Writing & Editing

Laura Heasley

Anyone have advice on switching from 1st person to 3rd person for a brief moment in their book? I've been told I should try and make the transition smoother, but I am not fully sure how?

Ben Douglas

So, Im coming back slowly into Inkitt. I went over my stories and going over some of the plots. Im gonna have to adjust a few of them. One of the stories, Star Wars: Sith Hunter, is need of plot maintenance. I think I made the plot a bit weak because the story on the first few chapters were a bit unclear. I apologize if some of you were reading that story, but I promise I'll finish my edits before making the story available to read. Im on chapter two now, so it's gonna take awhile. I just feel ... See More like I need to adjust the plot line a bit to make it more easier to understand and more interesting. Thanks for reading my stories! I hope you enjoy them :)

Caffepain

Hi I am New at Inkkit. I want to offer a little help, if anyone here having a hard time editting their book cover! Please dont hesitate to message me or DM my twitter account ( @psalmolive ).
I would love to be your book cover maker!

cocoa love

Hello, I am new here. I am currently writing a dystopian series. I just wanted to introduce myself. The first book is called: Tested.

Knightlee Skyy

How do most people go about a cover?

M.L. Bull

Hi Writers! If anyone is going through the editing/rewriting process like me, it could be helpful to use the following 3 editing tools:

ProWritingAid

Hemingway Editor

Grammarly

I actually use all three of them. First, the Hemingway Editor, next ProWritingAid, and lastly Grammarly.
Also, try checking for filter words in your story. These are unnecessary words that slow the pacing of your book's readability.

Here's a list of ... See More some of the words I delete:

See, look, hear, know, realize, wonder, decide, notice, feel, remember, think, that (definitely, that, lol)
Of, really, very, (any abverbs ending in -ly), down, up, sudden, just, almost, rather, somewhat, some, only, seem, even, every, certain, often, could, tell, may any, start, begin, began, all, this, saw, the, then, and than,

Deleting these words and others you come across can improve your story's flow much better. Hope it helps! :)

Markusdoyle

Hi friends. Im working on a new Sherlock Holmes novel and im good at writing but its The editing and all that stuff i dont like.
I rather write in a flow in words! Then i can write for many hours.
Can you give me some tip on how this text can get better?
The Prologue.
Dr Doyles Private Diary of Markus Sixtenstam CCopyright Markus Sixtenstam Sweden 2019.
Arthur Conan Doyle was very tired that evening when it happen to him a serious thing that should change his ... See More life forever!
The only thing he wanted to sleep but he could not.
He walked in to his study room. And sat down in his chair.
And took up his Diary in his desk. Yes. He said for himself. Yes, he repeted slowly.
I can at least write instead for laying in bed and be angry. He took his Pen and started to write. He wrote fast and gently. It was like a stream of water that Come from his golden reseovar Pen. His parker Pen he had get in a Christmas present for 2 years ago from his wife. He continued to write faster and faster.
He knowed that his life was in danger.
And what he wrote was this.

Brittani Nicole Case

Hey, guys, I need some help or some suggestions at least. I've been doing some work with my characterization of my characters, and when I finish it'll be a thousand times better. My story is about a girl who gets kidnapped and sold into the sex trade. (Still doing lots of research on the topic) I decided I would use the "use a slave to catch a slave" approach. After being captive for a little while, Selena learns that a family member is high up in the sex ring. He threatens her to join him. She ... See More accepts. But instead of continuing to try to save girls when she can, she starts reveling in their suffering. She does suffer from Stockholm Syndrome. She wants to defend those she has grown close to, even though parts of it seem wrong. When her family is threatened, she knows they can't handle much more. Between her disappearance and her sister, Zoey being bullied in college, her family has a lot on their plate. I also have chapters dedicated to Selena's family and friends that describe what they are going through during her absence. So as I am developing my plot to bring it all to a resolution. I've been told that someone in the ring murdering her one of her family members would be too risky, and I agree. Should I have them go on with the murder so they can be brought to justice for countless crimes or not? I know they would want Selena to suffer for escaping. After she's helped catch people, she has all sorts of knowledge they wouldn't want to get out.

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Being the young writer I am, I'd like to know what outlines are for when planning a novel or a series. I've been writing without planning any of my stories for seven years and because of that, I never finished any of my stories. Now that I'm on here, I want to be able to start a novel and finish it, so if anyone has any suggestions on how I can do that and what outlines are, please let me know.  

Hayden D. Linder

What with this being a new year. I thought it would be a good opportunity for us as a community to come together and share a “round.” That is where one person starts a story and the next writer continues it. Part of why I’m doing this is because we tend to get rooted in our own little groups and never venture out to see what the others have to offer. I think a “round” would be a fun way for all of us to read efforts from other groups and maybe increase the influences we take in for our ... See More writing.


What does this have to do with writing and editing? Ehhh…. “Discuss plots, styles, writer’s block, grammar, technical and creative writing.” Yeah, I’m gonna say all o that applies, yo!


I will be posting this on the “Fantasy and Werewolves” Group: https://www.inkitt.com/groups/49 because they have been my primary group since joining Inkitt. For orders sake I would ask that any chapters you post should be posted on the thread there for this series. That should make it easier for everyone to find the latest chapter.


When you post be sure to share a link to your prefered Group. That will give the rest of us the opportunity to visit. And if you’re not sure which Group is your prefered? Well, it’s probably the one you’re on now.:) If you want to take the next chapter. Please do so on the Werewolves Group thread. Again to make it easier for us to know who’s next.


AND if you miss the chapter you want? Remember this is a round. It is very easy to slip in anywhere. Just grab the chapter after that. You’d be surprised how much of what you’ve written can be salvaged for a following chapter.

I am cross posting this on the following Groups in an attempt to get -ALL OF US- involved. If crossposting upsets you? Then I am sorry but it’s kinda the point for this. Also, let me know if I missed any groups that you think should be involved.


Groups:
Marketing: https://www.inkitt.com/groups/62

Introduce yourself: https://www.inkitt.com/groups/3

Writing & Editing: https://www.inkitt.com/groups/4

Review me: https://www.inkitt.com/groups/5

Support & Feature Requests: https://www.inkitt.com/groups/2

Fanfiction: https://www.inkitt.com/groups/7

Fantasy: https://www.inkitt.com/groups/8

Horror: https://www.inkitt.com/groups/11

Romance: https://www.inkitt.com/groups/10

Sci-Fi: https://www.inkitt.com/groups/9

Thriller: https://www.inkitt.com/groups/12

Writing Assignments: https://www.inkitt.com/groups/64

Fantasy and Werewolves: https://www.inkitt.com/groups/49


If you have any questions? Holler at me. I’m easy to find. And now,
Chapter 1 of “The Round.” http://bit.ly/2seqhPy