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For Novel Authors: A simple 101

You have a creative itch, but after scratching it, noone wants to read your brainchild? You have an awesome idea and people would love it, except they "forget" to read it? Look no further, for I will now compose a simple list of advices I have for you as a reader and as a writer. In this booklet here, I will try to build for you quick and conscious points. Word count? Never heard of it. There will be increased passion on points I find extremely important. Do realize: I may try, but writing this kind of thing will need my personal thoughts. I will try mentioning it before I start monologuing. The advices will include examples a few times. Your novel is in "Rule X: How to not be a b!tch"? Honestly, too bad. You made a mistake, I will tell the world I found it and how to avoid making that mistake in my oppinion. To preemptively answer some questions: Q: "Yo, 11. You got no novels, b!chboy!?" A: "You are right, I currently only have an old draft of a novel replaced with blank spaces. Thanks for pointing it out!" Q: "Eleven, I thought you said that this will be useful..?" A: "Yes, and it will be. I'm not planning on a 1000 chapter tutorial on how to form coherent sentences, I want people to realize that I can't read thoughts through a screen on the other side of the globe, no matter how many times they try." Q (unlikely): "I like your work and want to contribute my own thoughts as a reader or writer. How do dis?" A: "My gods.. Quick, capture it! It's a rare intelligent specimen. I. Must. Record. (Read: Comment. As I previously mentioned, I'm no Omega level psychic.)" If you still feel adventurous, go ahead. I'll post a Rule every once in a while. May we meet again, Eleven

11Heavens7Hells · Book&Literature
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FYI I have about 7 other chapters for this here little headache.

The reason I'm not posting them?

I cannot guarantee my mental stability nor free time to actually put myself out there. After I started writing up my list and sent them to one of my friends, she cheerfully informed me that there are novel guides out there, so I did the only thing one should never do:

I. Looked. Down.

Now, you might be familiar with the feeling of the overwhelming sense of futility when your work, even if you did it mostly for giggles, is neither original, innovative or any kind of refreshing to read.

I saw hundreds of my own observations staring me in the face, refined by hundreds of people over and over and Over and OVER again, until I cannot even make it sound original anymore.

So yeah, this is basically it until I find a way to make it read at least interesting.

Bye now.