Recent content by RK Wallis

The for posting, Lyse. I love John Cleese!

Halfway through this vlog, Alyssa talks about how taking on board GOOD feedback can help develop you voice. So, I challenge us all to help strengthen one another's writing and voices. When you critique someone else's MS, push yourself to point out MORE of what is working than you ever have...

It's here: The Lab You click on Forums up the top of this screen, then go down until you see 'The Writing Lab.' Hope that helps :)

I liked Throne of Glass by Sarah Maas but everything I've heard about 'the court of...series' has been pretty awful, so I haven't wasted my money, and you're confirming it's worse than I imagined.

We're not LISTENING to the opinion of readers, we're WRITING to a particular audience (that doesn't mean we don't listen to beta readers, we do. We just balance their comments against the needs of our targeted audience). Maybe I'm not making my understanding clear enough, so let's look at King's...

I'm sorry, PJ, I have to disagree with you, but I feel like you're missing a piece of the writer's puzzle, and I totally understand that because I'm totally missing some too, but this one I get 80% ( there's always more nuance to learn). Take a step back, breathe and forget that you disagree...

Welcome aboard @JGTurla :) What a great title! Agent Pete used to have a Youtube channel called Pop Ups and this episode had a top children's book editor on as a guest: Great advice from Julie!

I'm with @Bloo and @Aethalope . I'm thinking the same thing. The more you focus writing on your particular audience, the more you're characters POP :) And if they love it, that audience becomes your word of mouth. I love that Andy Weir vlog. He's awesome :)

A month already? Sign me up :)

Congrats!!! How exciting :bottle-with-popping-cork::clapping-hands:🥳

But like medical studies test a small sample of the population for indications of results, so is Querytracker a tool for writers to see a sample of what people are writing. Like @Hannah Faoileán says though, good concepts pop out from the crowd :)