Nathan Bransford - The Forums

Love that diagram and the explanations! Thanks for posting

Hey everyone! I've been MIA from the boards for months it feels like - I've been lurking :oops: Anyway, I was looking at the calendar and realizing that Nano is only 2 months away. I was wondering who's planning on participating this year. How are you preparing, are you preparing? Post your Nano pag...

You've been working on your query - good job! My main concern right now with what you have written is that there is so much information you're dumping on us. Comments are in blue, etc. -------- After she is attacked by fallen angels, Ava Monroe—a seventeen-year-old with a weakness for grilled cheese...

This is the query I've written (first draft) for my current WIP, which is unfinished (I'm estimating the wordcount). I'd love feedback/critiques :) ====== Seventeen-year-old Natalie Miller is as good as dead. At least she thinks so. Her parents practically ignore her, her teachers at school don’t re...

I started off the year with some pretty lofty goals, but have since revamped them to be better suited to my family life. But here they are (in no particular order): Write 10,000 words/month Write 4 blog posts per month - not including guest bloggers & books I've read Finish my current WIP - A Ho...

Medicine? In a candy shop? Well, a spoonful of sugar, I suppose. To me, Medicine? In a candy shop? reads choppy and I don't personally like the ? used so many times. To me, it reads better like this: Medicine, in a candy shop? Well, a spoonful of sugar I suppose. Removing the comma between sugar an...

This would be a great "Ask Nathan" question. Good luck.

Special Threats Unit Defenders [or Division] (S.T.U.D.S) haha!

That's all I've got

Great job Amanda Elizabeth! Nano is so much fun and if you pace yourself you can make the goal! I'm a little over 7k right now and will write a bit more tonight.

Genre: YA Contemporary Title: A Horse Named Penelope Nano Nickname: kristielee My name is Natalie and I’m already dead, it seems. If not dead, then invisible – that must be it. But how do you know if you’re invisible? You know you’re invisible when you walk past a hundred or more students without so...

I thought it would be fun to post our first 500 words for our Nano works (hopefully this is okay). I'd love to read what others are writing. This is not a critiquing post, just something fun in hopes to keep us all on track for Nano. Feel free to include your Nano nickname if you want more Nano frie...

I don't do the twitter thing as of right now, but I'm planning on participating in Nano this year. I'd love to know all of your Nano nicknames so we can all be friends (hahah - I just pictured daisies and dandelion puffs floating all over!). My Nano nickname is kristielee Good luck to all!!! My Proj...

My first impression of your query is that it is way too long. You have written your query almost like bullet points, which is not something an agent would want to read. This almost reads more like an outline for a synopsis. Sixteen-year-old Paul Timmins does not expect to start seeing things with hi...

In my completed MS (in editing phase), I have 2 main characters, 3 supporting characters, 3 more semi-supporting characters, and 6 minor characters, so I guess that is 14 characters in total. Obviously there are more since there is a high school and a couple parties, but those people are unnamed. My...

Just curious at what point do you (personally) file away a manuscript? Do you ever? I'm not at that point, but was wondering how you know. Once you've filed it away, do you ever return to it? If you have, do you look through it and think - Oh man, this totally needs to be rewritten or, man this suck...