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Our Simple Guide to Getting Started on YouWriteOn is displayed below, you can also view our most frequently asked questions section by clicking on the following link: frequently asked questions section.

Critiques from leading literary professionals   Each month on YouWriteOn.com the top five writers receive a free professional critique from established authors, and editors for leading literary agents and publishers including Curtis Brown, Orion and Bloomsbury, who represent writers such as J.K. Rowling, Ian Rankin and Elmore Leonard.

YouWriteOn Book of the Year Awards A number of our winners from our first Book of the Year Awards are now represented by leading literary agents, including Curtis Brown. One of our finalists has achieved a six figure two book deal with a major publisher after developing their story on YouWriteOn and achieving a free YouWriteOn professional critique from a Senior Editor at Orion books – View Details

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The Simple Guide to Getting Started on YouWriteOn.com
The Simple Guide to Getting Started on YouWriteOn.com

The aim of YouWriteOn.com is to help all new writers develop and to help talented writers get noticed and published.

To get started simply:
·          Join YouWriteOn.com for free

·          Upload Opening Chapters or Short Stories – novel chapters must be fiction opening chapters between 6,000 to 10,000 words, and fiction short stories between 2,000 to 5,000 words, to qualify for the YouWriteOn Top Ten and a professional critique. You can upload non-opening chapters, but for member feedback only

·          Your chapters once uploaded will be automatically sent out for review to another member. YouWriteOn’s literary professionals have commented on the high quality of stories rated highly by members

·          You can view your ratings after four reviews. You need 5 reviews to enter our chart system. Once you receive your first review, request a Reading Assignment of another members story on your My Page to receive more reviews. Each story you review will award you a reading credit and earn a review back for your story in turn. Assign your reading credits to your stories by clicking on the 'Manage My Reading Credits' button on your My Page. Each time you assign a reading credit it will automatically send your story out for review

·          You can remove one unrepresentative review and rating every eight reviews

·          You can edit your story and synopsis as you develop your work through feedback. Click on the pen symbol next to your story on your My Page to edit your story

·          You can request 3 different Reading Assignments and remove one Reading Assignment every 24 hours. Click on the remove button next to a Reading Assignment on your My Page to remove it from your reading list - the story will then be sent out to another reviewer

·          Each month the Top 5 writers in our Top Ten receive a free professional critique from established authors and editors for leading literary agents and publishers, including Curtis Brown, Orion and Bloomsbury

·          The Top 5 chapters/stories each month enter our Best Sellers Chart. The YouWriteOn Best Sellers Chart is a showcase for the highest rated stories on site. See the Top Ten and Best Seller Chart rules on our Top Ten page for details of the chart rules and how stories enter the Top Ten and Best Seller charts

·          YouWriteOn’s literary professionals decide on the winners for our Book of The Year Award from all the stories that enter the YouWriteOn Best Sellers Chart each year

We wish all new writers every success with their stories.

To view our frequently asked questions section, click on the following link: frequently asked questions section



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Ratings Breakdown

Is this book a popular or cult success? View the Ratings Breakdown below to see if this author's writing has a mainstream or niche audience.

Ratings Breakdown Sample for a highly rated story

Outlined below is a breakdown of this book title’s ratings on YouWriteOn.com, based on 24 reviews from members randomly assigned the book chapters.
Authors can use their ratings breakdown to help assess how members view their writing. If authors are well rated, they can also use their ratings breakdown to help interest publishing professionals.

This book's Overall Rating from All Reviewers

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Characters

Story (plot)

Pace & structure

Use of language

Narrative Voice

Dialogue

Settings

Themes & ideas

The display above shows the average marks given by all readers of the sample chapters.

Characters

Story (plot)

Pace & structure

Use of language

Narrative Voice

Dialogue

Settings

Themes & ideas

The display above shows the individual marks given by readers of the sample chapters. Each number in each star above represents how many people marked that facet.

For example, if there is the number 3 in the fourth star next to 'Story' above, that means that 3 people gave the Story 4 stars.

This Book's Ratings from Fans of its Book Genre

This section helps to reveal how readers who like this book's genre rated the book. This may be useful in establishing if there is a readership for the book amongst fans of the genre.

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Member Successes and YouWriteOn Services: As well as YouWriteOn's free services funded by the Arts Council and us, we also provide the following critique and publishing services to help writers and help fund the site. YouWriteOn's successes include Bufflehead Sisters by Patricia J. DeLois, which was named the number one read of 2007 by a leading newspaper ahead of a former Pulitzer prize winning writer. View Details. Our literary professional critiques from editors for leading agents and publishers have also helped writers to achieve publishing success, including one writer who achieved a six figure deal with a major publisher.

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Our editors have worked with bestselling writers, and provide critiques from opening chapters through to completed manuscripts.

Our professionals provide expert advice to help writers develop their stories, as well as guidance on the potential market for stories.

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Legend Press is the UK's youngest-run mainstream fiction publisher, set up by Tom Chalmers in 2005, who in 2007 was shortlisted for the UK Young Publisher of the Year. Among many notable achievements, and a unique rise in the industry, one of their titles, Salt & Honey by Candi Miller, was recently named in the 'Top Ten Books to Talk About' for World Book Day.

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