Teens Writing for Teens, the 5th

Hey guys! I...just woke up. ;

I just finished reading through BB. It's almost ready for me to start looking for betas!

Yay, HR!

I'm really excited about this one. I've never felt this good about any of my others.

That's always a good feeling to feel. I feel like that about this version of Suns and Stars, even if it taking me ages to write. Okay, I've been writing it since the end of May and it's now mid-June, but compared to some people, that's ages...

lisalulu09 said:

That's always a good feeling to feel. I feel like that about this version of Suns and Stars, even if it taking me ages to write. Okay, I've been writing it since the end of May and it's now mid-June, but compared to some people, that's ages...

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I assume you're not serious about 3-4 weeks being "ages" to spend on a novel.

It may be a bit longer. Let me check my calander.

ETA: I 'officially' started on the 16th of May.

Lisa...six months wouldn't be "ages." There are people who work on the same novel for years.

I just hit the 4-year mark.

...Yeah I'm approaching 5. (Six if you count my initial world building stuff.)

I'm hoping to finish the first draft on or before the 3rd of August, the day before I go on holiday.

ETA: Going to watch CSI and then I'm going to bed. 'Night, guys.

Hey, what's the summary thing on the back (or inside cover) of a book called? I thought it was just called a summary, but, when I tried to Google it, I saw where some people had called it a blurb. I'm pretty sure a blurb is the quotes on the back and/or cover from other authors have read the book.

Jacket copy, I think.

A lot of people call it the blurb, but you're right, blurbs are the quotes on the back or cover of the book from other authors.

Hello my peeps

Hey Karla! :3 How goes it?

It goes! I iz writing. Got 225 words down so far... I plan to stay at this cafe for a while longer. I quite like their tiramisu! Very nommy. I think it's the best I've ever had!

Hi guys

Hi Arianna

Hey Ari!

And that sounds wonderful, Karla. XD I can't wait until I get my laptop and can go outside and write. >w<;

I plan to start outlining my fanfic thingamajigger. I plan for it to be a bit of a novella I work on in my spare time, whenever I need a break from brainstorming something original.

Yeah, Lisa, most people spend months or years on a novel. I happen to be good at writing quickly, true, but I take months on editing. It always makes itself up somehow.

I spent two years working on the first draft of Breathtaken, which is currently trunked anyway. If I finish Weeping when I want to, it will have taken a year to get a first draft. Then the editing will take who knows how long.

ETA: Okay, just got here and I have to leave for a bit to go order some books. Soooo I will talk to you guys later.

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"I want Hermione Granger! and a rocket ship." - Draco

"You two, go get snacks-- oh shit we barricaded the door." -Ron

"I believe that everything has its place. Muggles have their place. Mudbloods have their place. And SO DO YOUR CLOTHES! Namely, a dresser." - Voldemort (to Quirrel)

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It is so hot here, and we don't have an air conditioner. It has been battle of the fans in my house for the past week.

"You think killing people might make them like you, but it doesn't. It just makes people dead!" - Voldemort

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