Now that I have the complete plot of the third book worked out and am chugging through the chapters (albeit slowly) I've actually been dinking around with the idea of polishing up the first book in the series (An Accidental Princess) in the hopes of perhaps sending it to an agent and getting it published.
Seeing as the book was started going on four years ago, I feel like there's a lot I need to work on/polish up. So I was hoping you, the loyal readers who have stuck with me through all its faults and favorited/commented on it anyway, would have some suggestions. I threw together some questions that I'm interested in hearing answers to, but don't feel like you have to answer them all or even any of them. Any honest feedback on what I could do to make it a stronger, more publish-able book is welcome.
Please feel free to send your responses either through Private Message here on Fanfiction Net or to my email address. In thanks, I'm planning to incorporate those who respond into a very important up-coming scene in Book 3. :)
Here are some thoughts to get you started:
Overall:
- Was the first chapter a strong enough hook? Meaning, did it interest you in the story right away or did you have to read into the next chapter to get interested?
- Were the chapters too short? too long? just right?
- Did you notice anything about the writing that annoyed you? (IE: words that were overused, repeated sentence structures, etc?)
- Which is a better title: a. A Fairy Tale's Princess b. An Accidental Princess c. The Princess Calamity d. (other suggestions)
Characters:
- Were there too many characters?
- Did you feel any of them lacked a strong, unique characterization? And if so, who?
- Is it too obvious that Rosepink is evil?
- If you could have more of any one character, who would it be?
Plot:
- Did anything about the plot seemed rushed, hurried, or ambiguous?
- If you could choose to have any part of the plot expanded or elaborated upon, which part would it be?
- Did you feel any of the character relationships were rushed or felt forced?
- In the beginning, does Theo arrive too quickly? (IE, would you be interested in more build-up with Toby's day to day life or do you think that would bog the story down?)
Finally:
- Any other thoughts or advice on what might make the story better overall?
- If you could have any Believe-type name (Fairy or otherwise) what would it be?