Recent content by RK Wallis

Welcome aboard @ImSorryDave :) Love reading different types of thrillers (Silence of the Lambs is awesome), but tried and can't write one. Hats off to you!

Yes, this. Totally. I do it too. What I've noticed......the average readers does not care for "good" writing. They don't care if the grammar is spot on. They don't care (within reason) if you tell. Or overuse ellipsis, or part of any bit of grammar. They want a character they can relate to in...

i use them for one of the same reasons as @Aethalope - I use Scrivener. Not sure if I'll keep these ones. I've played with them and without them on previous books. I'd say I'm on the fence :) What do your comp title authors do?

The way I look at subplots is best explained by looking at theme. Rather than me say, "this is how you do it," this tactic might throw up ideas that let you solve the problem how works for your novel. This vlog could give you ideas how to incorporate your subplot. Especially from 6:50 ...

Totally agree!

I'm reading the Wonderful Wizard of Oz. So different from the movie, but also not :)

I'm not saying we don't know grammar, but when you write your mind and fingers sometimes don't cooperate. When that happens, don't sweat the grammar besides: Where do scripts go wrong, language-wise, beyond the points already covered? Here I have no comprehensive answers, let alone data that...

I second this. I've done it and then edited my MS beyond recognition. Kept telling myself I needed to do it because I can't edit clutter and I didn't want to put a reader through a mess. However, through over a decade of critiquing, I've learnt no matter how much you edit, another writer will...

Welcome @RedSquiggle :) Last year, I submitted 51 queries (and I spent 2 years polishing the title, query, synopsis and pitch in Huddles) on my 2nd YA Fantasy. I got 2 requests for fulls. One was rejected, one I'm still waiting but it'll be a rejection. I've moved on and I'm halfway through a...

I missed this! What a great thread @LJ Beck :) 1. YouTube can be a great resource. 2. Resist the urge to explain. 3. To differentiate what sounds like "writing" and DELETE (kill those darlings): boil the story down to the action. 4. Readers are interested in reading about people and how...

I really connected with this teaching of writing:

Nice. Have you read The Midnight Library? That's great general fiction. Not sure I've read much magic realism. What would you recommend? Thriller is darn hard. Hats off to thriller writers :) MG is fun!

I'm writing MG this time. I've written romance, thriller, YA fantasy (x 2) and memoir. You?

I can only offer my own experience and what I've learnt. My book was picked up by an agent but then died on submission (my market was too niche and wouldn't have publishers enough money). My agent recommended self-publishing and that's what I did. I thought I had my book edited, but in...