistencies/ changes needed? 2) Write a plan that covers the plots then edit? 3) As per one writer suggested in her video, print off it entirely and basically do the same as number 1? 4) Other? Any advice would be greatly appreciated. | iy7nd0i | iy5mbll | 1,669,717,409 | 1,669,675,198 | 2 | -6 | I'm in a similar stage, about 5% through the first draft, having written over years with vastly varying degrees of competency. I printed the entire thing, began making notes, but realized the amount of notes necessitated a more meticulous approach. Solution was to copy all docs, then separate them into individual scenes labeled with brief synopsis for reference. I might refer to several other docs to get one segment revised. It helps me focus on a small piece at a time, while making it easier to find and note any dependent segments that might need changing down the line. So far there are an almost overwhelming amount of restructuring/ rewriting/ additional interludes or 'bridging' segments, and this was the only way I could approach the project. | You don’t have to do anything. | 1 | 42,211 | -0.333333 | ||
utli0q | writing_train | 0.96 | How do you get beta readers? The title says it all. I've tried showing it to some people I know but I feel like it's a bit uncomfortable to ask them to read it. It's like pressuring people to do a favor for me | i9ambz9 | i9aitku | 1,653,024,860 | 1,653,022,412 | 35 | 2 | You usually find beta readers in writer workshops where the expectation is that you reciprocate. | Depending on what your story is about I might volunteer | 1 | 2,448 | 17.5 | ||
utli0q | writing_train | 0.96 | How do you get beta readers? The title says it all. I've tried showing it to some people I know but I feel like it's a bit uncomfortable to ask them to read it. It's like pressuring people to do a favor for me | i9ald3g | i9ambz9 | 1,653,024,160 | 1,653,024,860 | 1 | 35 | Depends on what you want to do with the work. If it’s a free thing then fanfic communities have active beta readers or writers that will beta for fun. If you plan on selling then you’ll probably want something more official tho | You usually find beta readers in writer workshops where the expectation is that you reciprocate. | 0 | 700 | 35 | ||
utli0q | writing_train | 0.96 | How do you get beta readers? The title says it all. I've tried showing it to some people I know but I feel like it's a bit uncomfortable to ask them to read it. It's like pressuring people to do a favor for me | i9aqru5 | i9aitku | 1,653,028,194 | 1,653,022,412 | 33 | 2 | There's a subreddit if you're interested. I haven't used it but I saved it in case I ever decide to. r/BetaReaders | Depending on what your story is about I might volunteer | 1 | 5,782 | 16.5 | ||
utli0q | writing_train | 0.96 | How do you get beta readers? The title says it all. I've tried showing it to some people I know but I feel like it's a bit uncomfortable to ask them to read it. It's like pressuring people to do a favor for me | i9ald3g | i9aqru5 | 1,653,024,160 | 1,653,028,194 | 1 | 33 | Depends on what you want to do with the work. If it’s a free thing then fanfic communities have active beta readers or writers that will beta for fun. If you plan on selling then you’ll probably want something more official tho | There's a subreddit if you're interested. I haven't used it but I saved it in case I ever decide to. r/BetaReaders | 0 | 4,034 | 33 | ||
utli0q | writing_train | 0.96 | How do you get beta readers? The title says it all. I've tried showing it to some people I know but I feel like it's a bit uncomfortable to ask them to read it. It's like pressuring people to do a favor for me | i9bic1t | i9ayzbn | 1,653,048,868 | 1,653,035,272 | 8 | 7 | Scribophile might be a good place to look. You earn karma by providing crits for other people's chapters, then you can use that karma to post your own chapters for critique. You probably have to do about 3 critiques to earn enough karma to post yourself and chapters are limited to roughly 3k words. They have groups and you can make contacts and arrange a beta swap if you find someone interested in that. | Fiverr is also a good place! | 1 | 13,596 | 1.142857 | ||
utli0q | writing_train | 0.96 | How do you get beta readers? The title says it all. I've tried showing it to some people I know but I feel like it's a bit uncomfortable to ask them to read it. It's like pressuring people to do a favor for me | i9atpra | i9ayzbn | 1,653,030,580 | 1,653,035,272 | 4 | 7 | By being an alpha writer. | Fiverr is also a good place! | 0 | 4,692 | 1.75 | ||
utli0q | writing_train | 0.96 | How do you get beta readers? The title says it all. I've tried showing it to some people I know but I feel like it's a bit uncomfortable to ask them to read it. It's like pressuring people to do a favor for me | i9ayzbn | i9aitku | 1,653,035,272 | 1,653,022,412 | 7 | 2 | Fiverr is also a good place! | Depending on what your story is about I might volunteer | 1 | 12,860 | 3.5 | ||
utli0q | writing_train | 0.96 | How do you get beta readers? The title says it all. I've tried showing it to some people I know but I feel like it's a bit uncomfortable to ask them to read it. It's like pressuring people to do a favor for me | i9au7hg | i9ayzbn | 1,653,031,007 | 1,653,035,272 | 2 | 7 | Writing groups are really the way to go. On the other hand, if you can't find a writing group where you can regularly trade work for critique, try r/betareaders ? I've got 3 manuscripts I'm taking a look at as a beta reader for folks who requested there. | Fiverr is also a good place! | 0 | 4,265 | 3.5 | ||
utli0q | writing_train | 0.96 | How do you get beta readers? The title says it all. I've tried showing it to some people I know but I feel like it's a bit uncomfortable to ask them to read it. It's like pressuring people to do a favor for me | i9ald3g | i9ayzbn | 1,653,024,160 | 1,653,035,272 | 1 | 7 | Depends on what you want to do with the work. If it’s a free thing then fanfic communities have active beta readers or writers that will beta for fun. If you plan on selling then you’ll probably want something more official tho | Fiverr is also a good place! | 0 | 11,112 | 7 | ||
utli0q | writing_train | 0.96 | How do you get beta readers? The title says it all. I've tried showing it to some people I know but I feel like it's a bit uncomfortable to ask them to read it. It's like pressuring people to do a favor for me | i9ayzbn | i9armoq | 1,653,035,272 | 1,653,028,872 | 7 | 1 | Fiverr is also a good place! | I’d recommend Critique Circle. It’s a great website for beta readers. | 1 | 6,400 | 7 | ||
utli0q | writing_train | 0.96 | How do you get beta readers? The title says it all. I've tried showing it to some people I know but I feel like it's a bit uncomfortable to ask them to read it. It's like pressuring people to do a favor for me | i9ayzbn | i9atnsx | 1,653,035,272 | 1,653,030,535 | 7 | 1 | Fiverr is also a good place! | I’ll beta read for ya depending what type of book you’re writing. I’ve beta read for a couple different people before. | 1 | 4,737 | 7 | ||
utli0q | writing_train | 0.96 | How do you get beta readers? The title says it all. I've tried showing it to some people I know but I feel like it's a bit uncomfortable to ask them to read it. It's like pressuring people to do a favor for me | i9bic1t | i9atpra | 1,653,048,868 | 1,653,030,580 | 8 | 4 | Scribophile might be a good place to look. You earn karma by providing crits for other people's chapters, then you can use that karma to post your own chapters for critique. You probably have to do about 3 critiques to earn enough karma to post yourself and chapters are limited to roughly 3k words. They have groups and you can make contacts and arrange a beta swap if you find someone interested in that. | By being an alpha writer. | 1 | 18,288 | 2 | ||
utli0q | writing_train | 0.96 | How do you get beta readers? The title says it all. I've tried showing it to some people I know but I feel like it's a bit uncomfortable to ask them to read it. It's like pressuring people to do a favor for me | i9bic1t | i9aitku | 1,653,048,868 | 1,653,022,412 | 8 | 2 | Scribophile might be a good place to look. You earn karma by providing crits for other people's chapters, then you can use that karma to post your own chapters for critique. You probably have to do about 3 critiques to earn enough karma to post yourself and chapters are limited to roughly 3k words. They have groups and you can make contacts and arrange a beta swap if you find someone interested in that. | Depending on what your story is about I might volunteer | 1 | 26,456 | 4 | ||
utli0q | writing_train | 0.96 | How do you get beta readers? The title says it all. I've tried showing it to some people I know but I feel like it's a bit uncomfortable to ask them to read it. It's like pressuring people to do a favor for me | i9au7hg | i9bic1t | 1,653,031,007 | 1,653,048,868 | 2 | 8 | Writing groups are really the way to go. On the other hand, if you can't find a writing group where you can regularly trade work for critique, try r/betareaders ? I've got 3 manuscripts I'm taking a look at as a beta reader for folks who requested there. | Scribophile might be a good place to look. You earn karma by providing crits for other people's chapters, then you can use that karma to post your own chapters for critique. You probably have to do about 3 critiques to earn enough karma to post yourself and chapters are limited to roughly 3k words. They have groups and you can make contacts and arrange a beta swap if you find someone interested in that. | 0 | 17,861 | 4 | ||
