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Fri Mar 19, 2010 4:05 am
Tassen Spellbinder says...



So, I'm seriously thinking about trying to get some of my work published some day. If I dump a novel on here, could that conceivably have copyright issues later?
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Fri Mar 19, 2010 4:11 am
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Tassen Spellbinder wrote:So, I'm seriously thinking about trying to get some of my work published some day. If I dump a novel on here, could that conceivably have copyright issues later?


Check out http://www.writinggooder.com where I just covered this.

I think what you mean is not copyright but publication rights. But since you're in the USA, you don't need to worry since something is only considered published under American law once it changes hands.
  





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Fri Mar 19, 2010 5:33 am
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First, I had no idea that that had just been put up on writegooder. Second, that post is so incredibly useful! Thanks a million!
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Tassen Spellbinder wrote:First, I had no idea that that had just been put up on writegooder. Second, that post is so incredibly useful! Thanks a million!


Haha, I didn't think you did. I just find it funny that I just wrote up about it and so had an instant resource ready for you!

Glad to hear you found it useful.
  





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Tue Oct 05, 2010 9:39 pm
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I know this is probably a stupid question, but are there any preferred ways to critique on here? A certain format? Like, on chapter-by-chapter novels, people usually nitpick, then go into characters/grammar/description et cetera, then give an overall. I was just wondering what people expect of your reviews on here.

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Wed Oct 06, 2010 1:04 pm
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It's very much open to your own style to be honest. I tend to go for the nit-pick, a quick sum up at the end of each chapter and then overall thoughts and advice at the end of the novel, but whatever you feel comfortable with.
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Sat Mar 12, 2011 9:26 pm
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*Raises Hand*

So, now that we've discovered how awesome WriterFeedPad is, I was wonderinf if instead of uploading a document, one could post a link to a WFP instead. It would mean not having to download, and avoiding compatability issues with different software. It also means all the suggestions will be on the same document so reviewers won't end up repeating the same things.

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Sat Mar 12, 2011 9:29 pm
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Tenyo ->> That sounds like a great idea to me.
  





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Sat Mar 12, 2011 10:59 pm
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Oooh I like! Sounds like a plan to me :)
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Sat Mar 26, 2011 10:24 pm
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So, I have a novel that I'm working on and it's not done yet. However, The first half of it is over 20,000 words. Could I post the first half here? Or do I have to wait until it's completely done?
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Sat Mar 26, 2011 10:44 pm
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You can post the first half here!
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Sun Mar 27, 2011 7:48 pm
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Just saying, to tori, if the first HALF is only 20,000 words (Making 40,000 its finished count) , it is only a novella. Im pretty sure the lowest it is considered a novel is around 60,000 words.
  





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Tue Mar 29, 2011 12:56 am
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Really? I thought it was 45000. Huh.
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ToritheMonster wrote:Really? I thought it was 45000. Huh.


I think a YA 'novel' can be even around 30K. Half of Fleming's Bond books are around 50K and are certainly novels, not novellas. But, of course, what counts is not what is a novel in theory, but what is a novel in the minds of the publishers to whom you try to sell. Most publishers who accept unagented submissions mention 70K and 80K as the minimum wordcount for them, although a few smaller houses accept 60K and 50K. Some of the bigger ones like Baen accept from 100K onwards.

But that's the speculative fiction people, I don't know about the lit-lit people.

...But I very much believe that once the 60K novel has lain for a while and then you have a go at it with a fresh eye, the editing will soon turn into expansion of certain sections and inclusion of various descriptions, and before you know it the 60K had gone to 70K and 80K in the blink of a monitor.
  





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Mon Sep 12, 2011 3:13 am
Idraax says...



Two quick questions.

1. Is this only for original novels/novellas?

2. If we have done a critique on a work that has since been taken off/deleted, does it still count?
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