New Author here...any suggestions?

[JaxMan9]

any help for a newbie?

 

[tickledkitty]

Hang out in the AH. Participate in some of the writing challenges there. Get to know some people. Post some of your writing here and get feedback before you submit. Find yourself a volunteer editor. Have fun.

 

[MarshAlien]

Steve Martin once explained how to make a million dollars and not pay any taxes. First of all, make a million dollars. Then...

In this case, first of all, write something. Look for ideas in the story ideas forum if you don't have any of your own (although if you consider yourself an author already, you probably also have some ideas). Read some stories by people whose work is well-received, and find the things that you like and don't like. And then write. Develop your own style. Find a buddy to give your work a first read (I think they call it a beta-read here). Edit it, or even rewrite it, to make it better. Nobody's perfect the first time. Ask a volunteer editor for help. Spelling, grammar, punctuation are all important; nobody notices when you do it properly, but when you don't they hit that "back" button in a big hurry.

Then submit it. Ask for feedback. Accept it in the spirit in which it's given, because most of the writers have their own work and are donating their time to help newbies like you. Learn from it. Rewrite your piece and submit it again, or submit something completely new.

Then you can worry about the taxes.

 

[Jenny_Jackson]

Advice: Write something and let us rip it to shreds

 

[MarshAlien]

Advice: Write something and let us rip it to shreds

She's kidding.

Well, allright, not really. But they'll be very well-intentioned shreds, and when we're done, with a little bit of effort, you'll be able to glue them back together into a story.

 

[jomar]

What everybody else said. Welcome to Lit.

 

[drksideofthemoon]

Advice: Write something and let us rip it to shreds

Shhh, wait 'til we get him/her through door and have it locked...

 

[MarshAlien]

Shhh, wait 'til we get him/her through door and have it locked...

He's kidding, too. He's actually very nice and writes very sweet, romantic stories. Don't take them seriously. Write your story and bring it back here, and we'll all have a chat.

Ut-Shay up-yay, Enny-Jay and Rk-Day.

 

[Evil Kirk]

A writer writes, right?

Type something -- see what happens.

 

[_Lynn_]

Compose a piece for submission just do not ever ask THE question.

Join us in the AH and post on the threads in a respectful manner of the fantastic authors already there.

Read and study hours of Stories posted from the Top Authors List.


I can go on sounding professional if you'd like.

OR

Welcome. What they all said.

 

[tickledkitty]

A writer writes, right?

Type something -- see what happens.

Hey, aren't you the

Price Line Nego-ti-ator?

 

[MarshAlien]

Join us in the AH and post on the threads in a respectful manner of the fantastic authors already there.

Or you can just suck up via private message, but we all appreciate public sucking up more.

Compose a piece for submission just do not ever ask THE question.

You mean the question about how long it takes for a piece get posted once you [size=+3]KA-POW![/size]

 

[_Lynn_]

Or you can just suck up via private message.......

Was this meant for me??

You mean the question about how long it takes for a piece get posted once you [size=+3]KA-POW![/size]

YUP​

 

[MarshAlien]

Was this meant for me??

Hey, you can't get much more sucky uppy than plugging someone else's work in your signature. Bow before the master! Heck, I even got this e-mail over the weekend (about my work in general, not any specific story):

This message contains feedback for: MarshAlien
This feedback was sent by: Anonymous

Comments:

You'all shore likes to suck up. Is you as boring in person as your stories is?
Write interesting stuff next times.​

Yes. Yes I is. And the linguistically challenged all over the world recognize my talent.

 

[_Lynn_]

Hey, you can't get much more sucky uppy than plugging someone else's work in your signature. Bow before the master.

Alright
Thank you for plugging my new story "El Paso" in your signature.
((I'm thinking of adding it to the feedback here))

 

[MarshAlien]

Alright
Thank you for plugging my new story "El Paso" in your signature.
((I'm thinking of adding it to the feedback here))

My pleasure, sweetie. Although I did get this e-mail before I changed my signature today. Obviously my correspondents are more prescient than I give them credit for. Even if they can't spell. Or punctuate. Or grammarize.

[size=-2]Grammarize?[/size]

Go ahead. We don't bite. Much. 'Cept for Jenny. [size=-2]Lemon Chiffon? Fer' cryin' out loud.[/size]

 

[_Lynn_]

My pleasure, sweetie. Although I did get this e-mail before I changed my signature today. Obviously my correspondents are more prescient than I give them credit for. Even if they can't spell. Or punctuate. Or grammarize.

[size=-2]Grammarize?[/size]

Go ahead. We don't bite. Much. 'Cept for Jenny. [size=-2]Lemon Chiffon? Fer' cryin' out loud.[/size]

aawww I was looking forward to the bites from certain authors......darn it

Uh huh

 

[Varian P]

[size=-2]Grammarize?[/size]

I'm pretty sure it's grammaticize.