utli0q | writing_train | 0.96 | How do you get beta readers? The title says it all. I've tried showing it to some people I know but I feel like it's a bit uncomfortable to ask them to read it. It's like pressuring people to do a favor for me | i9b68yb | i9bic1t | 1,653,041,217 | 1,653,048,868 | 1 | 8 | I’d happily be a beta reader for whoever needs it.😊 | Scribophile might be a good place to look. You earn karma by providing crits for other people's chapters, then you can use that karma to post your own chapters for critique. You probably have to do about 3 critiques to earn enough karma to post yourself and chapters are limited to roughly 3k words. They have groups and you can make contacts and arrange a beta swap if you find someone interested in that. | 0 | 7,651 | 8 | ||
utli0q | writing_train | 0.96 | How do you get beta readers? The title says it all. I've tried showing it to some people I know but I feel like it's a bit uncomfortable to ask them to read it. It's like pressuring people to do a favor for me | i9ald3g | i9bic1t | 1,653,024,160 | 1,653,048,868 | 1 | 8 | Depends on what you want to do with the work. If it’s a free thing then fanfic communities have active beta readers or writers that will beta for fun. If you plan on selling then you’ll probably want something more official tho | Scribophile might be a good place to look. You earn karma by providing crits for other people's chapters, then you can use that karma to post your own chapters for critique. You probably have to do about 3 critiques to earn enough karma to post yourself and chapters are limited to roughly 3k words. They have groups and you can make contacts and arrange a beta swap if you find someone interested in that. | 0 | 24,708 | 8 | ||
utli0q | writing_train | 0.96 | How do you get beta readers? The title says it all. I've tried showing it to some people I know but I feel like it's a bit uncomfortable to ask them to read it. It's like pressuring people to do a favor for me | i9bic1t | i9armoq | 1,653,048,868 | 1,653,028,872 | 8 | 1 | Scribophile might be a good place to look. You earn karma by providing crits for other people's chapters, then you can use that karma to post your own chapters for critique. You probably have to do about 3 critiques to earn enough karma to post yourself and chapters are limited to roughly 3k words. They have groups and you can make contacts and arrange a beta swap if you find someone interested in that. | I’d recommend Critique Circle. It’s a great website for beta readers. | 1 | 19,996 | 8 | ||
utli0q | writing_train | 0.96 | How do you get beta readers? The title says it all. I've tried showing it to some people I know but I feel like it's a bit uncomfortable to ask them to read it. It's like pressuring people to do a favor for me | i9bic1t | i9atnsx | 1,653,048,868 | 1,653,030,535 | 8 | 1 | Scribophile might be a good place to look. You earn karma by providing crits for other people's chapters, then you can use that karma to post your own chapters for critique. You probably have to do about 3 critiques to earn enough karma to post yourself and chapters are limited to roughly 3k words. They have groups and you can make contacts and arrange a beta swap if you find someone interested in that. | I’ll beta read for ya depending what type of book you’re writing. I’ve beta read for a couple different people before. | 1 | 18,333 | 8 | ||
utli0q | writing_train | 0.96 | How do you get beta readers? The title says it all. I've tried showing it to some people I know but I feel like it's a bit uncomfortable to ask them to read it. It's like pressuring people to do a favor for me | i9bic1t | i9b5ig5 | 1,653,048,868 | 1,653,040,609 | 8 | 1 | Scribophile might be a good place to look. You earn karma by providing crits for other people's chapters, then you can use that karma to post your own chapters for critique. You probably have to do about 3 critiques to earn enough karma to post yourself and chapters are limited to roughly 3k words. They have groups and you can make contacts and arrange a beta swap if you find someone interested in that. | For me, I’ve told everyone i know and everyone new I met since I’ve started writing my book about it. Some friends know more than others, but I talk about so passionately, every time I catch up with someone, the first question they ask is when am I going to get to read it? Granted once upon a time a worked at Barnes and noble and now I work on the film industry so the people I surround myself with are people who are also huge storytelling folk | 1 | 8,259 | 8 | ||
utli0q | writing_train | 0.96 | How do you get beta readers? The title says it all. I've tried showing it to some people I know but I feel like it's a bit uncomfortable to ask them to read it. It's like pressuring people to do a favor for me | i9bc908 | i9bic1t | 1,653,045,487 | 1,653,048,868 | 1 | 8 | Check for a local writing group. If you're in a city of any size at all, you'll find at least one or two. Sometimes libraries host local meetings. If you can't find one, start one. You can also find online writing groups, where you can swap reads. | Scribophile might be a good place to look. You earn karma by providing crits for other people's chapters, then you can use that karma to post your own chapters for critique. You probably have to do about 3 critiques to earn enough karma to post yourself and chapters are limited to roughly 3k words. They have groups and you can make contacts and arrange a beta swap if you find someone interested in that. | 0 | 3,381 | 8 | ||
utli0q | writing_train | 0.96 | How do you get beta readers? The title says it all. I've tried showing it to some people I know but I feel like it's a bit uncomfortable to ask them to read it. It's like pressuring people to do a favor for me | i9atpra | i9aitku | 1,653,030,580 | 1,653,022,412 | 4 | 2 | By being an alpha writer. | Depending on what your story is about I might volunteer | 1 | 8,168 | 2 | ||
utli0q | writing_train | 0.96 | How do you get beta readers? The title says it all. I've tried showing it to some people I know but I feel like it's a bit uncomfortable to ask them to read it. It's like pressuring people to do a favor for me | i9ald3g | i9atpra | 1,653,024,160 | 1,653,030,580 | 1 | 4 | Depends on what you want to do with the work. If it’s a free thing then fanfic communities have active beta readers or writers that will beta for fun. If you plan on selling then you’ll probably want something more official tho | By being an alpha writer. | 0 | 6,420 | 4 | ||
utli0q | writing_train | 0.96 | How do you get beta readers? The title says it all. I've tried showing it to some people I know but I feel like it's a bit uncomfortable to ask them to read it. It's like pressuring people to do a favor for me | i9armoq | i9atpra | 1,653,028,872 | 1,653,030,580 | 1 | 4 | I’d recommend Critique Circle. It’s a great website for beta readers. | By being an alpha writer. | 0 | 1,708 | 4 | ||
utli0q | writing_train | 0.96 | How do you get beta readers? The title says it all. I've tried showing it to some people I know but I feel like it's a bit uncomfortable to ask them to read it. It's like pressuring people to do a favor for me | i9atnsx | i9atpra | 1,653,030,535 | 1,653,030,580 | 1 | 4 | I’ll beta read for ya depending what type of book you’re writing. I’ve beta read for a couple different people before. | By being an alpha writer. | 0 | 45 | 4 | ||
utli0q | writing_train | 0.96 | How do you get beta readers? The title says it all. I've tried showing it to some people I know but I feel like it's a bit uncomfortable to ask them to read it. It's like pressuring people to do a favor for me | i9aitku | i9bild4 | 1,653,022,412 | 1,653,049,005 | 2 | 4 | Depending on what your story is about I might volunteer | You get yourself a utility knife or paper cutter, find a nice dark alleyway and pounce on people coming through like YOUR BETA READING OR YOUR LIFE. | 0 | 26,593 | 2 | ||
utli0q | writing_train | 0.96 | How do you get beta readers? The title says it all. I've tried showing it to some people I know but I feel like it's a bit uncomfortable to ask them to read it. It's like pressuring people to do a favor for me | i9bild4 | i9au7hg | 1,653,049,005 | 1,653,031,007 | 4 | 2 | You get yourself a utility knife or paper cutter, find a nice dark alleyway and pounce on people coming through like YOUR BETA READING OR YOUR LIFE. | Writing groups are really the way to go. On the other hand, if you can't find a writing group where you can regularly trade work for critique, try r/betareaders ? I've got 3 manuscripts I'm taking a look at as a beta reader for folks who requested there. | 1 | 17,998 | 2 | ||
utli0q | writing_train | 0.96 | How do you get beta readers? The title says it all. I've tried showing it to some people I know but I feel like it's a bit uncomfortable to ask them to read it. It's like pressuring people to do a favor for me | i9b68yb | i9bild4 | 1,653,041,217 | 1,653,049,005 | 1 | 4 | I’d happily be a beta reader for whoever needs it.😊 | You get yourself a utility knife or paper cutter, find a nice dark alleyway and pounce on people coming through like YOUR BETA READING OR YOUR LIFE. | 0 | 7,788 | 4 | ||
utli0q | writing_train | 0.96 | How do you get beta readers? The title says it all. I've tried showing it to some people I know but I feel like it's a bit uncomfortable to ask them to read it. It's like pressuring people to do a favor for me | i9ald3g | i9bild4 | 1,653,024,160 | 1,653,049,005 | 1 | 4 | Depends on what you want to do with the work. If it’s a free thing then fanfic communities have active beta readers or writers that will beta for fun. If you plan on selling then you’ll probably want something more official tho | You get yourself a utility knife or paper cutter, find a nice dark alleyway and pounce on people coming through like YOUR BETA READING OR YOUR LIFE. | 0 | 24,845 | 4 | ||
utli0q | writing_train | 0.96 | How do you get beta readers? The title says it all. I've tried showing it to some people I know but I feel like it's a bit uncomfortable to ask them to read it. It's like pressuring people to do a favor for me | i9armoq | i9bild4 | 1,653,028,872 | 1,653,049,005 | 1 | 4 | I’d recommend Critique Circle. It’s a great website for beta readers. | You get yourself a utility knife or paper cutter, find a nice dark alleyway and pounce on people coming through like YOUR BETA READING OR YOUR LIFE. | 0 | 20,133 | 4 | ||
