I'm Trying to Get a Book Published! discussion

hi. im magen. im 15 and a sophmore in high school.i usually write realistic fiction with some sort of romantic twist in it. i also write romantic comedy and just plain out romance. i LOVE to write poetry, in fact my poem entitled "What He Doesn't Know" was published when i was 13.

PLEASE READ AND COMMENT ON MY WORK!!! THANKS : )

(right now there is only one thing up but ill be posting up more later)

coolio!

why don't u copy-paste the link here Megan?? =) That way we can go to your poem directly!

I would love to read your work. Can you paste in the link? Thanks!

yeah sure... sorry. here it is


http://www.goodreads.com/story/list/2...

PLEASE COMMENT! thanks

Magen, thanks for sharing the synopsis of your stories. It sounds like you have a lot of great ideas.

Staring at a blank page is one of the hardest challenges I face as a writer. I do two things to get past that: (1) I shut my eyes and imagine that I am my character and (2) I just start writing, ignoring the fact that I feel like every word is crap.

When I am not working on a story, I do two things: read good books and study writing. I went to my library and got out every book on how to write fiction. Then I practiced applying those skills I read about in some short stories. Then I started reading good books and watched how the author applied the skills I had learned and how it affected the story.

I write a lot about writing, marketing books, and about reading on my blog http://afantasyfiction.blogspot.com. I hope this helps you on your way.

I've gone thru them! I liked the poems.. emm.. the sypnosis are different.. can't wait to read the stories ;)

Rita wrote: "Magen, thanks for sharing the synopsis of your stories. It sounds like you have a lot of great ideas.

Staring at a blank page is one of the hardest challenges I face as a writer. I do two things..."

Thank you sooooo much rita. this will really help me! ☺

I like being a help. Good luck!

that helped me too!! Thankyou Rita =) I went through your blog about teenagers and adults =) but i can't seem to write anything just yet- have got too many things on my mind at the moment! tests and all that!

That's okay, Mizla. Sometimes things need to ferment before you know what you want to say.

Hi Magen,

I've enjoyed reading your work. You have some wonderful ideas for your stories. They just need to be developed a little bit further. But it's safe to say that you are on the right track. Keep up the good work.

BTW, Magen. I left you some comments on The Billion Dollar Piece. But my comments were so long that it wasn't saved. I'll try to say here what I wrote there for you.

A great way to start your story would be to use 'media res'. This is just a fancy way of saying starting your story in the middle of the action. If you introduce your readers to Amanda at the point where she is trying to cope with the fact that her parents are no longer rich, you will hook them. (You don't need a long drawn out build up for a short story. If you are writing a novel, then you might want to go that route.)

My suggestion would be for you to show that Amanda is so desperate to maintain her popularity that she continues to pretend that she is rich, even though this is clearly not the case. She would in effect be living a lie. But what will make this story interesting is to take your readers on a journey with Amanda so that we can watch her go to extreme lengths to hide her secret from everyone including her friends (I imagine there might be a bit of humor in the process).

This story should allow us readers to watch Amanda's attempts and ultimate failure to be something and someone she is not. In the end, the truth comes out that she is not rich and her world comes crumbling down around her.

At the end of the story, it would be great to see Amanda reconcile with the fact that although she isn't popular anymore and that she isn't rich, she comes to learn that true wealth and happiness doesn't come from money or the rabid attention of groupies, but rather from her self-worth and pride in who she is. Just my 2 cents. But I hope it helps to give you some ideas.

thank you soo much! wow, you're really good at giving advice.

Magen,

Glad I could help. :)

Yup-- trust Kevin! i love the way he comments on writings=)