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[Anonymous No.11003587]

Did you make progress on writing your novel today?

[Anonymous No.11003624]

400 words on my short story in 2 hours... hmmm

[Anonymous No.11003626]

Nope :3

[Anonymous No.11003741]

I put it through a words to pages converter and found out it’s at 551 pages

[Anonymous No.11003745]

Taking the weekend off after submitting my three chapters to an agent who offered sound advice for a rewrite.

[Anonymous No.11003748]

I'm not currently writing a novel
I'm not currently writing a novel
I'm not currently writing a novel
I'm not currently writing a novel
I'm not currently writing a novel

[Anonymous No.11003750]

>>11003587
1411 words yesterday, nothing today

[Anonymous No.11003752]

don't have the confidence. Feels like a crap

[Anonymous No.11003766]

Its like I'm scared to start because once I do and I might actually realize I'm in way over my head and I'm a terrible writer lol

[Anonymous No.11003789]

>>11003587
My novel is as big as the world, for put them, word for word, and one will easily contain the other.

[Anonymous No.11003958]

I wrote 1.5 chapters

[Anonymous No.11004070]

>>11003587
in the middle of writing a book about film (already month 2 in progress), instead of writing it today, I just ended watching Happy End and The Square.
I gave Happy End - 8.5/10, & The Square - 7/10

have no progress for my fiction works today.

[Anonymous No.11004147]

>>11003587
There’s this contest by some run of the mill leftist SJW rag looking for some fantasy/sci-fi works against TOXIC MASCULINITY or some crap, but I need money and they’re paying ten cents to the word so I’ll throw my hat in the ring to see what it gets me.

[Anonymous No.11004195]

1411 words yesterday, the order today

[Anonymous No.11004212]

>>11003587
I submitted my short story tonight. It was rejected once before, but I reworked about 50% of it after coming at it with fresh eyes.

I'm proud of it, but won't be offended if it gets rejected again.

[Anonymous No.11004222]

>>11004070
>The Square
The Australian thriller with David Roberts? How obscure.

[Anonymous No.11004226]

>>11003587
NOPE!

I sent it off to the copyright office on Friday.

[Anonymous No.11004242]

>>11004147
>ten cents to the word
What kinda word limits we talking here? Shouldn't be difficult knowing the mentally ill halfwits who follow that kind of shit.

[Anonymous No.11004247]

>>11004222
no it's Ruben Ostlund's, a Swedish film

[Anonymous No.11004425]

>>11004242
1k-7.5k. It shouldn’t be too hard to look up on Google knowing the buzzwords but the deadline’s tonight.

[Anonymous No.11005859]

>>11003587
19 double spaced wide ruled pages in a composition notebook.

[Anonymous No.11005981]

>>11003587
where is her lower half

[Anonymous No.11006123]

I’m about half way done with my first draft. I made good progress last night but I haven’t started writing today. I work best in the evening so I’ll start sometime after dinner.

[Anonymous No.11006143]

>novel
kek, writing anything besides scientific or philosophical papers are a waste of time

[Anonymous No.11006151]

>>11006143
Is*

[Anonymous No.11006159]

>>11003587
How much should an aspiring writer read before they start writing any long term or complicated projects? Should they just say fuck it and write? Or should they read the 200+ books that's on their to-read list?

[Anonymous No.11006325]

Should I basically just assume that my first book will be an unpublishable pile of shit and treat it as a practice novel?

[Anonymous No.11006351]

>>11006325
no, take it seriously. maybe youll pump out a gem. at worst youll have learned many lessons no teacher other than experience could teach

[Anonymous No.11006638]

>>11005981
I think she's kneeling at the edge of the sofa

[Anonymous No.11006650]

No. I was reading through my diary last night hoping to write another entry but I fell asleep before I finished.

[Anonymous No.11008352]

>>11003587
In the midst of figuring out which of ((Human)) or ((Borg)) would be better suited as the loligagging Republic and the ambivalent-yet-gg Commonwealth in a non-cliche way.

>Feels like ((Borg)) should be Commonwealth, otherwise ggHumans at it again becomes the norm.
>On the other hand, ((Humans)) in the religiously-biased Repiblic seems... dead? Oh joy, another fanatic zealot, oops.

Suggestions are welcome.

[Anonymous No.11008356]

>>11003587
I decided that I'm not a completely hopeless writer which is a big step.

[Anonymous No.11008478]

I've been writing a lot of poetry recently, actually. Just wrote another poem today. At this point, with the way I keep writing them, I think my best bet might be to make it to 20-25 poems and compile a chapbook, try to get that published.

[Anonymous No.11008895]

God I fucking hate writing dialogue.

[Anonymous No.11008998]

>>11008895
Why? Good dialogue is such a wonderful escape from other styles of writing. I wanna getting playwriting because of this. Plus it's easy if you've talked to more than 5 people before.

[Anonymous No.11009002]

>>11008478
Please tell me you're not like every other shithead here writing in 18th century style and actually talk about relatable human subjects

[Anonymous No.11009004]

>>11008352
Nigga what is you on off?

[Anonymous No.11009007]

>>11006325
Most writers basically write the same novel over and over. Unless you're literally rivaling Ulysses, just try and have fun with it. If you like reading it, chances are someone else will too.

[Anonymous No.11009097]

>>11003587
Didn't kill myself

[Anonymous No.11009104]

>>11008895
God I fucking hate writing

[Anonymous No.11009290]

>>11008478
is 20-25 poems enough for publishing? I had more than 20 well written poems that I wrote along these past 3 years.