utli0q | writing_train | 0.96 | How do you get beta readers? The title says it all. I've tried showing it to some people I know but I feel like it's a bit uncomfortable to ask them to read it. It's like pressuring people to do a favor for me | i9atnsx | i9bild4 | 1,653,030,535 | 1,653,049,005 | 1 | 4 | I’ll beta read for ya depending what type of book you’re writing. I’ve beta read for a couple different people before. | You get yourself a utility knife or paper cutter, find a nice dark alleyway and pounce on people coming through like YOUR BETA READING OR YOUR LIFE. | 0 | 18,470 | 4 | ||
utli0q | writing_train | 0.96 | How do you get beta readers? The title says it all. I've tried showing it to some people I know but I feel like it's a bit uncomfortable to ask them to read it. It's like pressuring people to do a favor for me | i9b5ig5 | i9bild4 | 1,653,040,609 | 1,653,049,005 | 1 | 4 | For me, I’ve told everyone i know and everyone new I met since I’ve started writing my book about it. Some friends know more than others, but I talk about so passionately, every time I catch up with someone, the first question they ask is when am I going to get to read it? Granted once upon a time a worked at Barnes and noble and now I work on the film industry so the people I surround myself with are people who are also huge storytelling folk | You get yourself a utility knife or paper cutter, find a nice dark alleyway and pounce on people coming through like YOUR BETA READING OR YOUR LIFE. | 0 | 8,396 | 4 | ||
utli0q | writing_train | 0.96 | How do you get beta readers? The title says it all. I've tried showing it to some people I know but I feel like it's a bit uncomfortable to ask them to read it. It's like pressuring people to do a favor for me | i9bild4 | i9bc908 | 1,653,049,005 | 1,653,045,487 | 4 | 1 | You get yourself a utility knife or paper cutter, find a nice dark alleyway and pounce on people coming through like YOUR BETA READING OR YOUR LIFE. | Check for a local writing group. If you're in a city of any size at all, you'll find at least one or two. Sometimes libraries host local meetings. If you can't find one, start one. You can also find online writing groups, where you can swap reads. | 1 | 3,518 | 4 | ||
utli0q | writing_train | 0.96 | How do you get beta readers? The title says it all. I've tried showing it to some people I know but I feel like it's a bit uncomfortable to ask them to read it. It's like pressuring people to do a favor for me | i9aitku | i9bnhmz | 1,653,022,412 | 1,653,051,424 | 2 | 3 | Depending on what your story is about I might volunteer | I found most of mine through writing groups on Discord. I also got some friends, one of whom is a publisher, to read through it and give me more high-level feedback. The only one I paid for was a sensitivity reader. I do a lot of beta-ing for others and I find that I don't tend to get as much feedback in return, so I've started to be a lot stricter in my exchange policy. Otherwise I end up getting all my typos corrected (in fairness I make a *lot* of typos!) in exchange for fixing someone's structural plot and worldbuilding problems. I should also add that a lot of people don't know how to beta well, so I put together a workshop on how to get better at it! | 0 | 29,012 | 1.5 | ||
utli0q | writing_train | 0.96 | How do you get beta readers? The title says it all. I've tried showing it to some people I know but I feel like it's a bit uncomfortable to ask them to read it. It's like pressuring people to do a favor for me | i9au7hg | i9bnhmz | 1,653,031,007 | 1,653,051,424 | 2 | 3 | Writing groups are really the way to go. On the other hand, if you can't find a writing group where you can regularly trade work for critique, try r/betareaders ? I've got 3 manuscripts I'm taking a look at as a beta reader for folks who requested there. | I found most of mine through writing groups on Discord. I also got some friends, one of whom is a publisher, to read through it and give me more high-level feedback. The only one I paid for was a sensitivity reader. I do a lot of beta-ing for others and I find that I don't tend to get as much feedback in return, so I've started to be a lot stricter in my exchange policy. Otherwise I end up getting all my typos corrected (in fairness I make a *lot* of typos!) in exchange for fixing someone's structural plot and worldbuilding problems. I should also add that a lot of people don't know how to beta well, so I put together a workshop on how to get better at it! | 0 | 20,417 | 1.5 | ||
utli0q | writing_train | 0.96 | How do you get beta readers? The title says it all. I've tried showing it to some people I know but I feel like it's a bit uncomfortable to ask them to read it. It's like pressuring people to do a favor for me | i9bnhmz | i9b68yb | 1,653,051,424 | 1,653,041,217 | 3 | 1 | I found most of mine through writing groups on Discord. I also got some friends, one of whom is a publisher, to read through it and give me more high-level feedback. The only one I paid for was a sensitivity reader. I do a lot of beta-ing for others and I find that I don't tend to get as much feedback in return, so I've started to be a lot stricter in my exchange policy. Otherwise I end up getting all my typos corrected (in fairness I make a *lot* of typos!) in exchange for fixing someone's structural plot and worldbuilding problems. I should also add that a lot of people don't know how to beta well, so I put together a workshop on how to get better at it! | I’d happily be a beta reader for whoever needs it.😊 | 1 | 10,207 | 3 | ||
utli0q | writing_train | 0.96 | How do you get beta readers? The title says it all. I've tried showing it to some people I know but I feel like it's a bit uncomfortable to ask them to read it. It's like pressuring people to do a favor for me | i9bnhmz | i9ald3g | 1,653,051,424 | 1,653,024,160 | 3 | 1 | I found most of mine through writing groups on Discord. I also got some friends, one of whom is a publisher, to read through it and give me more high-level feedback. The only one I paid for was a sensitivity reader. I do a lot of beta-ing for others and I find that I don't tend to get as much feedback in return, so I've started to be a lot stricter in my exchange policy. Otherwise I end up getting all my typos corrected (in fairness I make a *lot* of typos!) in exchange for fixing someone's structural plot and worldbuilding problems. I should also add that a lot of people don't know how to beta well, so I put together a workshop on how to get better at it! | Depends on what you want to do with the work. If it’s a free thing then fanfic communities have active beta readers or writers that will beta for fun. If you plan on selling then you’ll probably want something more official tho | 1 | 27,264 | 3 | ||
utli0q | writing_train | 0.96 | How do you get beta readers? The title says it all. I've tried showing it to some people I know but I feel like it's a bit uncomfortable to ask them to read it. It's like pressuring people to do a favor for me | i9bnhmz | i9armoq | 1,653,051,424 | 1,653,028,872 | 3 | 1 | I found most of mine through writing groups on Discord. I also got some friends, one of whom is a publisher, to read through it and give me more high-level feedback. The only one I paid for was a sensitivity reader. I do a lot of beta-ing for others and I find that I don't tend to get as much feedback in return, so I've started to be a lot stricter in my exchange policy. Otherwise I end up getting all my typos corrected (in fairness I make a *lot* of typos!) in exchange for fixing someone's structural plot and worldbuilding problems. I should also add that a lot of people don't know how to beta well, so I put together a workshop on how to get better at it! | I’d recommend Critique Circle. It’s a great website for beta readers. | 1 | 22,552 | 3 | ||
utli0q | writing_train | 0.96 | How do you get beta readers? The title says it all. I've tried showing it to some people I know but I feel like it's a bit uncomfortable to ask them to read it. It's like pressuring people to do a favor for me | i9bnhmz | i9atnsx | 1,653,051,424 | 1,653,030,535 | 3 | 1 | I found most of mine through writing groups on Discord. I also got some friends, one of whom is a publisher, to read through it and give me more high-level feedback. The only one I paid for was a sensitivity reader. I do a lot of beta-ing for others and I find that I don't tend to get as much feedback in return, so I've started to be a lot stricter in my exchange policy. Otherwise I end up getting all my typos corrected (in fairness I make a *lot* of typos!) in exchange for fixing someone's structural plot and worldbuilding problems. I should also add that a lot of people don't know how to beta well, so I put together a workshop on how to get better at it! | I’ll beta read for ya depending what type of book you’re writing. I’ve beta read for a couple different people before. | 1 | 20,889 | 3 | ||
utli0q | writing_train | 0.96 | How do you get beta readers? The title says it all. I've tried showing it to some people I know but I feel like it's a bit uncomfortable to ask them to read it. It's like pressuring people to do a favor for me | i9bnhmz | i9b5ig5 | 1,653,051,424 | 1,653,040,609 | 3 | 1 | I found most of mine through writing groups on Discord. I also got some friends, one of whom is a publisher, to read through it and give me more high-level feedback. The only one I paid for was a sensitivity reader. I do a lot of beta-ing for others and I find that I don't tend to get as much feedback in return, so I've started to be a lot stricter in my exchange policy. Otherwise I end up getting all my typos corrected (in fairness I make a *lot* of typos!) in exchange for fixing someone's structural plot and worldbuilding problems. I should also add that a lot of people don't know how to beta well, so I put together a workshop on how to get better at it! | For me, I’ve told everyone i know and everyone new I met since I’ve started writing my book about it. Some friends know more than others, but I talk about so passionately, every time I catch up with someone, the first question they ask is when am I going to get to read it? Granted once upon a time a worked at Barnes and noble and now I work on the film industry so the people I surround myself with are people who are also huge storytelling folk | 1 | 10,815 | 3 | ||
