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CyborgSage00x0 posted...

Entity13 posted...

So on the site where I'm audience testing my novel, "Elysium Shining," the novel has so far become the 24th longest story of 3800-ish, and may become the 20th when I've posted the remaining chapters and epilogue.

That's actually fantastic. I'd like to hear more about this, especially since I've been trying to do the same for years, and my actual jobs keeps me too busy to do so. Want to hear about your story, the process, and the process you have no that you are trying to enter the publishing phase.

It's mostly sci fi genre, and is shy of 180k words. It took me two months to write the first draft, using a little time in the mornings, when I wake up, and evenings, before bed. It's the fastest I've ever come up with a story, its characters, and written it.

Once I got to around chp.30 I started posting chapters of the first draft on one site, which I'll take down a week before I go to publish. The feedback thus far has been good. Also at that time I copied chapters to a Google Doc for a buddy of mine to go through.

After finishing the first draft I ran through the story real quick for minor adjustments and typos that I could catch, and then re-copied those chapters (with my friend's early suggestions) to the Google Doc. He has thirty-four chapters (including Epi) to proofread. The main and Google docs are in my preferred format as well.

I'll update my process when I get to the publishing part of the deal, but my friend said to me not to sign any exclusivity, such as Amazon likes to do. So yeah, more on this later.
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