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 |   A month-long novel-planning challenge with prizes galore. |
| Life has been slinging all sorts of stuff at me, and October promises to be busy yet again, with an edit letter on the way for one book, pass pages on the way for another, a blurb request for which I have to read and prepare a quote for another author's book, and regular old life stuff slowing me down. Yesterday, I started trying to work on the first prompt and my brain felt like a desert. I seriously considered giving up and just planning this project another time. But tonight I sat down again, and instead of going back to the first prompt, I went and worked on day two's prompt. Well over an hour later, I'd finished and fleshed out both day one and day two's content, and I'm so excited about this story! So grateful for Prep! If anyone else is having trouble getting started, it's okay to work out of order on the prompts! (At least I think it is!) |
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| I am so glad that you were able to bounce back. Yes, I been having a bit of trouble with my premise. I got one carve out, but I just don't know. I have a hard time wording it. Chrys |
Uhhh... belatedly saying this...  You've been awarded by a Cheerleading Gift Point Fairy! My Sig P/S: This rookie fairy will do better.  It's been awhile. |
| There's nothing in the rules that says you can't. Some Preppers have been working out of order pretty much since we started Prepping. Cheers, Michelle Battywyn |
5,000 GPs were sent to Elycia Lee ā®  with this post.Cheers, Michelle Battywyn |
| Don't worry too much about wording your 'what if' properly. The suggested wording is really just to help you understand the goal of the exercise. If you spent fifteen minutes on it - even just thinking about what the heck it means and how it applies to your project - and it helped you understand the different directions your project might take, then you've successfully completed the assignment. Cheers, Michelle Battywyn |
| 1,000 GPs were sent to Elycia Lee ā® with this post. Cheers, Michelle Battywyn |
| Congratulations on all your writing success elsewhere! You are definitely quite talented!! What are pass pages? |
| Thank you! I'm definitely just lucky and stubborn. Pass pages are often a part of the editorial process. It goes like this, generally speaking (but not alwaysāsome parts of these may be skipped or combined, depending on the book/the publisher).  Developmental edits (an edit letter on the overall story and any parts that need polishing; may be one round or multiple rounds) Line edits (in-line comments suggesting adjustments on the sentence level, if necessaryāusually for clarity) Copyedits (an in-house or freelance copyeditor is brought in to read the whole book for consistency, clarity, and flow, and the author must respond to their comments/fix any issues; an important step, because by now, usually the editor and author have been staring at the book for a while, and it's important to have fresh eyes to catch any issues their tired eyes might have missed) Pass pages (after the book has been formatted to look like a bookāmargins, special fonts, page layout, etc.āthe book is sent to a proofreader and also to the author, both of whom will have the opportunity to reread the whole thing and take note of formatting issues or typos made/created in any of the other editorial steps. Some publishers do only one or two rounds of pass pages, and some do multiple rounds. It depends on the book and the publisher.)After pass pages, a book is usually ready for proof/ARC printing. ARCs are softcover, early copies of a book that are usually sent to booksellers or book reviewers in advance of publication for review/promotion. |
| I know you can do this, most of mine is from the top of my head(1 out of 100) that I can catch have you hugged your writer |
| Wow! Thanks for all that! And congratulations on being at the pass pages step! EXCITING!!! |
| 1,000 GPs were sent to Roseille ā„ with this post. Cheers, Michelle Image #1958063 over display limit. -?- |
It is fine, at least it was last year, to work in whatever order you want. They are designed in a logical manner that flows, but some people like a different flow and that's cool. Do what works for you. Just be sure to log an assignment at least every 72 hours to stay in the game.   |
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Thank you! |
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