I’m maybe 75% through my second draft. The story is the same but the POV is very different. I finally managed to get someone to read it and they said it makes no sense without reading the original draft. Pretty disappointed. Happy to take the feedback of course, but I’m wondering if it’s a universal opinion or whether it’s only the opinion of one person. Could somebody read the first ten pages for me and let me know if they understand the story? Genre: gothic political romance

I've written the majority of my draft in a journal format, but the author of the journal dies in action. I would like to finish the story in third-person limited from another character's point of view, but I'm struggling with the segway between styles. Any suggestions? So far, I have a tertiary character scrawl a note at the back of the journal to give context, and the just launch into it but it still feels kind of clunky.

Hello, all! Hope you're well. I'm part way writing a book (genre is gothic political fantasy romance). I've found I'm a bit stuck. I'd really appreciate someone to bounce some ideas off...

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