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I know there's a few members on here that work in publishing/editing, as well as many people who write, either professionally or for their own enjoyment. I'm working on my first novel. It started out as a stupid online story idea that I was gonna LiveJournal or DreamWidth but quickly morphed into a serious novel idea that I didn't feel comfortable putting on a public site that anyone could read.
I've got an email list of friends that have been reading the chapters I've been sending out. Unfortunately, most are just reading for the story. Which is good, I guess, as they're enjoying it, but they're not keeping a critical eye open. Most don't give any feedback at all unless I bring it up, and then they're all, "It's good." The few people that are critical and do give useful feedback like "this part doesn't work for me" haven't said anything in a long time. And I know I can't be THAT good on my first draft!
So I'm looking for people that can read and provide genuine constructive criticism and suggestions, and will point out flaws in my writing and flow as well as strengths. If you simply want to read out of interest for the story, that's fine too, but I would still like to hear feedback of some sort.
So there's no surprises if you're offended by the content, I'll just say here that it's an angsty gay dramatic romance with a couple of interesting twists along the way, and some dark, potentially disturbing moments. Lots of language and an indeterminate amount of M/M smut (I'm only just now getting close to writing that part!).
Any takers?
I've got an email list of friends that have been reading the chapters I've been sending out. Unfortunately, most are just reading for the story. Which is good, I guess, as they're enjoying it, but they're not keeping a critical eye open. Most don't give any feedback at all unless I bring it up, and then they're all, "It's good." The few people that are critical and do give useful feedback like "this part doesn't work for me" haven't said anything in a long time. And I know I can't be THAT good on my first draft!
So I'm looking for people that can read and provide genuine constructive criticism and suggestions, and will point out flaws in my writing and flow as well as strengths. If you simply want to read out of interest for the story, that's fine too, but I would still like to hear feedback of some sort.
So there's no surprises if you're offended by the content, I'll just say here that it's an angsty gay dramatic romance with a couple of interesting twists along the way, and some dark, potentially disturbing moments. Lots of language and an indeterminate amount of M/M smut (I'm only just now getting close to writing that part!).
Any takers?
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