Comments on: The First Five Pages http://www.dailywritingtips.com/the-first-five-pages/ Sat, 21 Nov 2009 02:00:10 -0600 hourly 1 By: Advocate Deepak Tiwari http://www.dailywritingtips.com/the-first-five-pages/comment-page-1/#comment-126674 Advocate Deepak Tiwari Thu, 11 Jun 2009 11:01:23 +0000 http://www.dailywritingtips.com/?p=2383#comment-126674 nice blog. nice blog.

]]> By: AravisGirl http://www.dailywritingtips.com/the-first-five-pages/comment-page-1/#comment-126623 AravisGirl Thu, 11 Jun 2009 04:43:30 +0000 http://www.dailywritingtips.com/?p=2383#comment-126623 I like strange words. Dictionaries are always nice to snuggle up to. We recently got an unabridged dictionary from a neighbor. It's a second edition Merriam-Webster. Old, but interesting. Unfortunately, it doesn't give the dates for the words like our collegiate dictionary. I might look into that book :D I like strange words. Dictionaries are always nice to snuggle up to. We recently got an unabridged dictionary from a neighbor. It’s a second edition Merriam-Webster. Old, but interesting. Unfortunately, it doesn’t give the dates for the words like our collegiate dictionary.

I might look into that book :D

]]> By: Motormind http://www.dailywritingtips.com/the-first-five-pages/comment-page-1/#comment-126054 Motormind Mon, 08 Jun 2009 12:47:32 +0000 http://www.dailywritingtips.com/?p=2383#comment-126054 Ths book indicates exactly why the publishing industry is in such rough waters nowadays. Ths book indicates exactly why the publishing industry is in such rough waters nowadays.

]]> By: Ed Hawco http://www.dailywritingtips.com/the-first-five-pages/comment-page-1/#comment-125470 Ed Hawco Fri, 05 Jun 2009 19:13:54 +0000 http://www.dailywritingtips.com/?p=2383#comment-125470 Dirtywhitecandy; Chekov, on rewriting, said "throw away your first three pages." That was for short stories. Maybe for novels it should be "throw away your first three chapters." :-) Dirtywhitecandy; Chekov, on rewriting, said “throw away your first three pages.” That was for short stories. Maybe for novels it should be “throw away your first three chapters.” :-)

]]> By: dirtywhitecandy http://www.dailywritingtips.com/the-first-five-pages/comment-page-1/#comment-125377 dirtywhitecandy Fri, 05 Jun 2009 07:41:29 +0000 http://www.dailywritingtips.com/?p=2383#comment-125377 Interesting post. I bet that when he gets down to content one of his top criticisms is that many novels don't get going fast enough. I see a lot of novels in progress, from gifted writers, that don't really hit their stride until the second or third chapter. If they don't hit the ground running they're out of the race! Interesting post. I bet that when he gets down to content one of his top criticisms is that many novels don’t get going fast enough. I see a lot of novels in progress, from gifted writers, that don’t really hit their stride until the second or third chapter. If they don’t hit the ground running they’re out of the race!

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