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Tova:
Or anyone whose opinion will have a large impact on us, really.
My suggestion is that you find someone you trust to act as a kind of editor/feedback provider for you ask you work. Get feedback early and often. If you have a good trust relationship, and if the person has a good eye, then this will not only improve your work, but it will also make the final submission process a little less nerve-wracking.
LeeC:
Thanks Tova and BenRG. I wrote an outline for it, this is exciting. I had my wife read the synopsis, outline, and character outlines. She liked it and just wanted more information (basically to flesh it all out, which is the next step, to write the story). I am not entirely sure who to have read it that will give me valuable feedback. I know of one person who is neutral and a writer herself, but the short story exists in an already established fictional world that she is not familiar with (the intended audience would already be familiar with the WH40K universe). I will probably still tap her to read it, but I think I am dreading feedback asking for context about the fictional world I did not create. Which is probably a silly thing to worry about anyway.
:venonat:
Tova:
Hey Lee, I'm curious to know how this is going, if you're willing to share some more.
LeeC:
Hey Tova, I haven't had much time to write since last posting. I set aside some time today to do so and writing the first page seems brutal. I am pushing past it though and have to just keep telling myself its just a first draft.
:psyduck:
I decided to give my protagonist a friend at the beginning to help flesh out her personality in a more organic way. I feel like the first page has a bit too much dialogue and will need some rework later. At this stage I am just trying to get everything on the paper.
JoeCovenant:
--- Quote from: LeeC on 20 Sep 2020, 09:33 ---writing the first page seems brutal. I am pushing past it though and have to just keep telling myself its just a first draft.
--- End quote ---
That's the ONLY way to write...
No-one gets it right first time.
I have a facsimile copy of the original manuscript for 1984...
There are literally entire blocks of pages where everything is struck out with new text handwritten underneath.
It actually raises the spirits quite a bit to know that even Orwell had to do that.
Keep plugging away - THEN edit.
(All the best with it!)
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