Teens Writing for Teens, the 5th

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That's good. A peice of advice on that kind of writing. Its always going to seem apparent to you because your the writer and know what's going to happen. Another tip would be to only leave a max of 3 hints throughout the entire book, if you have too, otherwise leave none at all.

My second and third books were very much like that. And the entire time i was freaking out it was too obvious who the bad guy/s were but when i had someone read them it blew there mind.

Thanks. I feel so much better now. I've thrown in one hint that it could be him and gave several false hints toward the other character to where it would seem much more likely that it would be Jameson rather than Sir Walter.
 

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Yeah, I mean.... what do I tweet about? Noone followed me, and I didn't follow many people.
 

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Thanks. I feel so much better now. I've thrown in one hint that it could be him and gave several false hints toward the other character to where it would seem much more likely that it would be Jameson rather than Sir Walter.

*Grins at misdirection*
 

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Like I said. I only use twitter to follow agents. I think it would be more beneficial to gain support on your blog than your twitter account but that's just me.
 

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I deactived my Twitter account. I'll get a new one if an agent ever turns round and tells me I need one, though I don't know what I'll do on the email front.
 

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I deactived my Twitter account. I'll get a new one if an agent ever turns round and tells me I need one, though I don't know what I'll do on the email front.

Boy wouldn't that be nice, having an agent *sighs*
 

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I can't wait to query. Hopefully everything will be ready before October 1.
 

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I'm pushing hard to be ready by the end of August. I'm going to call the end of this edit Draft 3 and do one grammar edit and one more beta edit. After that I'm shipping this puppy out to agents.
 

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I'm pushing hard to be ready by the end of August. I'm going to call the end of this edit Draft 3 and do one grammar edit and one more beta edit. After that I'm shipping this puppy out to agents.

Well the good thing for me is I have written this story over 3 times now - so I know it and my MC/characters like the back of my hand.

It shouldn't be too hard to get the 'feel' of what I want it to be. Fleshing the booger out is gonna be the real pain in the fanny!
 

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It shouldn't be too hard. You write broad rather sparse so I'm sure you could finish in a relatively short time if you wanted to.

Question: Is Cosmo big in the UK?
 
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I love twitter. I don't care much for tweeting myself, but it's a fantastic way to stay tuned in to what is going on in the world and to learn about celebrities, their lives, literary agents, and to get a good laugh.
 

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That's pretty much how I feel about it Tally. I never really understood the whole appeal of tweeting. I always thought that's what face book was for. I spew enough useless information there as it is lol
 

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Also, Jason Isaacs sounds NOTHING like Lucius Malfoy in real life. O.O
 

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Ok, i'm back, sorry had to do work at work, but the network crashed so here i am!

did i miss anything. Anything new?

As for the whole shipping things out to agents... I dont know... I waited 9 years so far... i have no problem waiting longer... i dont like to put time limits on things.
 
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