Title: Ex Nihilo
Length, Draft and Language- 52K, 1st Draft (slightly looked over), English
Brief Summary- (I'm having a lot of trouble summarizing this one, see "Known Issues")
The final chapter of a game played since the beginning of time, an ode to the beginning of the end. "What is this game?" the girl asks herself, but realizes there are much more important questions to ask. "Why are we here?" "What are we meant to do?" These questions tumble around her but the answers refuse to fit together. And in the end, they all lead to the question: "In a world where everything is transient, what does it mean to be Eternal?"
Sub Genre & Keywords - Existentialism, Philosophy, Superhero, Immortality, Divinity
Known Issues - I have next to no idea what genre it is and my first Beta reader has told me the MC is hard to connect with, something I think I agree with her about. I have no idea how to summarize this piece without making it sound really lame or vague. My grammar and spelling are (in my opinion) not even remotely bad, but it was written in just about 24 days so please keep that in mind.
Critique Requested - I could really use any and all advice at this point. Specifically, I'm looking for plot structure advice, but character development and continuity help would also be great.
Critique Tolerance - I would not like my reader to get overly caught up in semantics and I really don't like unhelpful statements like "this is good/bad" without explanation. I also don't want you to feel like you need to pad anything you feel like I should hear. In a nutshell, I am looking for honest, constructive advice.
Experience & Goals - This is my second novel and, although I'm not sure it is quite good enough to do so, I am very interested in at least casually pursuing publishing. However, I would like to wait until I have gotten feedback from several people and had time to do a complete overhaul based on it.
Method of Communication - I strongly prefer email (I have Gmail and Gchat) but I could also work with PMs and I would be willing to discuss other means of communication if somebody has a good reason.
Anything else? - I am more than happy to swap with somebody else and I can promise to edit well and on a fairly regular basis.
Disclaimers - Ex Nihilo contains brief strong language (mostly for comedic effect), brutal superhero violence, brief and completely PG homosexuality, and mild occult references.
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56,405 / 50,000
déc. 1, 2008 - 15 35
I'd be interested in beta reading this. I can use email, as well. However, I won't be swapping novels with anybody until I fill in the scenes I've skipped.
BTW, I've never done any sort of big beta reading before. I'm not sure if that makes a difference, but you should probably know.
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déc. 1, 2008 - 17 01
Oh that's great news! Yes, I'll email it to you ASAP... I just sorta need an email address :D
And do I mind if you edit my novel before your's is ready? No of course not! Also, lack of experience is no big deal, I'm especially just looking for other people's thoughts just as a reader (as opposed to a strict "editor" standpoint).