Writing Buddies wanted (Harry Potter fans?)

I'm in desperate need of some writing buddies. People who want to exchange chapters in progress and random emails when we're frustrated about a certain scene, that sort of thing. All my writing friends have disappeared or no longer reply and it's really disheartening, especially since writing is such a solitary activity.

I've been working on my novel for so long you wouldn't believe. I've rewritten it more times than I care to count, and I think what I really need is a cheerleader who will be honest but encouraging with me, to help me over the line. I still don't know if what I am writing is any good and I'm starting to get rather depressed about the idea that I may have wasted years on this idea/book and it's not very good. Who knows.

What I really would like are people who enjoy books like Harry Potter, Narnia, Roald Dahl. That is the style I am going for with my own series.

I'm female, 26, and live in Australia. This is the year I want to finally get an agent and sell my book, I just need a bit of a support network to do so. I'm sure you all know how lonely it can get when you've got nobody to read your work, nobody to support you, and nobody who believes in you.

If you're interested, email me, I check there first. Maybe we can tell eachother a bit about our books and become friends

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this is itshugo, just on a different account.

Here's my basic summary of the book:

(my series will span a character from ages 12-18) and it's fantasy with elements of sci-fi (time travel, other planets...) magic...

A brief summary of the story: It's based around a 12 year old orphan named Hugo who escapes a horrible children's home, then finds an envelope with his name on it and a pocket watch inside.

The watch transports Hugo back in time to a magical world where he discovers that his father was convicted of mass murder at thirteen, locked away in an asylum for the criminally insane, then escaped five years later on the day Hugo was born.

It leads Hugo on a quest through time to prove his father's innocence and bring him out of hiding.



That doesn't even begin to explain the plot but I'm still trying to work out how to summarise it all.

This summary also fits:

12 year old orphan Hugo doesn't go looking for trouble; it usually finds him. Having been through every foster family in town, this is his last chance before he ends up in an orphanage. Hugo is about to discover that his new guardians are Winches; people from a mysterious world who brew up dreams and deliver them to children at night.

That description doesn't really go into too much depth but that's the way the story begins.

Anyway, I don't have 500 words of a beginning because I'm working on rewriting at the moment, but I hope that explains a bit more what it's about.

Email me any of you and tell me about your story and ideas and why you think we might be a good match!

Vimes said:

Holy cr@p Heidirebecca, I'd buy that book right now!

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wow thanks! if you don't mind me asking, what was it about the description that really caught your interest?

Dani said:

Have you contacted the betas in the thread above? could there be someone in that group that would work?

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Yep, found some really cool people