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    POV Question For Experienced Fiction Authors

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    Thanks COSenior. I'm fairly thick skinned, just trying to get it right. I know what you are talking about on the article. Lol "*Please don’t write any scenes where your character is looking into a mirror. It is a terrible way to describe your main character, and I’m guilty as hell of doing it...
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    POV Question For Experienced Fiction Authors

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    What a fantastic answer. Especially the "get out of the way" bit. Awesome! If I understand correctly, you are what they call an architect. I couldn't write that way. Just having more than a vague idea of how my book will end is almost enough to make me feel stifled. I am definitely a gardner...
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    POV Question For Experienced Fiction Authors

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    Perfect! Thank you. I have been using chapter breaks to change POV, but I may be falling into the bad opening scenario. That definitely needs to get fixed. My first character POV change I tried to make use of a complete scenery change in the first paragraph to show it was someone else, before...
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    Out of a Funk - a Newbie's Journey In Self Publishing

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    I sometimes have a hard time starting a chapter. I'll know where I want to go, but not exactly how to get there. So, I'll just skip the how to get there part and just start Writting the scene I want to get to. Then I go back and find that filling in the "how do I get there" is so much easier...
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    Correct pricing for fiction eBook series

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    They can climb the free rankings and drive readers toward your other two books. I don't know all of the benefits, but I've seen a bunch of books that are first in a series on the free lists, while the other books do pretty well because people who read the first for free have to find out what...
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    Correct pricing for fiction eBook series

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    I am not experienced, but have you considered perma-free for your first book?
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    POV Question For Experienced Fiction Authors

    PUBLISHING 
    I just received my first review. It was positive, but had a couple of constructive criticism points. One will be answered already in the next book, the other left me with a puzzle. Now, it is only one review, so it's not enough to tell me to course correct, but I wanted to get some advice on it...
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    Urban Paranormal Self-Publishing

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    I got my first review! I know that probably has little to do with sales, but it's awesome anyway. The reviewer wrote a very detailed review and gave me 4 stars. Again, I know that has nothing to do with sales, but it does boost the confidence quite a bit. Anyway, just thought I'd share.
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    Urban Paranormal Self-Publishing

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    Okay, so my goal is to do an EOM (End Of Month) update every month so that I can help those coming behind, but also so that I can reflect on what I've done and use that reflection to plan my next steps. This EOM update will be relatively short, because I just started this thread a few days ago...
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    {PROGRESS + ACCOUNTABILITY} LAURYN'S RECONSTRUCTION: GETTING TO 50 SHADES OF PAID

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    The enneagram may actually be a better system for character creation, especially when you're getting into someone's head. I hadn't seen that before, but I think I'll start integrating that into my character development. I found a website that correlated enneagram type by MBTI type. May be good...
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    {PROGRESS + ACCOUNTABILITY} LAURYN'S RECONSTRUCTION: GETTING TO 50 SHADES OF PAID

    PUBLISHING 
    That's an awesome resource. I have been using the MBTI as my touchstone for character development. I have been imagining the type of person I want, then finding the MBTI personality that best fits the person I'm imagining. I use the type descriptions to flesh the character out after that. It...
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    I'm going to write that book, baby.

    PUBLISHING 
    Celebrating! Great job!
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    Urban Paranormal Self-Publishing

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    COSenior, yours was the third progress thread I read after the HfR and Chikenhawks. I've loved reading your progress and the insane amount of words you're able to produce in a day. You're actually a bit of a rock star for me. So getting your encouragement means a lot. A lot! Thank you.
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    I'm going to write that book, baby.

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    And you started in April? You're an machine!
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    Urban Paranormal Self-Publishing

    PUBLISHING 
    Thanks Mattie. I actually started the first book trying to just write for the audience, but I ended up adding so many elements that I enjoy that it became a hybrid that probably lost all cohesion, but I'll get better. I'm serious about letting me know when you publish. I'd love to read your book.
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    Urban Paranormal Self-Publishing

    PUBLISHING 
    That had me rolling! And that's probably about how the book reads. lol Believe it or not, it is still a romance, though I won't rite sex. My seventeen year old daughter reads every chapter I write, so there's no way I rite a steamy love scene. lol I remember when werewolves were two legged...
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    Urban Paranormal Self-Publishing

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    Thanks so much for the encouragement. I am a lifelong fantasy lover. Swords, magic and such. A lot of that has spilled over into my writing. The vampires are Rephaim instead of just vampires. The werewolves descend from Gilgamesh. There's magic and prophecies. I'm actually afraid that I have...
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    Urban Paranormal Self-Publishing

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    I know I'm blowing my thread up today, but I thought it important to say one more thing before I sign off and write for the next few days. I am not throwing something together without any thought to quality and pushing publish. The book I wrote was the best book I could write. I took a day to...
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    Urban Paranormal Self-Publishing

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    I can PM it to you if you want, just don't out my pen name. :) * Just realized I can't PM with this account. Switched over to my insider account real quick to make sure I hadn't missed a change. Looks like it's an Insider perk.
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    Urban Paranormal Self-Publishing

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    Keep me updated. I'd like to buy a copy once you get it out there. Good luck!

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