Hi form New York

Welcome Brian,

I enjoyed reading your introduction.

I just read Wool, by the way, and thoroughly enjoyed it.

I,too share your same challenge… TIME! Let’s create magical time appearing everywhere, anytime we need it.

I look forward to sharing our work.

Welcome Brian! I too am a Stephen King fan.

Hi Brian!

There were only by critiques, no rejections, here on The Story Cartel (a vigorous nod to Joe for that).

I am captivated by your Russian Doll theory of a good novel. I have read a great deal of articles and craft books; your paraphrasing is better than anything I’ve read in the writing advice aisles. 😉

Looking forward to learning from you.

Welcome, Brian,

I love science fiction and I’m hoping to read yours. Your chapter idea is a useful goal to aim for. I’ll try it.

Thanks.

Judith

Hi Brian, nice to have you here.

I look forward to seeing your novel start to emerge. I like sci fi, but don’t have the stomach for very scary stuff (no Stephen King novels for me!).

Welcome! Rejection letters are badges of honor. 🙂

Love your sense of humor, Brian! I came back over and read the rest of your responses (to get to know you better) and your sense of humor is matched only by your writing craft theories.

Have you thought about writing a craft book as well?

Hello Brian, it’s good to meet you. I read your introduction and you and I seem to be traveling a similar path and one that I think we both might be able to travel down together for a while.

Your story is very similar to mine. Tons of stories and tons of rejections with a few successes along the way. I see that the writers who you listed are some of my favorite writers as well and Hugh Howey, especially, seems to be a type of writer’s journey that my work for both of us.

I think that knocking around chapters/ideas for your book is a great approach. You can test what’s reading well and what isn’t reading so well. It’s like having several different focus groups all working on one solution. I don’t make the rules here, but I don’t see why you couldn’t submit chapters for the stories here. You have my support anyway.

I look forward to working with you and reading your stuff and helping each other to become better writers.

J.L.S.

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Hi Brian,

Good to meet you.

I loved the paraphrase you wrote, “you can recognize great writing by breaking down a complete piece into smaller parts and if the smaller parts can stand on their own, you know you’ve read something great.”

What a great thing to strive for.

Look forward to sharing the journey.

Hi Brian and James!

I like what you said about chapters standing on their own. That’s something to reach for, isn’t it?

Looking forward to sharing with both of you!

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