writing a relaonship novel!

A good start would be to work on your spelling and grammar skills. That's important if you're inerested in producing marketable writing.

All fiction is essentially about 'relationships' of some type. I'm assuming you're referring to male/female relationships.

Chelle, is that you?

It would be a good idea to hone your grammar and spelling skills. Talent is one thing, but the aforementioned skills are also prerequisite for professional presentation. Hone your spelling and grammar and your story skills will eventually be recognized. (And don't be so quick to the offense when a fellow writer is offering you good advice.)

writersliving said:

You don't how good I can write so don't judge until you accaully see my writings
and how good they are. untl then
don't send me no messages
I won't read any from you!

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Unfortunately, with the Internet being a vast and mostly anonymous forum, all we know about you is what is presented in your posts. All we see of you are the words on the screen. And being a community of writers, words are important to us. Spelling, grammar, sentence construction, etc, are all things that we tend to focus on because it's what we DO -- we work with words.

If you can't take the time to write a proper sentence here, how will you be able to do it when you have to send a query letter to an editor or publisher? For that matter, how do you know that some of the people who have commented on your posts aren't editors or publishers?

I have a stepdaughter who has a learning disability, and it's hard for her to post things on the internet. But she's learned that if she uses Spellcheck and rereads her posts before she sends them, it makes her presentation a lot more effective. It's simply a matter of taking the time needed to construct a coherent sentence rather than firing things off willynilly like people do in, say, a chat room.

If someone corrects your grammar or spelling, or suggests that you brush up on your skills with words, then take it as the constructive criticism it's meant to be, instead of as a personal attack. You'll become a better writer because of it.

writersliving said:

You don't how good I can write so don't judge until you accaully see my writings
and how good they are. untl then
don't send me no messages
I won't read any from you!

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I don't want to come across rude, just trying to help... but you say,
''You don't how good I can write so don't judge until you accaully see my writings and how good they are''... We do 'see' it. The way you construct your sentence, the spelling and grammar errors in your posts tells us a lot, more than you think.

Instead of taking offense, you should really consider the help and suggestions that's offered, if you really want to be as 'big' as Terri McMillian some day.


(Chelle, honey... if this is you, send me an e-mail. We'll talk.)

We can see how you might act in relationships, too.

Speaking of Terry McMillan:

http://www.cnn.com/2005/SHOWBIZ/books/06/29/people.terrymcmillan.ap/index.html


Now isn't it odd that she filed for divorce in January, but the news only comes out now, one month before the release of her new novel?