Today I'm scrolling Reddit (the writing sub-reddit) and answering questions off-the-cuff--based mostly on subject lines and short previews. Here is the sub: / writing
This started as an exercise in snark, but on the day I filmed there was mostly good questions! Timestamps:
01:18 Does social media help or hurt your writing process
01:52 I've run out of ideas/my ideas aren't good
02:42 How can authors afford to publish?!
02:59 What materials should you send to beta readers?
03:48 How to write a story w/o dialogue?
04:15 Get off Reddit and write lol
04:48 Do you agree w/ Stephen King that if you are a bad writer you can't become a good one?
06:14 What is great worldbuilding?
07:19 How do you write a book set in Russia but character all speak English?
08:48 How many books do you need to sell to be successful?
10:35 Can you have a superhero in a novel?
11:58 When it is appropriate to take a break from writing your novel?
13:16 My first draft is garbage
13:26 Should I enter a writing contest?
13:47 How should I start writing?
14:37 How can a teen improve their writing?
16:36 Do you have an idea that's greater than your current writing level/skills
17:38 How to overcome procrastination?
18:33 I didn't mean to kill a character, it just happened!
18:57 Could I be a writer & actor?
19:15 Do you have to follow grammar rules when writing?
20:03 Is it unprofessional to use Microsoft Word?
20:17 Writing software?
20:31 Does anyone else hate the word incredulously?
20:40 What makes you fall in love with an idea?
21:17 Should you make a website for your book before you query?
22:02 What is the summary on the inside of the book called?
22:15 How to break free of brainstorming and start writing?
23:51 How to write slice of life story w/o it getting boring
24:06 YA novels and character ages
24:30 How to accurately write high school students if you're an adult (asker is 22)
26:14 Is it selling out to avoid writing about "controversial topics"?
26:57 Is switching from 1st to 3rd person in one book always bad?
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24 июл 2024