Someone to proof-read manuscript ?

dandyelevan · 2015-01-23 20:04:00

I hope to have a book completed in about two weeks (or five thousand words, which ever comes first!) Genre: Historical Irish Crime, c 60,000 words. In the past I've asked relatives or friends to proof-read what I've written, but I'd prefer an honest outside opinion on this work, for many reasons. It's a lot to ask of…

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#32 10-03-2015 02:06PM

EileenG

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Livvie wrote: »

Fifty Shades didn't appear to be well edited (or edited at all) but if you could get past that, there actually was a story there, and although there were things that really annoyed me - mainly the repetition - I did become involved with the characters and wanted to know what motivated Christian, what his back story was etc.

Millions read it and enjoyed it - and if it encouraged just a few to read more, it did some good.

A lot of people said it demeaned women. I'm sure there are books that do exactly that. I thought that in FSOG, the woman was most definitely the one in control, especially the further into the story you got.

Yes, I would go further and say she was a passive aggressive manipulator. Of couurse, he was a psycho stalker.

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