WHAT WAS I THINKING AND WHY DID I AGREE TO THIS?!??

[doctorv]

Listen up, cats and kiddies, an unparalleled opportunity has sprung up and if we work this right we both might just benefit

Comments

greetings from the interwebs :D

[taichara]

*meanders over from eliyes's LJ*

Hello! X3

Book writing and publishing, you say?

Acceptable formatting! Both for manuscript layouts, and the actual meat-and-potatoes writing; how eccentric can you get in how you write?

What actual functional definitions of "novel", "novella", etc. etc. are and how not to pigeonhole yourself into the wrong story length ...

Pacing yourself! Dealing with burnout X3

*thinks*

Appropriate cover letters -- or how to introduce yourself and your work if the publisher doesn't want a cover letter.

I may have more ideas later :3

[runenklinge]

let´s throw my hat into the ring....I hope it´s not too late now

- how to get out of writer´s block
- how people write: do they write chronologically or all over the place?
- what to do when the story runs away from you?
- writing on pc vs writing per hand
- a way to get published
- format transitions, fonts - what´s the standard for a "to be published" book?

...um....I hope that maybe some of this can help you
Good luck with this task! I hope you´ll manage it and then get paid for writing!

[themistoklis]

This would actually be incredibly useful.

-How to contact agents, how to find an agent, protocol and all that
-How to pitch your book
-Formatting -- for things like cover letters to agents, or publishers, or your actual story
-Maybe something about self-publishing with Lulu/Create Space?
-Then there's the steadfasts: good places to do research (like for foreign language phrases or about medicines or certain state laws, etc.), naming characters, brainstorming techniques

Best of luck to you <3

[freddie_mac]

fiction or non? For non, my dad had an old cliched maxim of "tell them what you're going to tell them, tell them, and tell them what you told them". Cliche, but it works for research papers, speeches, etc.
Fiction --- talk about world-building; character-building; the difference between telling and showing; character-driven or plot-driven stories and the differences therein; how to plot a story (small, medium, or long); etc.