If I have learned nothing else about myself in my 11 years in one fandom or another, it's that I need constant validation for my writing
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I think it's not just validation but the idea bouncing process that comes with having a beta in a fandom you like. Maybe?
One word at a time... so true, so frustrating. Makes my 63 words yesterday sound better. Too bad they weren't on an original story. I've got a few of those in my head too but I have such a hard time getting them written.
Maybe you could sell your idea, but not for as much as you could make off the book if you wrote it!
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Part b: I wish I knew, I really wish I knew. But I think maybe it starts with writing it, lol, and that's generally where I fail. :-P
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Part b: I asked someone at work how to write a novel and her immediate response was "One word a at a time."
...this is both brilliant and depressing advice. But really. My idea is brilliant. Why can't I just sell it to someone and then they write it?
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One word at a time... so true, so frustrating. Makes my 63 words yesterday sound better. Too bad they weren't on an original story. I've got a few of those in my head too but I have such a hard time getting them written.
Maybe you could sell your idea, but not for as much as you could make off the book if you wrote it!
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Also, WRITE EET.
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