utli0q | writing_train | 0.96 | How do you get beta readers? The title says it all. I've tried showing it to some people I know but I feel like it's a bit uncomfortable to ask them to read it. It's like pressuring people to do a favor for me | i9bnhmz | i9bc908 | 1,653,051,424 | 1,653,045,487 | 3 | 1 | I found most of mine through writing groups on Discord. I also got some friends, one of whom is a publisher, to read through it and give me more high-level feedback. The only one I paid for was a sensitivity reader. I do a lot of beta-ing for others and I find that I don't tend to get as much feedback in return, so I've started to be a lot stricter in my exchange policy. Otherwise I end up getting all my typos corrected (in fairness I make a *lot* of typos!) in exchange for fixing someone's structural plot and worldbuilding problems. I should also add that a lot of people don't know how to beta well, so I put together a workshop on how to get better at it! | Check for a local writing group. If you're in a city of any size at all, you'll find at least one or two. Sometimes libraries host local meetings. If you can't find one, start one. You can also find online writing groups, where you can swap reads. | 1 | 5,937 | 3 | ||
utli0q | writing_train | 0.96 | How do you get beta readers? The title says it all. I've tried showing it to some people I know but I feel like it's a bit uncomfortable to ask them to read it. It's like pressuring people to do a favor for me | i9ald3g | i9au7hg | 1,653,024,160 | 1,653,031,007 | 1 | 2 | Depends on what you want to do with the work. If it’s a free thing then fanfic communities have active beta readers or writers that will beta for fun. If you plan on selling then you’ll probably want something more official tho | Writing groups are really the way to go. On the other hand, if you can't find a writing group where you can regularly trade work for critique, try r/betareaders ? I've got 3 manuscripts I'm taking a look at as a beta reader for folks who requested there. | 0 | 6,847 | 2 | ||
utli0q | writing_train | 0.96 | How do you get beta readers? The title says it all. I've tried showing it to some people I know but I feel like it's a bit uncomfortable to ask them to read it. It's like pressuring people to do a favor for me | i9armoq | i9au7hg | 1,653,028,872 | 1,653,031,007 | 1 | 2 | I’d recommend Critique Circle. It’s a great website for beta readers. | Writing groups are really the way to go. On the other hand, if you can't find a writing group where you can regularly trade work for critique, try r/betareaders ? I've got 3 manuscripts I'm taking a look at as a beta reader for folks who requested there. | 0 | 2,135 | 2 | ||
utli0q | writing_train | 0.96 | How do you get beta readers? The title says it all. I've tried showing it to some people I know but I feel like it's a bit uncomfortable to ask them to read it. It's like pressuring people to do a favor for me | i9au7hg | i9atnsx | 1,653,031,007 | 1,653,030,535 | 2 | 1 | Writing groups are really the way to go. On the other hand, if you can't find a writing group where you can regularly trade work for critique, try r/betareaders ? I've got 3 manuscripts I'm taking a look at as a beta reader for folks who requested there. | I’ll beta read for ya depending what type of book you’re writing. I’ve beta read for a couple different people before. | 1 | 472 | 2 | ||
yceq4b | writing_train | 0.77 | Those with trust issues, how did you handle beta readers? So to begin, let’s be clear, I realise people don’t have the time to be stealing peoples manuscripts that need tons of work with no personal interest to do so. I’m not so foolish as to believe I’ve written the next big thing that’s worth more than the paper it’s printed on. But I am a paranoid person, it’s an issue and one I try to work on, but unfortunately still very much apparent. My main concern is with my luck I’ll find the one reader who posts it all over the internet as a troll move which would make it effectively unpublishable. Will it happen? Most likely not, but I value the project more than I’m willing to risk that small chance. Ideally I’d want to know the beta reader enough to where i felt comfortable giving it to them, but that isn’t a very viable strategy if I want to get it out anytime this century. So I figured I’d ask a very common question for new writers (I’ve done my homework) but specifically share why I’m concerned, in the hopes of finding advice tailored to how I feel. | itmchtm | itludby | 1,666,636,010 | 1,666,629,013 | 12 | 8 | You could hire someone on fiverr. Yes, it'll cost you money but you should get a few benefits: - more detailed feedback than the average reader - a record of your exchange with the beta reader and a platform you can communicate with should anything go wrong - and most importantly for you, they would have no desire to share your work around because that just reflects badly on their professionalism. The only other alternative would be to find a writing group, ideally one that meets in person but that could take some time to find the right one. | I’m no help, but similar with my trust issues and wanted to let you know that you aren’t alone. I’m also subscribed to see what help people offer. 😀 | 1 | 6,997 | 1.5 | ||
yceq4b | writing_train | 0.77 | Those with trust issues, how did you handle beta readers? So to begin, let’s be clear, I realise people don’t have the time to be stealing peoples manuscripts that need tons of work with no personal interest to do so. I’m not so foolish as to believe I’ve written the next big thing that’s worth more than the paper it’s printed on. But I am a paranoid person, it’s an issue and one I try to work on, but unfortunately still very much apparent. My main concern is with my luck I’ll find the one reader who posts it all over the internet as a troll move which would make it effectively unpublishable. Will it happen? Most likely not, but I value the project more than I’m willing to risk that small chance. Ideally I’d want to know the beta reader enough to where i felt comfortable giving it to them, but that isn’t a very viable strategy if I want to get it out anytime this century. So I figured I’d ask a very common question for new writers (I’ve done my homework) but specifically share why I’m concerned, in the hopes of finding advice tailored to how I feel. | itlpza9 | itmchtm | 1,666,627,271 | 1,666,636,010 | 7 | 12 | In some countries, just completing your creative work already entitles you to the ownership of it. You don’t need to trust your beta reader as a friend, you just need to know them enough to sue them. I’m kidding, but think of it like driving. You could get into a car accident each time but somehow most people roll the dice and end up fine. No guarantees in life, but you’re at a 99% safety region. And even if it spreads around the Internet, you can always make a new draft and publish that. If the old one was posted online and ended up successful, you can do something new with it for publication. And also, many people will buy works they’ve enjoyed for free. Not all, not even most, but you’ll still be appreciated if you write something good that people like. | You could hire someone on fiverr. Yes, it'll cost you money but you should get a few benefits: - more detailed feedback than the average reader - a record of your exchange with the beta reader and a platform you can communicate with should anything go wrong - and most importantly for you, they would have no desire to share your work around because that just reflects badly on their professionalism. The only other alternative would be to find a writing group, ideally one that meets in person but that could take some time to find the right one. | 0 | 8,739 | 1.714286 | ||
yceq4b | writing_train | 0.77 | Those with trust issues, how did you handle beta readers? So to begin, let’s be clear, I realise people don’t have the time to be stealing peoples manuscripts that need tons of work with no personal interest to do so. I’m not so foolish as to believe I’ve written the next big thing that’s worth more than the paper it’s printed on. But I am a paranoid person, it’s an issue and one I try to work on, but unfortunately still very much apparent. My main concern is with my luck I’ll find the one reader who posts it all over the internet as a troll move which would make it effectively unpublishable. Will it happen? Most likely not, but I value the project more than I’m willing to risk that small chance. Ideally I’d want to know the beta reader enough to where i felt comfortable giving it to them, but that isn’t a very viable strategy if I want to get it out anytime this century. So I figured I’d ask a very common question for new writers (I’ve done my homework) but specifically share why I’m concerned, in the hopes of finding advice tailored to how I feel. | itlzwep | itmchtm | 1,666,631,159 | 1,666,636,010 | 5 | 12 | If you're really concerned, you could have a beta reader sign a non-disclosure agreement. This would make your seriousness about this matter clear and would allow you to collect damages if the agreement is breached. You can find templates for an NDA online. | You could hire someone on fiverr. Yes, it'll cost you money but you should get a few benefits: - more detailed feedback than the average reader - a record of your exchange with the beta reader and a platform you can communicate with should anything go wrong - and most importantly for you, they would have no desire to share your work around because that just reflects badly on their professionalism. The only other alternative would be to find a writing group, ideally one that meets in person but that could take some time to find the right one. | 0 | 4,851 | 2.4 | ||
