ghuffman
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Hello! I'm happy to have found this corner of the writing world!
My name's Geoff, and I'm new here. I've been writing my first novel for years, breaking in between for some pretty monstrous, unrelated projects. I'm on the second draft of Apostasy and Rose, a low fantasy thriller, and I'm proud of the improvements I've made.
Of course, I want to eventually publish it =)
I was on Authonomy for a while with my novel's first draft, and got some really good, negative feedback. I say good because, for me, it was the truth, and made my writing stronger. Positive feedback was always nice, but it rarely made my writing better. I rewrote the whole damn book based on some of that feedback, and it's improved.
It was strange, during my last rewrite I set out to cut at least 20k words, and cut them, only to add back 20k, and then another 20k on top. Has anyone ever had that happen to them? I did the final count after finishing the draft last week: 160,000 words. So my thoughts are: Hire a freelance editor? Find an agent? Get more feedback? Start building a platform? Find beta readers?
Looking around for another community to participate in, I found this one, and I really like the vibe. I'm hoping to spend time contributing once I've figured out what form that might take. I feel like this is the right place to get some honest feedback, and if I can, give it. Also, there's another Geoff spelled with a G. So yeah, this feels right.
My name's Geoff, and I'm new here. I've been writing my first novel for years, breaking in between for some pretty monstrous, unrelated projects. I'm on the second draft of Apostasy and Rose, a low fantasy thriller, and I'm proud of the improvements I've made.
Of course, I want to eventually publish it =)
I was on Authonomy for a while with my novel's first draft, and got some really good, negative feedback. I say good because, for me, it was the truth, and made my writing stronger. Positive feedback was always nice, but it rarely made my writing better. I rewrote the whole damn book based on some of that feedback, and it's improved.
It was strange, during my last rewrite I set out to cut at least 20k words, and cut them, only to add back 20k, and then another 20k on top. Has anyone ever had that happen to them? I did the final count after finishing the draft last week: 160,000 words. So my thoughts are: Hire a freelance editor? Find an agent? Get more feedback? Start building a platform? Find beta readers?
Looking around for another community to participate in, I found this one, and I really like the vibe. I'm hoping to spend time contributing once I've figured out what form that might take. I feel like this is the right place to get some honest feedback, and if I can, give it. Also, there's another Geoff spelled with a G. So yeah, this feels right.