Teens Writing for Teens, the 5th
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oh i know! i saw the trailer for it today and i was like "MUST. SEE. NOW!" LOL
If you're querying before you revised your manuscript and query, let them sit for three months, revised them again, submitted them to multiple critiquers, revised them again, workshopped them and revised them again, you're probably querying too early.
wow so apparently a girl who i used to go to grade school with goes to my college and we havent met there till today! Now were talking on facebook about old book series we used to read! hahahaha
yeah, mostly A Series of Unfortunate Events. We used to be obsessed with it.
And i was bullied in school too... really bad. That was grade school though, and highschool got better, but College is just PURE hell... i havent been this depressed since i was in grade school being bullied but this time its not by classmates but by teachers.
And i was bullied in school too... really bad. That was grade school though, and highschool got better, but College is just PURE hell... i havent been this depressed since i was in grade school being bullied but this time its not by classmates but by teachers.
If it's teachers, you should complain. Usually there can be more done if it's the teacher than if it's a student. Like.. you could get the teacher fired! *giggles evilly*
Oh I've told the assistant Dean, the dean and my advisor (who happens to be my teachers best friend... lucky me) and no one can do anything. The grades he gives are final and how he treats me is just "hear say" and they need more complaints for anything to be done, and people are too afraid he'll mess with their grades more like he did with me to complain
Book trailers can be pretty expensive compared to other forms of digital marketing, many of which are free. You can never really tell how much it helped or hurt you. Did anyone who watched the trailer buy the book? Would they have bought it anyway? Nobody knows. I'm touching on this in the dissertation I'm writing for my postgraduate publishing degree.
ugh that's mean!
Ooooh i'm having a kitkat. Rarely get them. nom nom. Having a break. hehe.
On the subject of book trailers: i've only ever seen a couple for books i read. They're usually cool. Not sure if that's the kind of answer you're looking for though, Lilly... sorry.
Ooooh i'm having a kitkat. Rarely get them. nom nom. Having a break. hehe.
On the subject of book trailers: i've only ever seen a couple for books i read. They're usually cool. Not sure if that's the kind of answer you're looking for though, Lilly... sorry.
I think that they look cool when done well.
Whether they're actually worth the money? Meh. Don't know.
The only book trailer I ever saw that made me want to buy the book...was for a book I had ALREADY BOUGHT
But it made me read it a second time, so there is that...
NOW!
I am going to work on something. It's SUPER SECRET.
(Spoilers: It involves giant spiders)
Whether they're actually worth the money? Meh. Don't know.
The only book trailer I ever saw that made me want to buy the book...was for a book I had ALREADY BOUGHT
But it made me read it a second time, so there is that...
NOW!
I am going to work on something. It's SUPER SECRET.
(Spoilers: It involves giant spiders)
yeah this one teacher ruined my whole damn life, and future. In the last year i had to give up all my future dreams and plans. Hell next year i'm not even going to be able to write!
Oh, it's better than just spiders!
It has GIANT spiders
Billions and billions of giant spiders!
It has GIANT spiders
Billions and billions of giant spiders!
I have no interest in book trailers. I don't know, they just don't appeal to me. Even when they're well made, I still feel like I would rather just read a blurb or some sort of snippet.
Yes!
Though that's the name of the series. The first book is now called "Against the Dying"
The next is "And Sang the Sun"
And then "See with Blinding Sight"
Though that's the name of the series. The first book is now called "Against the Dying"
The next is "And Sang the Sun"
And then "See with Blinding Sight"
Do you ever re-read a draft of your book and realise a certain scene happens too early into the story? I'm having that trouble and i'm practically hitting my head, trying to figure out how to delay it. It doesn't look right after only 12 pages... yet my brain seems to have fizzled and can't come up with anything else before it. Grrr
No, typically I read my draft and realize that I have scenes that don't even need to be there at all.
If you can't think of anything that goes before a scene, then it might not need anything happening before it?
The scenes i'm looking at now, were written a couple years ago, and so my mind frame was clearly just like this: "Get to the point. Get to the point. oooh action." hahaha. Now i'm like ... "whoops. didn't write enough." Didn't bulk it out.
But even i know, if someone read it, they'd be all "but why is he doing this already? you've hardly shown enough of his character for his actions to be justified." i can practically hear the reader saying that!
But even i know, if someone read it, they'd be all "but why is he doing this already? you've hardly shown enough of his character for his actions to be justified." i can practically hear the reader saying that!
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