: Re: First Chapter for Free? I am currently working on a novel, and am approximately 45% of the way through (~37,500 words / 100 A5 pages). Working full time, I am unable to finish my story within

Finishing a First Draft is only the first step, and the easiest one in self publishing. I spent twice as much time editing as I do writing.

After editing there is a lot of Marketing work to do... I do mean a lot. It is during this step that you give out free chapters. Only after the book has been edited (Because you might change a lot more than you think during editing) and you have a release date. Unless you link your free chapter to the pre-order button for buying the whole thing, you will annoy people with the tease.

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: A story is about one or more characters. These need not be human, and they need not necessarily even be living beings (a story about an AI's struggle for equality could make an interesting

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: Since you've mostly named authors who wrote non-fiction, some of the most relevant style guides of the era are Hart's Rules and The King's English. I'm not sure whether they encouraged concise

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: Re: First Chapter for Free? I am currently working on a novel, and am approximately 45% of the way through (~37,500 words / 100 A5 pages). Working full time, I am unable to finish my story within

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: How To Settle On An Ending? I've had a few different ideas for an ending that I've narrowed down to two. They both fit the tone and they both fit the story. But they are also completely

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: Since you've mostly named authors who wrote non-fiction, some of the most relevant style guides of the era are Hart's Rules and The King's English. I'm not sure whether they encouraged concise

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