[Anonymous No.11009643]

>>11009290
it's enough for self-publishing

[Anonymous No.11011504]

>>11009290
Google says that that's about how many poems are in the average chapbook.

[Anonymous No.11011530]

>>11003587
Made progress with my survey; will finish my report in november.

[Anonymous No.11011582]

I haven't yet but I'm going to turn my laptop off in a bit and get to work.

Seinfeld Method really works, bros.

[Anonymous No.11011589]

>>11011582
>Seinfeld Method really works, bros.
Elaborate

[Anonymous No.11011603]

>>11011589
>purchase a calendar and put it in a place where you'll see it often
>write every day, even if only for 30 minutes
>mark off the day with a sharpie
>before you know it you have a row of successful days and a constant reminder to keep it up
>imagine how ugly it will look if you miss a day and break your chain

Maybe this only works if you're autistic / obsessive but right now I'm almost to 2 months of writing every single day.

[Anonymous No.11011625]

>>11004212
good luck, anon
great attitude

[Anonymous No.11011626]

>>11009104
>and yet here I am still

[Anonymous No.11011633]

>>11003752
Same man. I'll start then feel like its super shit after a while. Just have to push through it to improve though

[Anonymous No.11011647]

A thousand words this morning and another 500 at lunch. 104k

[Anonymous No.11011712]

>>11003587
22,000 words in. I will slay this beast one day at a time.

[Anonymous No.11011722]

>>11011647
Story doesn't seem like something I'd care about, but im glad to see you constantly making progress. Good luck friend

[Anonymous No.11011739]

>>11011722
Thanks, brah. Nice dubs.

[Anonymous No.11012202]

does anyone want to start a writing support/critique group

only good writers please

[Anonymous No.11012303]

>>11012202
Sounds interesting but we would just devolve into unproductive chitchat.

[Anonymous No.11013152]

How do I stop doubting myself so much? I'll write a paragraph and read it again and it's just garbage. But when I show it to my friend (who is actually well-read) he tells me it's good.

[Anonymous No.11013261]

I'm a terrible writer. I wouldn't know how to make a good story if you held a gun to my face

[Anonymous No.11013290]

>>11003752

Write anyway, man. It's literally the only way to increase your confidence.

[Anonymous No.11013341]

>>11003587
yeah my diary is coming along quite nicely

[Anonymous No.11013928]

>>11013261
what about a good green text?

[Anonymous No.11014276]

I actually wrote something today of my own accord. Just a page of some mild political opinion shit but I felt proud of it. I wish I knew enough about political science or sociology to do research into it.

[The Red Barron No.11014281]

>>11003624
WTF!?

Yes I did and I posted it here. I'm making a compilation of (apparently very) short stories based on sexual themes. I'm going to try to keep most of them from using profanity but it's hard when I get a good, funny idea

It will be called Dog Porn Planet.

[Anonymous No.11014282]

The more I continue my story the more it evolves into something I didnt intend in the first place. I like its new direction but I have to delete a shit ton of stuff from the beginning that is utter psuedo-indulgent depressive trash.

How do you guys keep track of character details and plot points n shit. Right now its all in my head but its getting a little complicated. Maybe Ill start a character list or web thing.

[Anonymous No.11014335]

>>11003587
>Did you make progress on writing your novel today?

I am at a lost on how to start my Novel properly.

I already have everything written down the story outline as well with the characters motives and principles. Nevertheless, I simply cannot write the beginning Chapter of my novel whether it's my self-perceived mediocrity or actual mediocrity as a writer I don't know. Whenever I do attempt to write my beginning Chapter I last no longer than a week before I Erase it and start anew only to find myself the same place I was months ago.

I thought about changing the story of my Novel to see if that's the problem but I am rather reluctant on doing it. I just don't know what to do.

[Anonymous No.11014445]

I have been writing everything exclusively in notebooks since personal computers aren't allowed in my office and we can't print or use email or any hosting services, I have been too lazy to regularly enter it all into my computer at home so now I have 3.5 notebooks of handwritten shit and the idea of typing out 300+ pages sounds unbearable. It would have taken me less than 5 minutes to do it everyday.

[Anonymous No.11014779]

>>11014445
>personal computers aren't allowed in my office and we can't print or use email or any hosting services

wut

[Anonymous No.11014788]

Feel like I'm having a problem with details. eg. Two characters have dialogue, it feels too empty, then I add something like "X throws a rag across to the other person and falls short of Ys hand," and this fills up the interaction and gives it a double meaning. How often should things like this be done?

[Anonymous No.11014795]

>>11014779
I can't bring my own laptop/tablet/typewriter into work and internet usage is very heavily monitored to make sure I'm not leaking confidential information

[Anonymous No.11015386]

>>11003587
No

[Anonymous No.11015672]

>>11008478
In the same place anon. I don't really lean towards poetry normally, but my ideas are too short to be full stories in their own right. I guess its better this way because I can distill the essence of what I want out of the scene I'm creating without having to clutter it with a surrounding plot, but still it feels like cheating. Also I haven't read enough poetry to know if what I'm writing is shit or not.

Any poetry charts/recommendations?

[Anonymous No.11015749]

>>11006143
ever heard of Catch-22?

[Anonymous No.11015768]

>>11003587
how can white men even compete