Novels

This board is for discussing all aspects of writing novel-length works of fiction. Mods: Sage.
jimnelson
Copyeditor recommendations?
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Chris P
Chris P
Autumn Leaves
Expanding a short story/novella into a novel
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Unimportant
Blackwell
Should I republish my bestselling novel with significant edits to the manuscript?
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36
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Mfraser
Mfraser
writera
How long do you take between finishing a draft and beginning to query it?
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Woollybear
Woollybear
Woollybear
Manuscript formatting question for non-prologue pre-story elements
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533
Woollybear
Woollybear
Joseph Schmol
Write a Novel in Three Days?
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primaryHans
primaryHans
writera
I wrote an editorial letter to myself! (aka Do you feel more or less motivated after the second draft?)
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645
Maryn
Maryn
Clovitide
Sequels
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rservello
Tizzy
Perspective questions, what are your preferences?
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gettingby
Have you ever been working on multiple novels at the same time?
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rservello
Writing a novel in alternating third person narratives?
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rservello
To YA or not to YA, that is the question....
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692
Unimportant
GeneNorman
Deciding on a Debut Novel
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12
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Dona St Columb
Dona St Columb
Bitterboots
time passage conundrum
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17
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Friendly Frog
Friendly Frog
Why aren't there more novels about polycules?
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benbenberi
benbenberi
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What's a good way to write an organic romance between a 21 year old and 26 year old?
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10
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836
Maryn
Maryn
Rogan
The coming-of-age novel in 2024
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5
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735
Rogan
Rogan
BronzeRadio
Do you ever discover one item of research that suddenly makes you second-guess large chunks of your novel?
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19
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977
Fergus MacGuffin
Fergus MacGuffin
CJSimone
The use of repetition
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37
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2K
CandyFloss
Gregg Bell
How do you guys handle beats?
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8
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670
Gregg Bell
Gregg Bell
Pinkarray
Should I read an entire novel in a critique group or is it better to get beta readers?
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25
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CMBright
CMBright
Reading same book more than twice.
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48
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Rose Hawthorne
Rose Hawthorne
Keilah
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Favorite Small Scenes
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375
Sage
Sage
Clovitide
Any premises dead (alive?) in the water right now?
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18
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frimble3
Sheik13_Loz
Word Count when not Publishing
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16
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847
Maryn
Maryn
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