Devon Pierce

@douglass_meghan I think so! The Silent Patient was like that, right?

Do you think it’s possible to write a thriller in first person from the perspective of the villain without giving away the twist that it is the villain until close to the end?

I love a good chapter title. Anybody else? #WritingCommunity #amwriting #amquerying

@realPeterCrerar On QT, the agents I’ve queried ask if AI was used. From here on out, I think I’ll add a sentence at the bottom of my query letter if the agent asks for email submissions.

A question for writers in the query trenches: Are you explicitly stating somewhere in your query package that AI was not used in the creation of your book?

@sothisisam @mermaidwrites I was just thinking the same!

@mermaidwrites This is so frustrating!!! And then I'm worried about putting my own work into an AI detector because then what if it learns from my writing style?! It's such a tough, sticky situation

This is why AI detectors WILL NEVER WORK. This was my writing, handwritten by me ON MY OWN without the help of any LLM. I ran it through Winston and Pangram (two leading AI checkers) and here are the very different results. Don't be fooled. AI Checkers don't find real AI at all.

@madison_cowsert @PosterPitEvent Ha! Well if you figure it out send some pointers!

@DevonPWrites @PosterPitEvent I’m not sure if I know how either lol but I’m going to try

Working on my posters for my first ever @PosterPitEvent !!! Anyone else participating?

As if I need one more thing to distract me from writing, is a #PublishersMarketplace membership worth it? #WritingCommunity #amwriting #amquerying

@AlyssaMatesic This is so interesting! I wrote my 2nd manuscript in 3rd person, rewrote the 1st page in 1st person and it was so much better/pulled my readers in. Did a whole rewrite and glad I did! Now it takes me a while to get into third as a reader. Everyone connects differently to stories!

It's undeniable: first person novels are EVERYWHERE. And some people aren't here for it, calling first person writing "lazy" and "juvenile." But does more first person mean the death of the modern novel? I'm not so sure... youtu.be/WmcnL_kFhMQ

Here I am thinking I can write a book when my third grader just schooled me over trapezoids, parallelograms, and quadrilaterals 🥴 #amquerying #WritingCommunity

@Holliiejanes @ClaraBenne9673 Based off everything I’ve heard and read, I’d advise against it not only because they’re old, but also wildly popular.

What's everyone's opinion on using old popular books as comps ? (eg the shining meets wuthering heights). I've heard you shouldn't use popular books / books over 5 years old #amquerying #writingcommunity #WritingLife

@MetzgerKaty Oh I feel this!

It's a special kind of hell to see the type of book you just finished writing start getting more interest before you're query ready. 🥺

Curious how other #querying writers handle sending batch queries? I sent 6 or so about 5/6 weeks ago, and I’m debating sending another batch here soon. I prefer smaller batches, but interested in everyone’s process! #WritingCommunity #amquerying

@Kacey_Combs Also, the only audiobook I can think of with more than two narrators is Daisy Jones and the Six, in which I think multiple narrators was necessary. Interesting question!

@Kacey_Combs I prefer single, don’t mind dual, don’t care for multi. I find there’s always a POV I don’t care about and skim over. For timeline? If it’s done well and not confusing I don’t mind flashback chapters—as long as it moves the story forward and isn’t just an info dump.

Question for the #WritingCommunity: single, dual or multi-timeline? What about POV? I heard on a podcast recently that a multi-POV with more than two narrators can be harder to sell. Do you agree?

@Novarrium Ah! Worst nightmare! BUT I actually saw an agent post about it happening often!

@DevonPWrites the typo anxiety dreams are SO real lol. i once sent a query where i spelled the agents name wrong in the greeting. didnt realize until a week later. still recovering honestly

I had a dream an agent rejected my #query because there were too many typos, and I have to laugh, because admittedly I misspell the easiest words 😆 #WritingCommunity #amquerying

#WritingCommunity— I have probably every craft book known to man, but just got this one and WOW. I suggest adding to your cart pronto. No gatekeeping over here 👌🏼 #amquerying #amwriting #romcom

@sanchez_m_m @KT_Carlisle ALSO, Lauren Kay has a free resource on her website where you can download a form and fill in your plot points and it will tell you what needs to happen around the word count. I didn’t word that the best lol sryyy

@KT_Carlisle Right?!?!?! It's so handy!!! Otherwise I feel like I'd just be meandering through the story without things being properly connected! I wish there was an app to do the math for me though. I still loathe the math part!

The only math I don't hate involves pulling out my copy of Save the Cat Writes YA to check the placement of my inciting incident. Goal placement of the inciting incident: 10% Goal length of my novel: 80,000 words Goal word count of that 10% mark: 8000 words in My current inciting incident placement: 8900 words I've definitely become more of a pantser, but I do need a solid structure and goal posts to keep things tight!

@sanchez_m_m I was just talking about how I never thought I’d be using so much math when I set this aspiration!

@JennLeeWriting Great to know! Thanks!

@DevonPWrites You should sign up for Bluesky. There are a lot of agents to follow over there as well as pitch contests happening often simultaneously. I don’t find Bluesky to be as interactive but I do think it’s worth it.

Got an agent like for #cupit over on 🦋 again. Curious if writers are getting more activity over there.