yceq4b | writing_train | 0.77 | Those with trust issues, how did you handle beta readers? So to begin, let’s be clear, I realise people don’t have the time to be stealing peoples manuscripts that need tons of work with no personal interest to do so. I’m not so foolish as to believe I’ve written the next big thing that’s worth more than the paper it’s printed on. But I am a paranoid person, it’s an issue and one I try to work on, but unfortunately still very much apparent. My main concern is with my luck I’ll find the one reader who posts it all over the internet as a troll move which would make it effectively unpublishable. Will it happen? Most likely not, but I value the project more than I’m willing to risk that small chance. Ideally I’d want to know the beta reader enough to where i felt comfortable giving it to them, but that isn’t a very viable strategy if I want to get it out anytime this century. So I figured I’d ask a very common question for new writers (I’ve done my homework) but specifically share why I’m concerned, in the hopes of finding advice tailored to how I feel. | itm6cqh | itmchtm | 1,666,633,650 | 1,666,636,010 | 3 | 12 | You can register an unpublished work for copyright, even incomplete, for $45 and about 10 minutes online. The full processing of it takes about 3-6 months to complete, but it's a bonafide step you can take before sending it to beta readers. You've also got the receipts in how you've sent your work, assuming you didn't print it off and physically mail it to them. Maintaining your records of who you sent the file to and maintaining the original file you sent is a paper trail. I'm NAL, but if someone starts spreading your work that you entrusted (or even hired, preferably) them to review, you've got a pretty damning amount of evidence. | You could hire someone on fiverr. Yes, it'll cost you money but you should get a few benefits: - more detailed feedback than the average reader - a record of your exchange with the beta reader and a platform you can communicate with should anything go wrong - and most importantly for you, they would have no desire to share your work around because that just reflects badly on their professionalism. The only other alternative would be to find a writing group, ideally one that meets in person but that could take some time to find the right one. | 0 | 2,360 | 4 | ||
yceq4b | writing_train | 0.77 | Those with trust issues, how did you handle beta readers? So to begin, let’s be clear, I realise people don’t have the time to be stealing peoples manuscripts that need tons of work with no personal interest to do so. I’m not so foolish as to believe I’ve written the next big thing that’s worth more than the paper it’s printed on. But I am a paranoid person, it’s an issue and one I try to work on, but unfortunately still very much apparent. My main concern is with my luck I’ll find the one reader who posts it all over the internet as a troll move which would make it effectively unpublishable. Will it happen? Most likely not, but I value the project more than I’m willing to risk that small chance. Ideally I’d want to know the beta reader enough to where i felt comfortable giving it to them, but that isn’t a very viable strategy if I want to get it out anytime this century. So I figured I’d ask a very common question for new writers (I’ve done my homework) but specifically share why I’m concerned, in the hopes of finding advice tailored to how I feel. | itmchtm | itlycly | 1,666,636,010 | 1,666,630,560 | 12 | 2 | You could hire someone on fiverr. Yes, it'll cost you money but you should get a few benefits: - more detailed feedback than the average reader - a record of your exchange with the beta reader and a platform you can communicate with should anything go wrong - and most importantly for you, they would have no desire to share your work around because that just reflects badly on their professionalism. The only other alternative would be to find a writing group, ideally one that meets in person but that could take some time to find the right one. | I use a tough love professional beta reader for my first draft, and after reworking I get my dad to read it. | 1 | 5,450 | 6 | ||
yceq4b | writing_train | 0.77 | Those with trust issues, how did you handle beta readers? So to begin, let’s be clear, I realise people don’t have the time to be stealing peoples manuscripts that need tons of work with no personal interest to do so. I’m not so foolish as to believe I’ve written the next big thing that’s worth more than the paper it’s printed on. But I am a paranoid person, it’s an issue and one I try to work on, but unfortunately still very much apparent. My main concern is with my luck I’ll find the one reader who posts it all over the internet as a troll move which would make it effectively unpublishable. Will it happen? Most likely not, but I value the project more than I’m willing to risk that small chance. Ideally I’d want to know the beta reader enough to where i felt comfortable giving it to them, but that isn’t a very viable strategy if I want to get it out anytime this century. So I figured I’d ask a very common question for new writers (I’ve done my homework) but specifically share why I’m concerned, in the hopes of finding advice tailored to how I feel. | itmchtm | itmaogu | 1,666,636,010 | 1,666,635,315 | 12 | 0 | You could hire someone on fiverr. Yes, it'll cost you money but you should get a few benefits: - more detailed feedback than the average reader - a record of your exchange with the beta reader and a platform you can communicate with should anything go wrong - and most importantly for you, they would have no desire to share your work around because that just reflects badly on their professionalism. The only other alternative would be to find a writing group, ideally one that meets in person but that could take some time to find the right one. | No offense but no one cares that much... | 1 | 695 | 12,000 | ||
yceq4b | writing_train | 0.77 | Those with trust issues, how did you handle beta readers? So to begin, let’s be clear, I realise people don’t have the time to be stealing peoples manuscripts that need tons of work with no personal interest to do so. I’m not so foolish as to believe I’ve written the next big thing that’s worth more than the paper it’s printed on. But I am a paranoid person, it’s an issue and one I try to work on, but unfortunately still very much apparent. My main concern is with my luck I’ll find the one reader who posts it all over the internet as a troll move which would make it effectively unpublishable. Will it happen? Most likely not, but I value the project more than I’m willing to risk that small chance. Ideally I’d want to know the beta reader enough to where i felt comfortable giving it to them, but that isn’t a very viable strategy if I want to get it out anytime this century. So I figured I’d ask a very common question for new writers (I’ve done my homework) but specifically share why I’m concerned, in the hopes of finding advice tailored to how I feel. | itludby | itlpza9 | 1,666,629,013 | 1,666,627,271 | 8 | 7 | I’m no help, but similar with my trust issues and wanted to let you know that you aren’t alone. I’m also subscribed to see what help people offer. 😀 | In some countries, just completing your creative work already entitles you to the ownership of it. You don’t need to trust your beta reader as a friend, you just need to know them enough to sue them. I’m kidding, but think of it like driving. You could get into a car accident each time but somehow most people roll the dice and end up fine. No guarantees in life, but you’re at a 99% safety region. And even if it spreads around the Internet, you can always make a new draft and publish that. If the old one was posted online and ended up successful, you can do something new with it for publication. And also, many people will buy works they’ve enjoyed for free. Not all, not even most, but you’ll still be appreciated if you write something good that people like. | 1 | 1,742 | 1.142857 | ||
yceq4b | writing_train | 0.77 | Those with trust issues, how did you handle beta readers? So to begin, let’s be clear, I realise people don’t have the time to be stealing peoples manuscripts that need tons of work with no personal interest to do so. I’m not so foolish as to believe I’ve written the next big thing that’s worth more than the paper it’s printed on. But I am a paranoid person, it’s an issue and one I try to work on, but unfortunately still very much apparent. My main concern is with my luck I’ll find the one reader who posts it all over the internet as a troll move which would make it effectively unpublishable. Will it happen? Most likely not, but I value the project more than I’m willing to risk that small chance. Ideally I’d want to know the beta reader enough to where i felt comfortable giving it to them, but that isn’t a very viable strategy if I want to get it out anytime this century. So I figured I’d ask a very common question for new writers (I’ve done my homework) but specifically share why I’m concerned, in the hopes of finding advice tailored to how I feel. | itlzwep | itlycly | 1,666,631,159 | 1,666,630,560 | 5 | 2 | If you're really concerned, you could have a beta reader sign a non-disclosure agreement. This would make your seriousness about this matter clear and would allow you to collect damages if the agreement is breached. You can find templates for an NDA online. | I use a tough love professional beta reader for my first draft, and after reworking I get my dad to read it. | 1 | 599 | 2.5 | ||
