Writing advice

[amberdreams]

I know a quite a few of my flist are writing original fiction, and so I thought I'd share this post I found on tumblr advising on novel lengths from the point of view of a publisher or publishing agent. Could be useful!
Check it out here

Comments

[dear-tiger.livejournal.com]

That sounds pretty awesome, and congrats to you on finishing it :D No judgement from me at all about not doing anything about it. Every time I even think about starting to write an original, my brain freezes.

[amberdreams.livejournal.com]

Trouble is. I've had it hanging round so long now, I know when I pick it up again I'm going to want to do a MAJOR re-write because I've moved on so much (not necessarily got better, you know, but just moved somewhere different). As for the sequel - eek! I've probably got about 50k of that and left it stalled! Fanfiction seems so much easier in comparison LOL