if anyone is interested in beta-reading my novel,I'd consider it a big personal favor.
You have the emotional maturity of a blueberry scone.
Giles ,'Touched'
The Great Write Way, Act Three: Where's the gun?
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erikaj - Mar 23, 2012 12:03:53 pm PDT #5228 of 6690
Always Anti-fascist!
erikaj - Mar 26, 2012 9:05:21 am PDT #5229 of 6690
Always Anti-fascist!
novel is 171 pages today...don't really know how to build something so long...don't really want to do the usual things and say, beat up the detective, or drop another body, but still things need to happen in the second half...thoughts?
Connie Neil - Mar 26, 2012 9:17:05 am PDT #5230 of 6690
brillig
Is a murder being investigated? Some puzzling event? What is the problem that needs to be resolved? Perhaps your detective discovers that the problem is completely opposite what he thought it was.
Consuela - Mar 26, 2012 9:17:46 am PDT #5231 of 6690
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
I have an agent
Bravo, Gud! I'm so pleased for you!
Ginger - Mar 26, 2012 9:19:08 am PDT #5232 of 6690
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
thoughts?
A red herring is traditional.
Connie Neil - Mar 26, 2012 9:20:22 am PDT #5233 of 6690
brillig
A blue turbot could be unique.
Scrappy - Mar 26, 2012 9:21:56 am PDT #5234 of 6690
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
What is your B plot? Like the detective is solving a mystery, but also has to deal with her BFF being unlawfully evicted, and she has to step in and finds something out about the Bff's landlord. Something which saves the friend AND maybe sheds light on the main mystery.
erikaj - Mar 26, 2012 9:24:17 am PDT #5235 of 6690
Always Anti-fascist!
yeah, there's a murder, and my narrator's nephews kind of look good for it, but they're not.(The killer is in the family, though...) there's also a houseful of musicians planning a tribute concert(dead guy is a record producer)...maybe some weirdness could show up there, or with the tape my singer narrator is trying to find
Connie Neil - Mar 26, 2012 9:27:31 am PDT #5236 of 6690
brillig
Someone doesn't want the concert to go on, because they despised the producer, and that person becomes a suspect but isn't really.
Burrell - Mar 26, 2012 10:48:29 am PDT #5237 of 6690
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
Congratulations Gud!