Petr Kábrt
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Andrew Ball:
Did someone help you edit your books or find problems with them? I'd love to write my own, because yours inspired me to even try writing, but I am not sure where I could get some criticism I desperately need. Are there any sites you would recommend or if you have any advice in this topic?
Andrew Ball
For editing, I had several people read it: my mother, my older sister, and a good close friend! Of course, I combed through the entire story myself probably six or seven times all together. I realize that's not possible for yourself, though.
In the course of writing several novels (Contractor is just the only one I've published) I've encountered other writers as I've sought advice on both style and mechanics from across the internet. Exchanges with them have been extremely helpful. What you see in Contractor is not just experience I picked up from writing it, but lessons I've learned from earlier (crappier) things that I've written.
There's a lot of writing communities out on the internet, a lot of forums. Many of these have self-help groups and offer friendly exchange editing; you edit theirs, they help edit yours. You could try looking for those resources. Many forums have plenty of volunteer editors happy to read new content! Here is one such critique-exchange community which is one of the best:
http://www.critique.org/
If that doesn't work, you could try a paid editing service! However, depending on the quality of editing, this can be expensive, especially if your work is long (editors typically charge by the word, so more words = more money!)
I hope that is helpful!
In the course of writing several novels (Contractor is just the only one I've published) I've encountered other writers as I've sought advice on both style and mechanics from across the internet. Exchanges with them have been extremely helpful. What you see in Contractor is not just experience I picked up from writing it, but lessons I've learned from earlier (crappier) things that I've written.
There's a lot of writing communities out on the internet, a lot of forums. Many of these have self-help groups and offer friendly exchange editing; you edit theirs, they help edit yours. You could try looking for those resources. Many forums have plenty of volunteer editors happy to read new content! Here is one such critique-exchange community which is one of the best:
http://www.critique.org/
If that doesn't work, you could try a paid editing service! However, depending on the quality of editing, this can be expensive, especially if your work is long (editors typically charge by the word, so more words = more money!)
I hope that is helpful!
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