Hello. I would much appreciate beta readers for a dystopian adventure with YA and romance themes. It’s 97k words, the first of a three-book serial. I’ve put a lot of time into revising/editing the manuscript, now I need frank but fair advice on:
- Pace - World-building - Characterisation/credible motivation - Any ‘sink holes’
The premise of 'Dreams from the Stratosphere' is that today’s complex society has suffered a ‘Tainter collapse’ to a more primitive level of social order. Governments, the Internet, public utilities, global corporations, legal tender, all have vanished. What would replace them? How would an ambitious young person find their way up in this anarchic world?
I can supply a few chapters, or the whole thing, in whatever format you prefer. You can also reach me via malcolm[at]malcolmjwardlaw.com.
- Pace
- World-building
- Characterisation/credible motivation
- Any ‘sink holes’
The premise of 'Dreams from the Stratosphere' is that today’s complex society has suffered a ‘Tainter collapse’ to a more primitive level of social order. Governments, the Internet, public utilities, global corporations, legal tender, all have vanished. What would replace them? How would an ambitious young person find their way up in this anarchic world?
I can supply a few chapters, or the whole thing, in whatever format you prefer. You can also reach me via malcolm[at]malcolmjwardlaw.com.