yceq4b | writing_train | 0.77 | Those with trust issues, how did you handle beta readers? So to begin, let’s be clear, I realise people don’t have the time to be stealing peoples manuscripts that need tons of work with no personal interest to do so. I’m not so foolish as to believe I’ve written the next big thing that’s worth more than the paper it’s printed on. But I am a paranoid person, it’s an issue and one I try to work on, but unfortunately still very much apparent. My main concern is with my luck I’ll find the one reader who posts it all over the internet as a troll move which would make it effectively unpublishable. Will it happen? Most likely not, but I value the project more than I’m willing to risk that small chance. Ideally I’d want to know the beta reader enough to where i felt comfortable giving it to them, but that isn’t a very viable strategy if I want to get it out anytime this century. So I figured I’d ask a very common question for new writers (I’ve done my homework) but specifically share why I’m concerned, in the hopes of finding advice tailored to how I feel. | itow67q | itm6cqh | 1,666,677,907 | 1,666,633,650 | 4 | 3 | Your feelings are valid regardless of whether or not they're justified. I'm an editor so I handle people's unpublished work all the time. I make us both sign a standard NDA, for both our sake. That way we're very clear on the fact that it's a work environment and privacy should be treated seriously. I'm happy to share the NDA I use if you want it, and also some phrasing re: how this is for both parties' benefit, really, which will make it a lot more likely that a beta reader will happily sign it. They don't want their comments publicly shared and mocked, either. | You can register an unpublished work for copyright, even incomplete, for $45 and about 10 minutes online. The full processing of it takes about 3-6 months to complete, but it's a bonafide step you can take before sending it to beta readers. You've also got the receipts in how you've sent your work, assuming you didn't print it off and physically mail it to them. Maintaining your records of who you sent the file to and maintaining the original file you sent is a paper trail. I'm NAL, but if someone starts spreading your work that you entrusted (or even hired, preferably) them to review, you've got a pretty damning amount of evidence. | 1 | 44,257 | 1.333333 | ||
yceq4b | writing_train | 0.77 | Those with trust issues, how did you handle beta readers? So to begin, let’s be clear, I realise people don’t have the time to be stealing peoples manuscripts that need tons of work with no personal interest to do so. I’m not so foolish as to believe I’ve written the next big thing that’s worth more than the paper it’s printed on. But I am a paranoid person, it’s an issue and one I try to work on, but unfortunately still very much apparent. My main concern is with my luck I’ll find the one reader who posts it all over the internet as a troll move which would make it effectively unpublishable. Will it happen? Most likely not, but I value the project more than I’m willing to risk that small chance. Ideally I’d want to know the beta reader enough to where i felt comfortable giving it to them, but that isn’t a very viable strategy if I want to get it out anytime this century. So I figured I’d ask a very common question for new writers (I’ve done my homework) but specifically share why I’m concerned, in the hopes of finding advice tailored to how I feel. | itlycly | itow67q | 1,666,630,560 | 1,666,677,907 | 2 | 4 | I use a tough love professional beta reader for my first draft, and after reworking I get my dad to read it. | Your feelings are valid regardless of whether or not they're justified. I'm an editor so I handle people's unpublished work all the time. I make us both sign a standard NDA, for both our sake. That way we're very clear on the fact that it's a work environment and privacy should be treated seriously. I'm happy to share the NDA I use if you want it, and also some phrasing re: how this is for both parties' benefit, really, which will make it a lot more likely that a beta reader will happily sign it. They don't want their comments publicly shared and mocked, either. | 0 | 47,347 | 2 | ||
yceq4b | writing_train | 0.77 | Those with trust issues, how did you handle beta readers? So to begin, let’s be clear, I realise people don’t have the time to be stealing peoples manuscripts that need tons of work with no personal interest to do so. I’m not so foolish as to believe I’ve written the next big thing that’s worth more than the paper it’s printed on. But I am a paranoid person, it’s an issue and one I try to work on, but unfortunately still very much apparent. My main concern is with my luck I’ll find the one reader who posts it all over the internet as a troll move which would make it effectively unpublishable. Will it happen? Most likely not, but I value the project more than I’m willing to risk that small chance. Ideally I’d want to know the beta reader enough to where i felt comfortable giving it to them, but that isn’t a very viable strategy if I want to get it out anytime this century. So I figured I’d ask a very common question for new writers (I’ve done my homework) but specifically share why I’m concerned, in the hopes of finding advice tailored to how I feel. | itmzhfe | itow67q | 1,666,644,845 | 1,666,677,907 | 1 | 4 | Pay for a beta reader who has a good reputation. | Your feelings are valid regardless of whether or not they're justified. I'm an editor so I handle people's unpublished work all the time. I make us both sign a standard NDA, for both our sake. That way we're very clear on the fact that it's a work environment and privacy should be treated seriously. I'm happy to share the NDA I use if you want it, and also some phrasing re: how this is for both parties' benefit, really, which will make it a lot more likely that a beta reader will happily sign it. They don't want their comments publicly shared and mocked, either. | 0 | 33,062 | 4 | ||
yceq4b | writing_train | 0.77 | Those with trust issues, how did you handle beta readers? So to begin, let’s be clear, I realise people don’t have the time to be stealing peoples manuscripts that need tons of work with no personal interest to do so. I’m not so foolish as to believe I’ve written the next big thing that’s worth more than the paper it’s printed on. But I am a paranoid person, it’s an issue and one I try to work on, but unfortunately still very much apparent. My main concern is with my luck I’ll find the one reader who posts it all over the internet as a troll move which would make it effectively unpublishable. Will it happen? Most likely not, but I value the project more than I’m willing to risk that small chance. Ideally I’d want to know the beta reader enough to where i felt comfortable giving it to them, but that isn’t a very viable strategy if I want to get it out anytime this century. So I figured I’d ask a very common question for new writers (I’ve done my homework) but specifically share why I’m concerned, in the hopes of finding advice tailored to how I feel. | itow67q | itmaogu | 1,666,677,907 | 1,666,635,315 | 4 | 0 | Your feelings are valid regardless of whether or not they're justified. I'm an editor so I handle people's unpublished work all the time. I make us both sign a standard NDA, for both our sake. That way we're very clear on the fact that it's a work environment and privacy should be treated seriously. I'm happy to share the NDA I use if you want it, and also some phrasing re: how this is for both parties' benefit, really, which will make it a lot more likely that a beta reader will happily sign it. They don't want their comments publicly shared and mocked, either. | No offense but no one cares that much... | 1 | 42,592 | 4,000 | ||
yceq4b | writing_train | 0.77 | Those with trust issues, how did you handle beta readers? So to begin, let’s be clear, I realise people don’t have the time to be stealing peoples manuscripts that need tons of work with no personal interest to do so. I’m not so foolish as to believe I’ve written the next big thing that’s worth more than the paper it’s printed on. But I am a paranoid person, it’s an issue and one I try to work on, but unfortunately still very much apparent. My main concern is with my luck I’ll find the one reader who posts it all over the internet as a troll move which would make it effectively unpublishable. Will it happen? Most likely not, but I value the project more than I’m willing to risk that small chance. Ideally I’d want to know the beta reader enough to where i felt comfortable giving it to them, but that isn’t a very viable strategy if I want to get it out anytime this century. So I figured I’d ask a very common question for new writers (I’ve done my homework) but specifically share why I’m concerned, in the hopes of finding advice tailored to how I feel. | itnha5s | itow67q | 1,666,652,378 | 1,666,677,907 | 0 | 4 | The odds that your fully finished manuscript will be published are slim, so what are the odds a stolen, unfinished work taken by a hack thief will? 0 And if it does, lucky you! Get a lawyer and make bank. | Your feelings are valid regardless of whether or not they're justified. I'm an editor so I handle people's unpublished work all the time. I make us both sign a standard NDA, for both our sake. That way we're very clear on the fact that it's a work environment and privacy should be treated seriously. I'm happy to share the NDA I use if you want it, and also some phrasing re: how this is for both parties' benefit, really, which will make it a lot more likely that a beta reader will happily sign it. They don't want their comments publicly shared and mocked, either. | 0 | 25,529 | 4,000 | ||
