ALRIGHT! MY DUDES! I NEED HELP ON A PROJECT!

Okay so basically the idea of it is that I’m writing a short book/guide/thing for my school library about how to get started writing novels or other long-form fiction, right. Topics like how to make the process less daunting, how to find a place in the writing community where you can talk to other writers, where to find good writing advice/what to listen to and what not to listen to/when certain writing advice is useful, that kind of thing.

What I wished I knew when I was a baby writer tm and didn’t yet have connections to other writers, or even a great sense of what questions to ask.

When it is completed, a free PDF will be available for general readership

So what kind of help is most needed?

PLEASE REBLOG THIS AND SPREAD THIS AROUND

But mainly, I wanna hear what pieces of advice you would give your past self when you were first getting started? What pieces of knowledge could have made a noticeable difference in how you approached the journey? If you started writing already surrounded by writer friends, what were some things they told you that you think were instrumental in how you’re doing now? If you didn’t start in a writing community but feel pretty connected now, how did you get there? What was your path?

Below is a handy-dandy google form below to write in responses (including an opportunity to boost your current wips!)

Advice to Ye Olde Writerly Past Self (help me with a super cool project!)

When you spend a semi-absurd amount of time coming up with a name for your evil empire and end up with a really good one that matches the other names in the story in terms of vibes, and looks Suitably Evil on the page, and excitedly share it with a non-writer-but-they-know-a-lot-of-starwars-friend…..

and they point out that it’s phonetically very similar to a pretty well-known planet.

which means you have to start over because you don’t want to look like you’re trying to copy starwars.

Readers commenting their love and support onto my decade-old fics is a whole other level of serotonin boost, I swear.