Fellow writers!
I am seeing if anyone would be kind enough to read the first 3,000 words or so of my WIP. Possibly with a view to reading the whole manuscript when it's finished. I am over 60,000 words into an 80,000 word novel.
A warning: if you are easily offended, then my story might not be for you. It's a contemporary novel, darkly comic in tone, set in Bradford - which is, for those on the other side of the Atlantic, a working-class town in Northern England - and as such contains swearing and is written in a colloquial style. It also contains some drug use and scenes of masturbation! P G Wodehouse it is not.
However, if have a dark sense of humour, and appreciate the works of Chuck Palahniuk, Irvine Welsh, Martin Amis, James Kelman, Sue Townsend, Roddy Doyle, and others, then my story just might appeal.
In addition to some encouragement and positive appraisal (ie, what you thought was good about my work), I am also looking for some gentle criticism and areas where you think I might be able to improve.
What will I offer in return? Oodles of thanks, and a willingness to read and appraise your own work (if that's what you want).
Thank you in advance to anyone who can help.
Danny.
I am seeing if anyone would be kind enough to read the first 3,000 words or so of my WIP. Possibly with a view to reading the whole manuscript when it's finished. I am over 60,000 words into an 80,000 word novel.
A warning: if you are easily offended, then my story might not be for you. It's a contemporary novel, darkly comic in tone, set in Bradford - which is, for those on the other side of the Atlantic, a working-class town in Northern England - and as such contains swearing and is written in a colloquial style. It also contains some drug use and scenes of masturbation! P G Wodehouse it is not.
However, if have a dark sense of humour, and appreciate the works of Chuck Palahniuk, Irvine Welsh, Martin Amis, James Kelman, Sue Townsend, Roddy Doyle, and others, then my story just might appeal.
In addition to some encouragement and positive appraisal (ie, what you thought was good about my work), I am also looking for some gentle criticism and areas where you think I might be able to improve.
What will I offer in return? Oodles of thanks, and a willingness to read and appraise your own work (if that's what you want).
Thank you in advance to anyone who can help.
Danny.
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