yceq4b | writing_train | 0.77 | Those with trust issues, how did you handle beta readers? So to begin, let’s be clear, I realise people don’t have the time to be stealing peoples manuscripts that need tons of work with no personal interest to do so. I’m not so foolish as to believe I’ve written the next big thing that’s worth more than the paper it’s printed on. But I am a paranoid person, it’s an issue and one I try to work on, but unfortunately still very much apparent. My main concern is with my luck I’ll find the one reader who posts it all over the internet as a troll move which would make it effectively unpublishable. Will it happen? Most likely not, but I value the project more than I’m willing to risk that small chance. Ideally I’d want to know the beta reader enough to where i felt comfortable giving it to them, but that isn’t a very viable strategy if I want to get it out anytime this century. So I figured I’d ask a very common question for new writers (I’ve done my homework) but specifically share why I’m concerned, in the hopes of finding advice tailored to how I feel. | itm6cqh | itlycly | 1,666,633,650 | 1,666,630,560 | 3 | 2 | You can register an unpublished work for copyright, even incomplete, for $45 and about 10 minutes online. The full processing of it takes about 3-6 months to complete, but it's a bonafide step you can take before sending it to beta readers. You've also got the receipts in how you've sent your work, assuming you didn't print it off and physically mail it to them. Maintaining your records of who you sent the file to and maintaining the original file you sent is a paper trail. I'm NAL, but if someone starts spreading your work that you entrusted (or even hired, preferably) them to review, you've got a pretty damning amount of evidence. | I use a tough love professional beta reader for my first draft, and after reworking I get my dad to read it. | 1 | 3,090 | 1.5 | ||
yceq4b | writing_train | 0.77 | Those with trust issues, how did you handle beta readers? So to begin, let’s be clear, I realise people don’t have the time to be stealing peoples manuscripts that need tons of work with no personal interest to do so. I’m not so foolish as to believe I’ve written the next big thing that’s worth more than the paper it’s printed on. But I am a paranoid person, it’s an issue and one I try to work on, but unfortunately still very much apparent. My main concern is with my luck I’ll find the one reader who posts it all over the internet as a troll move which would make it effectively unpublishable. Will it happen? Most likely not, but I value the project more than I’m willing to risk that small chance. Ideally I’d want to know the beta reader enough to where i felt comfortable giving it to them, but that isn’t a very viable strategy if I want to get it out anytime this century. So I figured I’d ask a very common question for new writers (I’ve done my homework) but specifically share why I’m concerned, in the hopes of finding advice tailored to how I feel. | itmaogu | itmzhfe | 1,666,635,315 | 1,666,644,845 | 0 | 1 | No offense but no one cares that much... | Pay for a beta reader who has a good reputation. | 0 | 9,530 | 1,000 | ||
yceq4b | writing_train | 0.77 | Those with trust issues, how did you handle beta readers? So to begin, let’s be clear, I realise people don’t have the time to be stealing peoples manuscripts that need tons of work with no personal interest to do so. I’m not so foolish as to believe I’ve written the next big thing that’s worth more than the paper it’s printed on. But I am a paranoid person, it’s an issue and one I try to work on, but unfortunately still very much apparent. My main concern is with my luck I’ll find the one reader who posts it all over the internet as a troll move which would make it effectively unpublishable. Will it happen? Most likely not, but I value the project more than I’m willing to risk that small chance. Ideally I’d want to know the beta reader enough to where i felt comfortable giving it to them, but that isn’t a very viable strategy if I want to get it out anytime this century. So I figured I’d ask a very common question for new writers (I’ve done my homework) but specifically share why I’m concerned, in the hopes of finding advice tailored to how I feel. | itqwowh | itmaogu | 1,666,718,621 | 1,666,635,315 | 1 | 0 | I'm going to second what someone else said but in a less corrosive way and that is that you have to consider how many years it took for Harry Potter to get off the ground, and it's because no one cared for a very long time. The truth is, the majority also only like something if everyone else does, so until you build proper traction, the only person who thinks your story is worth plagiarising is yourself. When pitching to agents, some suggest you try to find comparisons in other stories so that you can sell your story as a cross between blah blah and blah blah, meaning your job later on is to possibly find similarities with other stories. Very rarely is anything original and even more rare is for someone to consider something of value unless it's gone viral first. If you're a great writer (so great someone may want to steal your idea) it couldn't be mimicked so easily and they won't have your style or ability. In my opinion, you're pretty safe. If you've never had a beta reader before, I suggest you start with sharing a few chapters first and get feedback and then go from there, because if you're this close to your writing that you think someone might steal it... You might get a shock if someone thinks your work isn't even good enough to finish beta reading. | No offense but no one cares that much... | 1 | 83,306 | 1,000 | ||
yceq4b | writing_train | 0.77 | Those with trust issues, how did you handle beta readers? So to begin, let’s be clear, I realise people don’t have the time to be stealing peoples manuscripts that need tons of work with no personal interest to do so. I’m not so foolish as to believe I’ve written the next big thing that’s worth more than the paper it’s printed on. But I am a paranoid person, it’s an issue and one I try to work on, but unfortunately still very much apparent. My main concern is with my luck I’ll find the one reader who posts it all over the internet as a troll move which would make it effectively unpublishable. Will it happen? Most likely not, but I value the project more than I’m willing to risk that small chance. Ideally I’d want to know the beta reader enough to where i felt comfortable giving it to them, but that isn’t a very viable strategy if I want to get it out anytime this century. So I figured I’d ask a very common question for new writers (I’ve done my homework) but specifically share why I’m concerned, in the hopes of finding advice tailored to how I feel. | itnha5s | itqwowh | 1,666,652,378 | 1,666,718,621 | 0 | 1 | The odds that your fully finished manuscript will be published are slim, so what are the odds a stolen, unfinished work taken by a hack thief will? 0 And if it does, lucky you! Get a lawyer and make bank. | I'm going to second what someone else said but in a less corrosive way and that is that you have to consider how many years it took for Harry Potter to get off the ground, and it's because no one cared for a very long time. The truth is, the majority also only like something if everyone else does, so until you build proper traction, the only person who thinks your story is worth plagiarising is yourself. When pitching to agents, some suggest you try to find comparisons in other stories so that you can sell your story as a cross between blah blah and blah blah, meaning your job later on is to possibly find similarities with other stories. Very rarely is anything original and even more rare is for someone to consider something of value unless it's gone viral first. If you're a great writer (so great someone may want to steal your idea) it couldn't be mimicked so easily and they won't have your style or ability. In my opinion, you're pretty safe. If you've never had a beta reader before, I suggest you start with sharing a few chapters first and get feedback and then go from there, because if you're this close to your writing that you think someone might steal it... You might get a shock if someone thinks your work isn't even good enough to finish beta reading. | 0 | 66,243 | 1,000 | ||
yceq4b | writing_train | 0.77 | Those with trust issues, how did you handle beta readers? So to begin, let’s be clear, I realise people don’t have the time to be stealing peoples manuscripts that need tons of work with no personal interest to do so. I’m not so foolish as to believe I’ve written the next big thing that’s worth more than the paper it’s printed on. But I am a paranoid person, it’s an issue and one I try to work on, but unfortunately still very much apparent. My main concern is with my luck I’ll find the one reader who posts it all over the internet as a troll move which would make it effectively unpublishable. Will it happen? Most likely not, but I value the project more than I’m willing to risk that small chance. Ideally I’d want to know the beta reader enough to where i felt comfortable giving it to them, but that isn’t a very viable strategy if I want to get it out anytime this century. So I figured I’d ask a very common question for new writers (I’ve done my homework) but specifically share why I’m concerned, in the hopes of finding advice tailored to how I feel. | itqwowh | itq095a | 1,666,718,621 | 1,666,705,678 | 1 | 0 | I'm going to second what someone else said but in a less corrosive way and that is that you have to consider how many years it took for Harry Potter to get off the ground, and it's because no one cared for a very long time. The truth is, the majority also only like something if everyone else does, so until you build proper traction, the only person who thinks your story is worth plagiarising is yourself. When pitching to agents, some suggest you try to find comparisons in other stories so that you can sell your story as a cross between blah blah and blah blah, meaning your job later on is to possibly find similarities with other stories. Very rarely is anything original and even more rare is for someone to consider something of value unless it's gone viral first. If you're a great writer (so great someone may want to steal your idea) it couldn't be mimicked so easily and they won't have your style or ability. In my opinion, you're pretty safe. If you've never had a beta reader before, I suggest you start with sharing a few chapters first and get feedback and then go from there, because if you're this close to your writing that you think someone might steal it... You might get a shock if someone thinks your work isn't even good enough to finish beta reading. | You either need trusted critique partners for MS swaps, or a professional's help to work on this anxiety, or both. | 1 | 12,943 | 1,000 | ||
