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Almost three years on from when I first started... Still working on this. Slow and steady.

Following on from my update two days ago: I started the first draft of Act Two today. Even though I only dedicated two hours of my day to writing, I ...

Update (nine months later!): This is still happening. I'm at around 20,000 words now and I've completed my first draft of the first act. I feel I've learnt a lot ...

I have no experience in it myself, but there seems to be lots of information available at Amazon as a starting point.

Just about hit 10,500 words, and in doing so I'm closing out Chapter Four. I've averaged about 1,000 words a month since I started this journal. Not fantastic speed, but ...

Update: I've edited a fair chunk of Chapter One, which included some substantial re-writing where it was needed. Much, much better. I'm feeling happier with the project as a whole ...

It’s been a while, so here’s an update. Progress has been slow. Very slow. Life has been busy, which is an issue, but not the main issue. The main issue ...

The story in more detail: Best friends Clara and Eve will be going to universities on opposite sides of the country, so they’re going to have one last party together. ...

As I am struggling to make good progress on my current novel, I thought I would set up a journal* to chronicle my progress to help motivate me and/or vent ...

I'm not sure it's possible for me to disagree with this advice more. 'Said' is the best word to use 99% of the time. Anything else draws attention away from ...

Hi Tigersmoon. Your idea has potential. My main concern at this point is that I feel I've encountered a few stories where people are being hunted down because they have ...

Does it help with the confusion if I tweak the language I'm using? "A teenager must rescue her last surviving friend, who has been snatched away by a dark god, ...

Thank you very much to each and every one of you. The feedback I've received has been invaluable. After much musing, I've reworked the one sentence summary: "A teenager must ...

Hi guys, I've put together a one sentence summary of a YA sci-fi novel I'm thinking of writing. Would appreciate some (preferably brutally honest ) opinions on it before I ...

A starting point for you: