"terrible copy/paste job" edition >>24722983"High School Girlfriend" editionPrevious: >>24707466 (Cross-thread) /wg/ AUTHORS & FLASH FICTION: https://pastebin.com/ruwQj7xQ (embed)RESOURCES & RECOMMENDATIONS: https://pastebin.com/nFxdiQvC (embed)Please limit excerpts to one post.Give advice as much as you receive it to the best of your ability.Follow prompts made below and discuss written works for practice; contribute and you shall receive.If you have not performed a cursory proofread, do not expect to be treated kindly. Edit your work for spelling and grammar before posting.Violent shills, relentless shill-spammers, and grounds keeping prose, should be ignored and reported.(And maybe double-space your WIPs to allow edits if you want 'em.)Simple guides on writing:[YouTube] Improve your Writing: Show, Not Tell (embed)[YouTube] George Orwell's 4 Tips For Speaking Clearly (embed)[YouTube] How to Show, Not Tell: The Complete Writing Guide (embed)Thread theme: [YouTube] The J. Geils Band - Centerfold (Official Music Video) (embed) Anonymous 09/14/25(Sun)13:32:02 No.24723201>>24723345 >>24731766theme: https://youtu.be/-a3SIjNKHHg?si=ZY7H0wKGOTLBr9Xp
At least you tried, anon
How strict is Wattpad with their content guideline enforcement?
>>24742684Nice links you got there, fagget.
I can never think of stories or plots. I can write. I can write from nothing but the results always go nowhere. It's a mental block but I don't know how to get around it.
>>24743189easy, stop being a fag and go out
Does a barbershop have customers or clients?
Does "pointed confusion" make sense?
>someone read 176 out of 385 pages of my book on kdpFuck... That guy dropped it. I'm a failure of an author
What do you think of a short preface right before the Prologue kicks in for a fiction story? Something like pic related, that's like one or two paragraphs worth, to put the reader into the setting without using exposition in dialogue or narration later on.
>>24743324I can't believe KDP lets you see your customer's home address
I wrote a section of a chapter like two months ago and left on a very important bit a dialogue where one character was supposed to reveal something important to the others. I forgot what it was. It literally ends with them about to tell them and it just cuts off like pic related. I have no idea where I was going with it.
im sure this has been asked a thousand times before but when do start getting good? how can i get better faster. i already read and write bunch, what can i do?
>>24743324So you get more/better feedback from KDP than here? Why haven't I signed up yet?
>>24743474KDP is a publishing service. Most writers wait until after they get feedback to publish.
>>24743393You're probably already good, but you're unsatisfied because what you want to become is great, which is a fool's errand compared to becoming the best you can be
>"please read our latest issue to get a sense of what we want">read the latest issue>all of it is shit
>>24742684What are the best softwares for designing a book cover? I need a free alternative to Illustrator or something.
>>24743694Photoshop. And oddly, paying someone on 4chans art board. They're desperate for money. So even $20 can get you something decent to work with
>>24743485Getting feedback is impossible, so it's best to just publish
>>24743226Contrary to popular belief going outside doesn't just manifest plots in yout head.>>24743694>>24743720Photopea is just Photoshop online for free.
I gave my book to 10 "friends" for feedback and none of them bothered to read it.
>>24743756No shit. Nobody wants to do a 7 hour miserable homework assignment, you're obnoxious for even asking
The trick to getting people to read your stuff is simple: just write stuff people want to read
Nobody wants to read anything anymore
>write a new sentence or tweak an existing sentence>have to reread the sentence>have to reread the paragraph>have to reread the group of paragraphs in which that paragraph lies>have do it all over again just to be safe
>>24743325I would like it. I honestly don't think it can even be a negative. This is probably some unfounded worry caused by overthinking the little things. Your story will not flounder because of this.
>>24743325>Hmm how do I make certain things about the world clear to the reader? I could show these things through dramatic action, but that would require an ounce of creativity and trust in the reader's ability to read.>I know! I'll just frontload all the exposition instead; that's sure to set the stage for an interesting read.
What do you guys think of my nonsense philosophy?