o51t11 | writing_train | 0.92 | How do you deal with feeling intimidated by the complexity of your own story? This probably sounds stupid, but I feel like it has something to do with my problem with socializing in real life. It gets intimidating once I start getting my main character interacting with the world and new characters. I feel genuinely anxious even though my character is pretty neurotypical and has no problem socializing compared to myself. | h2kh00l | h2kn03z | 1,624,302,331 | 1,624,305,077 | 5 | 13 | Seems you may need to plan things out. Make a simple timeline of events. If things end up not following the timeline then alter it and think about how events would unfold. If you like the new direction, keep writing. If not, go back and think about it some more. When you nail down what you like, type like a mad fool gleefully climbing a mountain to kill a god he's had a disagreement with for the last twenty years and wants to get the last laugh. | It definitely is common to be intimidated this way in complex stories. Also frustrated, etc. One way to try to combat it is, try to take all the pressure off yourself by just "allowing" yourself to write bad/non-working interactions that just come spur of the moment, naturally flowing etc. Then judge them afterwards (the scene you wrote, etc) and you can always delete it entirely or rework it, etc. But in the actual act of writing the scene, just go into this flow mode where you completely block out all mental insecurities, frustrations, intimidations etc and allow yourself to just stream of consciousness style, blurt out the scene and allow the characters to do what feels natural and organic. Then afterwards you can always turn on the internal editor in yourself and judge the scene and fix it up or remove it entirely, but the important part is in the act of writing the scene, experiment with just letting it flow stream of consciousness where you allow the characters to just do whatever they want to do while blocking out all outside thoughts | 0 | 2,746 | 2.6 | ||
o51t11 | writing_train | 0.92 | How do you deal with feeling intimidated by the complexity of your own story? This probably sounds stupid, but I feel like it has something to do with my problem with socializing in real life. It gets intimidating once I start getting my main character interacting with the world and new characters. I feel genuinely anxious even though my character is pretty neurotypical and has no problem socializing compared to myself. | h2lhilf | h2m44jr | 1,624,320,048 | 1,624,332,683 | 1 | 2 | I've been working on a story on and off for a few years and something I regularly return to is the design of my book's front and back cover. I haven't updated the art but something I find myself refining is the blurb on the back and the tagline on the front. I believe that if I can present a clear idea of what I'm promising to the reader, what I want to sell to them, then I know what I need to deliver. An issue I recognised was that my blurb wasn't really a blurb, it was just a very short summary of what happens. I'd get so excited trying to explain all the important juicy details, I would explain too much and blow the story's load before I'd even warmed it up a bit. Once I removed the stuff I was going to label as "Spoilers", I was now able to pose a whole bunch of dramatic questions that would only be resolved by opening up this story I'd written. Something else I've done to better understand the characters in my story is to define the relationshop each important character has with every other important charcter. How they feel about them and vice versa. The larger your cast, the more character dynamics you can define and explore. | when you are intimidated by the grand scope of things. Don't look at the big picture. You need to break it down into small doable bits. and concentrate on the small part you are working on and no more. You may be working on a vast epic, but you are concentrating on only the part where a small girl meets a dragon. write only that part and then go on to the next small bit. | 0 | 12,635 | 2 | ||
o51t11 | writing_train | 0.92 | How do you deal with feeling intimidated by the complexity of your own story? This probably sounds stupid, but I feel like it has something to do with my problem with socializing in real life. It gets intimidating once I start getting my main character interacting with the world and new characters. I feel genuinely anxious even though my character is pretty neurotypical and has no problem socializing compared to myself. | h2lhilf | h2mguiu | 1,624,320,048 | 1,624,341,643 | 1 | 2 | I've been working on a story on and off for a few years and something I regularly return to is the design of my book's front and back cover. I haven't updated the art but something I find myself refining is the blurb on the back and the tagline on the front. I believe that if I can present a clear idea of what I'm promising to the reader, what I want to sell to them, then I know what I need to deliver. An issue I recognised was that my blurb wasn't really a blurb, it was just a very short summary of what happens. I'd get so excited trying to explain all the important juicy details, I would explain too much and blow the story's load before I'd even warmed it up a bit. Once I removed the stuff I was going to label as "Spoilers", I was now able to pose a whole bunch of dramatic questions that would only be resolved by opening up this story I'd written. Something else I've done to better understand the characters in my story is to define the relationshop each important character has with every other important charcter. How they feel about them and vice versa. The larger your cast, the more character dynamics you can define and explore. | I can definitely feel pretty intimidated by my novel. More so for the plot complexity and just the enormity of it all. I find it helps me to just remember that I only have to write a little at a time. I don't have to write it all now, and I don't have to have it all figured out now. That's what editing is for. Looking at the big picture can be overwhelming so I try to only do it when necessary | 0 | 21,595 | 2 | ||
xd4l1u | writing_train | 0.8 | How to write consistently without giving up halfway through the book that you are writing Here’s a few suggestions to keep up your momentum: 1. Don’t go back and reread or rewrite the earlier chapters until you have a first draft. Not only does that pull away time you need for writing new material, it puts your mind in editing mode, not writing mode, which then kills your progress. 2. Try not to stop writing at the end of a scene or the end of a chapter. Even if you are almost done for the day when you get to such a natural ending point, try to pen at least a few paragraphs for the next scene or chapter. That gives you a leg up when you come back to start writing, but, more importantly, focuses your subconscious mind on the new beginning, rather than the ending, between writing sessions. 3. Whenever you are in a writing groove and the words are flowing well, don’t stop for anything until you are too tired to continue. If you write a lot when you are inspired and enthusiastic, there will be less to write when you are uninspired, but committed to grinding out some text. 4. Know where you are going and at least a couple of things you want to do along the way. Mid-book doldrums can be a sign of not knowing what you really want or need to come next. 5. If you feel stuck, skip ahead to a scene that excites you more, then come back and see what you need to do to set up that bit you’ve already written. | io9ln26 | io9ngpr | 1,663,081,540 | 1,663,082,228 | 5 | 11 | I have written 12 books, 2 novels. My approach is to write the story from start to finish. That is typically 10 - 20,000 words over the course of a week or two. Then I fill-in the content which can take a year longer. Then you move into the firs edit ............... | Just knowing that the middle is usually the hardest part, and it that it gets easier later on, helps. I write my chapters sequentially. Each chapter builds on *everything* that came before. A minor incident can evolve unexpectedly into a running gag or a turning point several chapters later. If I skip ahead, I break my continuity and lose chances for serendipity. The story becomes flatter. I hate that. So I end up discarding the out-of-order chapters. This leaves me boxed in. Just because writing the middle sometimes feels like pushing through a brick wall doesn't mean that I won't break through or that the chapters won't be worth it. Having done all this before, I know I can and will push through that damned wall, and the sooner the better, since the last part of the book tends to be tremendous fun. | 0 | 688 | 2.2 |
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