Is there anyway to post and review a Graphic Novel on this website? If not, does anyone know of a way or place to do that?
177 2018-01-26 20:56:29
Re: Exterminate (6 replies, posted in TheNextBigWriter Premium)
I just Create a new version and delete it from that- just in case I need snippits for another chapter. But I have trashed many a chapter and idea from the main version. It can be liberating.
178 2018-01-26 17:40:05
Re: Please post here regarding a completed review (671 replies, posted in Alpha to Omega - Review Group)
Completed Review of NJC's Book 2.
179 2018-01-11 13:08:50
Re: 2018 Writing Intentions (8 replies, posted in Close friends)
Rachel, looks like you're going to be a busy little bee this year! I'll get right on Volume III.
Suin, there is a section of the second book that lays everything "pertinent" that was in the first book (as a recap). But I hear ya on how it's hard to jump into a second novel without reading the first. I go through the front flap on all the books I buy to make sure I start with the first and read them in order. I'm going to do my best. I'm on Lynda.com now learning how to EPUB.
180 2018-01-09 13:26:07
Re: Please post here regarding a completed review (671 replies, posted in Alpha to Omega - Review Group)
Reviewed Randy's Chapter 40
181 2018-01-09 12:35:37
Re: Please post here regarding a completed review (671 replies, posted in Alpha to Omega - Review Group)
Completed Review of Jube's Chapter 26, and Suin's Chapters 19-21.
182 2018-01-08 20:06:56
Re: General Comments Section (281 replies, posted in Alpha to Omega - Review Group)
Stefanie Dubois wrote:
I just wanted to take a moment to address two questions I have been asked by people in this group: why don't I respond to the reviews I get? and why don't I communicate in the message board? The best answer I have for both is simple. I suck.
I used to be very prompt at responding to the reviews I received and always made sure to read posts in a timely manner. All I can say is life gets in the way and steals my precious writing time from me. When I only have an hour a day to dedicate to writing, I have to split it between my own work and these reviews. Message boards and responding to inlines, to me, seem to take up too much of that hour to spare. So I just stopped doing it.
Did you all know I actually left my career of 20 years because it absorbed so much of my personal life and all I wanted was to have time to be with family and to allow myself time to write? So I started a new career one year ago. As of now, I wake early every morning to work on reviews and my own story, but it isn't enough. I'm still struggling to balance my time. But I'll get there!
In the meantime, please understand that I read every review you all give me and I appreciate the time you all take to read my story and provide your feedback. Please don't take my lack of response as disinterest. It's just my weakness and something I'm working to correct.
You're doing fine! We are all busy, and it takes me a long time to respond as well. We can all just do the best we can.
Stef
183 2018-01-03 18:27:12
Re: Please post here regarding a completed review (671 replies, posted in Alpha to Omega - Review Group)
Reviewed Chapter 24-25 Souring Seas. And Jube's Prologue
184 2018-01-03 17:05:17
Re: 2018 Writing Intentions (8 replies, posted in Close friends)
My objective is for "Into the Fog- Dawn of the Tiger" the first novel in the series to be self-published by the end of the year.
185 2017-12-30 18:24:43
Re: Please post here regarding a completed review (671 replies, posted in Alpha to Omega - Review Group)
Completed Randy's chapters 38-39
186 2017-12-29 19:45:23
Re: Please post here regarding a completed review (671 replies, posted in Alpha to Omega - Review Group)
Completed Randy's Chapters 35-37.
187 2017-12-12 21:14:35
Re: Hello! (7 replies, posted in Close friends)
Been so busy and feeling burned out. Been concentrating on the Christmas chores and my art projects. My writing and reviewing has taken a back seat. I owe many reviews and am struggling to keep up with my commitments. Getting close to vacation time, so maybe I'll do a reviewing blitz then.
188 2017-11-20 16:34:56
Re: State of Vengeance Marketing Update (4 replies, posted in Marketing Your Writing)
I find this end of the equation daunting. I appreciate you letting us know how your efforts are going. What works, what doesn't.
Thank you for sharing.
CJ
189 2017-10-31 12:50:05
Re: Please post here regarding a completed review (671 replies, posted in Alpha to Omega - Review Group)
Completed Chapters 3 and 4 of Randy's Dangerous Alliance.
190 2017-10-27 14:07:00
Re: Rhiannon the Nude: Out of Exile Is Being Published. (5 replies, posted in TheNextBigWriter Premium)
Congratulations! Looking forward to seeing it listed.
