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Once again the editing problem hit me. I was filling in a regular review and my keyboard began either missing strokes or giving me multiple strokes as I typed. I immediately went outside my browser and opened a text window to finish my review. No problems typing at all. Then I went back into the text box and tried again - same results: dropping various characters no matter how definitively (read HIT) the keys, they wouldn't register. It is not my keyboard, it is inside an editing box.~Tommmm
(Case in point - this post. My "M" key gave me multiple "m's" and the "Return" key failed.)
This is something related to your browser as I have not heard of any other complaints about this behavior or been able to duplicate it. Has anyone else experienced this problem?
Okay! My message icon is missing. Help! It's in my drop down, but not on the top of the page. There is now ? in its place.
We put a Help button in its place because the message icon was a bit redundant. You can access your messages from the drop-down under your pen name.
Sol
The use of the back/ forward buttons is inconsistent. I was happy to see I could use them, and did, but they don't work from every page. I gave up trying. Now if I have a lot to say, I have to compose on my own computer and paste to the message box, which still doesn't solve the problem, but at least I don't have to redo things. Till now, I've assumed it was a problem of my own. JP
This has to do with your browser settings and how it handles a page. If it caches a page then you can go back, if not, then you may need to reload it. We use different technologies on different pages which is why the back button works in some cases but not in others. Depending on the browser you are using, make sure you are not reloading the page fresh on every page visit. That should resolve the problem.
There it goes again. My review, when I posted it, told me I'd written 61 words. When I went back to look at the response, my post was listed at 57 words. Why the disparity?
There may be different counting systems in use. I'll have to look into this.
Please send billing questions to me directly. The forum is not a place to discuss individual billing issues.
Members who were paid members prior to the conversion should receive the grandfathered pricing. If you haven't, let me know and I'll look into why and resolve it.
Sol
Hi Mike,
We'll be announcing the winners soon in the forum.
Sol
Hi Mike,
I'm glad you found it helpful!
Sol
The developers of Quill and many others are already predicting similar and more advanced AI will soon be able to construct stories as good as any human author.
I'll have to check Quill out. I find it hard to believe that a computer could construct a logical story. I've been thinking of ways to disassemble a story so that it's construction could be automated and it is not easy. There are some broad patterns but every sentence is unique and must fit together with the once before and after it. Still, who knows?
Sol
One area that has yet to develop fully is successful authors lending their name to new authors, just like real estate agents who work for other real estate agents (a business within a business) in return for a small cut of all homes sold under the leading agent's "brand."
It's an interesting idea. Authors do provide blurbs but you are thinking of actually putting their name on the book.
Gareth Cuddy wrote an interesting article on the future of publishing. In it he says that the publishing industry has breathed a sigh of relief that ebooks haven't taken over the world - yet. But despite this relief, major changes in the publishing world are still to come. Someone or a group of someones will re-imagine the industry. As authors, what do you think? What should the future of publishing looks like? Will people in the future even read books?
You can read the full article here:
http://www.digitalbookworld.com/2015/pu … n-started/
Hi Cop Shop members. I came across this article and thought of your group:
http://thrillwriting.blogspot.com/2014/ … n-for.html
Hi all,
Lesson 4 focusing on Showing versus Telling has now been posted. Please read through it and past any questions in the forum or at the bottom of the article.
Please pay attention to the homework assignment at the bottom also.
http://www.thenextbigwriter.com/posting … tell-21042
Sol
On the Read menu at the top of the page you can search by genre and type.
Sol
Hi Missy V,
Welcome back! Let me know if you have any questions.
Best,
Sol
Hi Sasheta,
Welcome to the site! Good luck on your memoir. We have quite a few members who have written memoirs so you will not be alone.
Sol
No surprise that the top 5% of authors earn 42% of the revenue in the UK. I'm sure it's not much different in the U.S. or elsewhere.
http://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-32379991
There was a good book that described this phenomena called Winner Take All.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/ … ER54HMH34E
Interesting article in Forbes on some self-publishing success. As we all know, the marketing is key. One author stated this:
"To get new readers onboard, Dawson does the usual stuff like getting blogs to review his books. But what he says works the most is Facebook advertising. Dawson is pumping $370 a day into Facebook advertising and he’s receiving double that in return on investment."
Full article below:
http://www.forbes.com/sites/jaymcgregor … zon-books/
Good luck to all who entered!
Hi all,
I just posted lesson 3 on verb tenses. Give it a read. Remember for the homework to use the site's posting tool to put the assignment up. Do not post it in the forum. I have a much harder time responding to content posted in the forum.
http://www.thenextbigwriter.com/posting … nses-20945
Thanks,
Sol
Hi, Sol--I can't get in to read your review of my lessons. I keep getting the message to upgrade my membership. Is it a glitch, or do I need to access from a particular place? JP
It's a glitch. Try logging out and then logging back in. That should resolve it. Let me know if it doesn't.
Thanks,
Sol
Lesson 3 on verb tenses is done but I am going to delay posting it for a day or two because it looks like some new members of the class are still catching up. I'll post a note and send a message when it is up.
Sol
I think a big hurdle for me is going to be capable of thinking up a way to give each of my characters a unique identity and way of speaking. I am not a people person and do not hardly leave my house, so I don't communicate with hardly anyone except my spouse and don't overhear people conversing. This is going to be a weakness in dialogue I'm sure.
Also, I am already worried about bringing across theme properly or themes if the case becomes that and finding symbols and motifs to use and how do I use them? When? Putting the pieces in the right place is such a challenge it seems to create the proper effect. It's an art I suppose. I do not have the education yet from things like writer's workshops or creative writing classes in college.
Finally, active verbiage and finding just the right words to express what I'm saying is scary to me because I feel a little insecure about my abilities considering when I read, I am constantly looking terms and words up that I probably should know from my college years. I feel that I am starting late in life (at almost 40 now as of July 10th) and I have not dedicated years of schooling for this as some did/have. What are the variety of things I can do to, over time, and with hard work, improve my creative writing skills.
Also, I want to write in a transgressive fiction genre but even though I understand the components, I'm definitely missing the mark already I think. Help with any ideas on how to work it like clay into the genre mold I desire, if this even should be a goal. Thank you.
The best thing you can do is write and write and write. Practice makes perfect. Don't worry about getting it perfect the first time. Just get your story down. Most writers do many drafts before their story is done.
It is all challenging, if not why do it. I am intimidated by grammar owing to my limited education, only a hi school graduate and hated grammar in school. I am always afraid that my grammar errors will take over my writing and the reader will miss the point of the story or poem.
Well, grammar is something you can work on and improve. The will and desire to tell a story is the most important ingredient.
Nice job Mike. I think you have it down.
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