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Today, we reached 60 members.
wow. I wanted to share a few thoughts. This group started as a school for copywriters, but over time it evolved into a space for creative writing. As many of you know, there are already two masterclasses available here, and I’ll be adding more in the future. The goal is simple: a free community where writers can read one another’s work and be read in return. From experience, I know that not everyone who joins will participate in good faith. Some people won’t read, engage, or contribute—they’ll simply try to use the community to promote themselves. Promotion is perfectly fine; there’s a dedicated section for it. But I’ll always ask for mutual respect and genuine participation. I’ve seen writing communities descend into chaos before. That’s not what we want here. I’d like this place to feel like an online retreat for writers. If you have doubts, ask. If you’ve written something you’re proud of, share it. If you’ve had a success worth celebrating, tell us. Someone will read it. Just remember to return the favour. Let me give you an example. For eight months, my growth on Substack was almost nonexistent. I just kept writing and publishing. Then, over the last couple of weeks, I started reading other people’s work, leaving thoughtful comments, and restacking articles and Notes. The result? I now gain new followers or subscribers every day (5, sometimes 7), without spending a penny. That’s the real secret to being noticed: invest time in getting to know people genuinely. A writer’s intelligence is reflected not only in what they write, but also in how they respond to the work of others. Every great writer has, at some point, engaged with another great writer. A community like this—full of ideas, ambition, and hope—deserves to be protected, enriched, and supported. Some of you are already doing exactly that. You write. You reply. You encourage others. Some even leave prayers and kind words. In many ways, it mirrors life outside these walls. Thank you for being here.
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Write and Read - Brief Introduction
Alright. A new Board for your writing process! Yeah! Here you can share your work, pieces of what you’re writing, or excerpts from a book you’ve already published. Let’s keep this an honest board. If we write, we should read as well. That way, anyone who shares their work here and wants to be read will have a real audience of readers. But I’ll say it again: if you want people to read your work, return the favour by reading others too. That’s how a community works. I’d also encourage writers to share just a few pieces at a time, maybe one or two a day, so readers have the time to actually read them and, hopefully, leave a comment. 😃 How does all of this sound? enjoy!
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Apr 10 •
High-Concept: The Premise That Sells Your Story
This is a gift for my community. It’s a topic unknown to many, but very important when we pitch our novel to an agent. A strong high-concept premise strengthens your chances of landing an agent and, subsequently, a publisher. In my classroom, inside Creative Writing Basic, you’ll find a clear breakdown of what “high-concept” really means, why agents look for it, and how to shape your idea so it works in a single sentence. At the end of the article, you’ll find a ready-to-use ChatGPT prompt to turn your story into a strong high-concept pitch. If you read it, please leave a comment with your high-concept premise. Also, not every story has a high-concept premise by default, so this is a challenge you might want to take on. 🙂 https://www.skool.com/marcello-iori-7056/classroom/b302f4fe?md=d6a6e730f03f4a4580b04663e53e3a18
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Wednesday blessings brothers and sisters...
Wednesday, August 5, 2026 Revelation 5:12 (NIV) In a loud voice they were saying: “Worthy is the Lamb, who was slain, to receive power and wealth and wisdom and strength and honor and glory and praise!” Heavenly Father, Thank You for sending Jesus, the Lamb who was slain, to redeem us through His perfect sacrifice. He alone is worthy of all power, wealth, wisdom, strength, honor, glory, and praise. Fill our hearts with gratitude and help us live each day in a way that honors You. May our words, actions, and lives bring glory to Your holy name as we faithfully follow Jesus. In Jesus' name we pray, Amen. