Is the book going to happen? Until and unless you finish writing it and polishing it and then submit it to Agents or publishers, or self-publish it- no.
What do you mean -harder than it should be?
Writing is a craft that has to be learned like any other craft. If it was easy everybody and everything would be published.
Do you really want help with your writing technique or to know if it's readable or interesting or whatever? Yes? Then take the advice you've been given and post it in the SYW forum and stop wringing your hands.
Ask folk to be gentle if that's what you want but you'll get honesty whether it's gentle or not, and nobody here wishes you anything other than for you to have fun with - and enjoy - your writing.
What do you mean -harder than it should be?
Writing is a craft that has to be learned like any other craft. If it was easy everybody and everything would be published.
Do you really want help with your writing technique or to know if it's readable or interesting or whatever? Yes? Then take the advice you've been given and post it in the SYW forum and stop wringing your hands.
Ask folk to be gentle if that's what you want but you'll get honesty whether it's gentle or not, and nobody here wishes you anything other than for you to have fun with - and enjoy - your writing.
Thanks again for all the great advice.
SYW and CP's are wonderful, and of course they'll point out your flaws and help you improve. But sometimes, just leveling with someone they may not be cut out for what they're trying to do is actually doing them a kindness . I was just wondering if that was a thing that ever happens. It seems not
There's really no point yet in having this hot mess of a WIP critiqued in something like SYW. What I'm really trying to figure out is - straight up - is this book going to happen? Yes or no. Bottom line. I guess the only one that can really answer that is me. I know writing is hard, but it's really feeling like it's harder than it should be.
But hey, this is what the road to success looks like, right? On we go
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