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New day, new bump for more advice and opinions!

Bumping before bed.

>>2267844

Thanks for the advice, although I don't think my manuscript is horrible. I do agree that going to these workshops and polishing it in any way that I can would certainly be beneficial and only get me further, so I will certainly look into them.

As far as the three letters go, it doesn't sound too promising but I guess a lot of people who have no business writing submit manuscripts for whatever reasons. I've put a whole lot of work into my novel and while I'm not claiming to be the best writer of all time, I certainly think at the very least I've got something decent and hopefully more.

You say at these "meet and greet" conferences they're looking for people who've received these letters? If they received approvals why are they looking to get more publishers and if they've been turned down, why would they want to advertise it?

Thanks for the information.

Bumping before bed.

>>2266334

Why "lol"? And how does workshopping work?

>>2265560

I see. I'll try to hunt down that book by Stephen King. I also wasn't aware that even with a promising manuscript it would be read by agents/publishers and you would be given a fair shot. Also, is self publishing or online publishing a bad idea to get started? I'm not even sure how all of that works to be honest.

Thank you very much for your information and advice.

Friendly bump before bedtime. Hopefully I'll have more information by the morning.

Looking for advice from fellow writers if any happen to be around. My old thread fell to the 404 so I'm reposting it in case more opinions or advice appear.

I have just about finished a fantasy novel I've been working on for many years. I'm not here to get critique, talk about my book, my skill as a writer or anything of the like. I just wanted to ask your opinion on something.

http://www.ces.sdsu.edu/Pages/Engine.aspx?id=735

What do you make of this? Have any of you been to this or something similar? Is it worth the $400-$650 (those are the admission fees)? What is it like? I live about an hour or so away and getting the money for it is going to be tough, but if it's worth it I'll do so. What does everyone think?

Again, I'm coming here just to ask a humble question, not argue, so any helpful or encouraging information would really be appreciated. Thank you very much for your time.

Bumping for more opinions and advice.

>>2260279

I'll do some research indeed, still looking for opinions and maybe anyone who's been to such a thing will chime in. I'm also wondering from the description of this conference if it'll be worth my time should my final draft not be completed by time of the conference (January 27th).

Thanks for the reply, as far as my story goes, maybe I should start using an alias? Although some one said my real name would be a great name for an Author. All three of my names are very old British and rhyme.

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>>2258245

Blogging? That doesn't really make sense. It's not completely done yet and I'm still editing the final draft or I probably would.

Again, please... I'm not here to talk about my book or talk about how worthy I am or am not. I'm just curious about this writers conference.

Hello everyone. I have just about finished a fantasy novel I've been working on for many years. I'm not here to get critique, talk about my book, my skill as a writer or anything of the like. I just wanted to ask your opinion on something.

http://www.ces.sdsu.edu/Pages/Engine.aspx?id=735

What do you make of this? Have any of you been to this or something similar? Is it worth the $400-$650 (those are the admission fees)? What is it like? I live about an hour or so away and getting the money for it is going to be tough, but if it's worth it I'll do so. What does everyone think?

Again, I'm coming here just to ask a humble question, not argue, so any helpful or encouraging information would really be appreciated. Thank you very much for your time.

>>2016416

I appreciate it. I've done a good bit of reading but not lately, as I've tried to concentrate just on writing. There's catchy little words I often overlook and forget about. I basically am looking for a good thesaurus, something with really catchy and not so often overused words.

Thanks for the advice though, you are right.

>>2016383

I guess, but thesaurus.com usually misses out on some more complex, less used words.

>>2016394

That's because dinosaurs never existed.

Hey there /lit/, I asked this the other day, tried asking advice, didn't get much feedback. Hope you don't mind, I'd like to ask again.


I was at the bookstore earlier when I came across a book named "Words you should know to make you sound smart". Now, of course that's a pretentious title, but it's a book full of catchy words that are sophisticated but not to the point where normal people couldn't understand them. Mainly, it's just a resource full of catchy words. The thing is, there's a lot of words missing from it and I figured, why buy something like this when surely something similar exists online for free.

Would anyone know of such a thing online? Something like a thesaurus with catchy, not so commonly used words. Everything from "Inevitable" to "Capricious" and "Metamorphosis", things like that.

Also, I was wondering if anyone knew of any good online guides for grammar. I'm fairly confident in mine, but I'm not perfect and it would be nice to have something to check my work as I'm editing my book.

Thanks for any help.

>>2014227

I know the title is crappy to say the least, but it's full of catchy little words that a writer could use. I think it's a nice little handbook myself.

>>2014234

I'm not trying to get too sophisticated. I just need more words that share a meaning. I'll look into that book to, thank you.

>>2014216

No way! Not till I'm done at least :)

>>2014221

Uh... How?

Here we go. This is the book I was talking about. Only thing is, for some reason the word "Inevitable" was missing from it... Odd...

http://www.amazon.com/Words-Should-Know-Sound-Smart/dp/1598698869/ref=pd_sim_b_2

>>2014151

Hmmm, interesting.

>>2014137

Yeah, the first one I found, but I'm looking for a much longer list. Thousands of locations must exist through worldwide mythology and folklore.

Thank you for the links though, the second one is quite useful.

>>2014129

Oh wow, thank you very much.

Is there a similar list for locations? I imagine it would be quite long, but does one such thing exist?

Also still curious about a word-database for writers and if that book is any good or if there are any along those lines /lit/ may recommend.

>>2014125

Oh no, don't get me wrong, I have. I just want to throw in a few here and there. I also don't want to use anything too overused.

>>2014121

Furthermore, I'm looking for a good... Well, database for words. I found a book at my local bookstore, it was called "Words you should know" or something like that. Anyways, it wasn't a dictionary but just had a lot of good, useful and catchy words a writer can and should use in fiction. Are there any online guides or databases like this?

Thanks for any help.