191 2017-10-20 17:50:42
Re: Dialogue tags to be avoided (53 replies, posted in TheNextBigWriter Premium)
JLane wrote:
An interesting discussion. Speaking of rules and rules breakers, I'd like to drop Cormac McCarthy's name into the mix. I love reading the man's stuff, but he drives me absolutely mad with his refusal to use quotation marks. He follows only three rules:
1. No quotation marks.
2. No semicolons. Colons are okay for lists.
3. Simplicity. Too much punctuation acts as an obstacle to the story. “I believe in periods, in capitals, in the occasional comma, and that’s it.”If I recall correctly he doesn't use dialogue tags of any kind. Not even the word "said".
I enjoy his work but find it confusing at times. He's not great at identifying which character is speaking. Following longer bits of dialogue can be tedious. In "The Road", he doesn't give his two primary characters names. He uses only the terms "father", and "son" to identify them.
Joe
Oh my god, did you read "The Blood Meridian"? What a creepy book! Great, but creepy.
I like his work too, but I have to be in the right head to read it.
192 2017-10-20 12:38:02
Re: The Radio Revolution by Sheriff Norm Winter (7 replies, posted in TheNextBigWriter Premium)
Congratulation, Sheriff Norm. I'm looking forward to reading it!
193 2017-10-19 18:53:35
Re: Please post here regarding a completed review (671 replies, posted in Alpha to Omega - Review Group)
Completed Matthew's Chapters 11A and 11B- of A-O Krudges.
194 2017-10-19 15:09:27
Re: Please post here regarding a completed review (671 replies, posted in Alpha to Omega - Review Group)
Completed Stefanie's Day of Darknes- chapters 24- 27.
195 2017-10-18 21:32:44
Re: Dialogue tags to be avoided (53 replies, posted in TheNextBigWriter Premium)
Rachel (Rhiannon) Parsons wrote:
When I noticed how often Dorothy Sawyers (a fairly decent writer) broke rules like these, I began, for amusement, noticing rules violation as I read popular or famous authors. Everyone broke every one. Rules are for teaching, as Gacela said, and for winnowing. It provides a quick and easy way to reject a manuscript without doing the dirty work of actually reading the story. How do you know what to do? Have beta readers, see if they like it.
Dorthy wrote a long time ago. Maybe there wasn’t so many rules back then. Ah, I envy her.....
196 2017-10-18 16:41:56
Re: I am new here. helloooo! (4 replies, posted in TheNextBigWriter Premium)
Welcome.
You'll fine great advice and moral support here.
197 2017-10-17 16:30:51
Re: Dialogue tags to be avoided (53 replies, posted in TheNextBigWriter Premium)
John Matthews wrote:
Just before reading this thread, I read a new story by a brand new NBW member PRTentious, called "Appetite." I remembered a fair amount of dialogue but I hadn't noticed anything to point out. When I went back to read it again I discovered there was not a "said" to be found. He used a couple of Marilyn's tags, but they all sounded right. He also uses the technique of replacing tags with short sentences that identify the speaker or convey something about him. I think there's a name for that. Does anyone know it?
Good job, PR.
John Matthews
I believe those are called "action tags".
198 2017-10-17 15:07:37
Re: General Comments Section (281 replies, posted in Alpha to Omega - Review Group)
Oh, and about the politics. We're all frustrated watching our Democracy being destroyed and feeling powerless to do anything about it.
199 2017-10-17 15:06:35
Re: General Comments Section (281 replies, posted in Alpha to Omega - Review Group)
I'm no expert, but I think the time to tell the story and the time to show the story depends on what you expect of the reader. I think just saying "a puzzled look on his face" is fine, if the context leading up to the puzzled look is clear. Then it's more of a validation of the scene that had been set with much "showing". If a writer does nothing but "show" I as a reader find it tedious. At some point you have to trust your readers to bring in their own experiences to fill in the emotional blanks. Conversely, if all the writer does is tell me a story, without "inviting me into " the story, buy showing me what's going on in the moment, giving me the sensory input that brings the story alive, including the expressions and body language of the characters, I get bored. Who want's to be "told". We want to experience. So, in my opinion, its a balancing act between the two and the writer needs to know when he should "mention" and when he should "invite the reader to experience".
200 2017-10-13 20:50:53
Re: Please post here regarding a completed review (671 replies, posted in Alpha to Omega - Review Group)
Completed inline review of NJC's Sorcerer's Progress Book 2- chapters 13 and 14.
