Thread: Blessed Be!

Hello all! I am not exactly new to the group, I have been a member for a while. I am here to get as much information and advice as I can to hone a craft that at the moment is a hobby, as I have been told until I am published or someone pays for it that is all it is. I have dreams of where I can and will go, so I take it with a grain of salt. I have a couple of novels I am working on. I don't want to say I have hit a road block, because I know where I want them to go. However, I have a lot written for one and yet it does not seem to have gone anywhere yet. I have a few surprises thrown in for effect, but no real movement and I am not sure how to do that. Also, I don't have enough descriptive scenes. In the books that I read of the same genre or other genres I find so much description. Some authors too much description and others enough to draw you in and keep the story moving, I want the latter. The second novel I am not as concerned about at the moment for some reason, though less research is required for it since it mirrors my life more closely. It has been my intent to write everything creatively and then go back and edit, edit, edit after I have most of the body of work done. For some reason I have a problem adhering to that. One of my friends told me he wrote a book for four years and didn't edit only to find he had to scrap entire story because he had killed a character and inadvertently brought him back and played a major part in the book without any explanation. I may be misquoting him, but you get the point. And it scared the crap outta me. As you can see I am long winded. Any advice and friends are greatly appreciated..

Hi there! Let me be the first to welcome you to Writing Forums, and I hope you'll like it here!


Nickie

Hi there and welcome

Welcome to the forum.

Sam.

Looks like the above people didn't quite read or get your post.
You joined dec 2007 which means that you have been here quite a while.
My advice, is to finish a chapter and give the extract to say your friends to view.
Get their opinions on what it needs. Perfect the chapter and then move on.
Besides before starting a novel, you must have a goal, that the novel will reach too. Work towards that and you can't go wrong. (^_^)