Nathan Bransford - The Forums

I think I would say: "When a strange woman confronts him, claiming **insert crazy paranoid stuff**, finish sentence."

Since NaNo is upon us, I've become very interested in hearing how writers keep themselves motivated. Do you set daily or weekly goals for yourself? Do you decide to write so many words a day or chapters per week? I recently posted on my blog ( http://carolinewilsonwrites.blogspot.com/2011/10/has-it-...

I scanned the article. He has some valid points, but in general I disagree. He seems to be aiming at the folks who are trying to make money from their blogs (which most of us are not, I would assume). I'm slightly offended at the idea that if you like to network, then that must mean that you're not ...

Like the others said, it all depends on the level of revision you have done, the feedback received, and your confidence level. I have a tendancy to err on the side of caution, so I burned my first twenty odd queries to the majority of my "B list" agents. I sent them in batches of five. The...

I remember this from year ago--I was very impressed! Thanks! Just to clear things up-- I've taken this out, because way too many people didn't notice, but the wording says 'his' world. As in, Emil's world. Hatter is targeting the people Emil cares about. The supernatural twist-- which is the time th...

I've been a history buff since I was a kid, and so the only logical choice for me was historical fiction. I think the ultimate inspiration for me was the built environment. I loved going to historical sites even as a child, and I was soon concocting what-if stories in my head about the occupants of ...

I think he should ammend his statement to 'films probably don't do as well when they are complete dramatizations of books.' I hate this though so so much! I would rather not have my book dramatized than see it translated into something so loose, you can barely make it out. 'Confessions of a Shopahol...

I feel 'ya, Brenda. I just picked up a new beta and she's tearing apart my manuscript that I had been previously querying. A lot of little newb-ish things that I thought I had resolved. But apparently not. This is my third novel too, so I'm feeling like a dork. All I can say is keep writing...keep e...

Hang in there. I wrote all through middle school, high school, and into college without any idea that I would eventually pursue publication. The result was stories that I love, but they had to be improved upon in terms of my writing style. I made a lot of first timer mistakes that had to be correcte...

Hi everyone! A bit of big-picture talk here. We currently have 14 session ideas listed, most with volunteers to moderate said subjects. Since we're talking about four and a half days in Vegas, two sessions a day, but at least an afternoon or even a whole day off for touristy stuff/on-your-own-or-wi...

You are very brave to attempt the story of real people. I think you are taking the right way though...pick a subject and people who are not all that well known, research as much as possible, and then construct off of what you know really happened. I've been pretty overwhelmed by the idea of writing ...

Yep. It's why it took me ten years to complete my novel. I kept taking massive hiatuses. But that was probably because writing was truly a hobby and I didn't take myself seriously. Now that I do, my breaks are much shorter. Although recently I've been on a few weeks break because I moved and started...

:x I have been trying to talk to some folks on a physics forum concerning my world building. This is your problem. I somehow don't see writers and scientists getting along too well. We're on opposite sides of the brain! it seems that you are, essentially, describing the theory that the "Ghost ...

Consider, rather than rewriting the second half, introducing the second love interest in the first half. Preposition him so his significance poses a promise to be realized later on, somewhat like foreshadowing, but not quite necessarily to that degree of dramatic significance for the first half. He...

There's several complications there that seem at loose ends and occur by happenstance chance. They make me feel like the second half is a different story than the first half. Like the new love interest comes along late in the plot by coincidence. The espionage angle is causal and causes effects, bu...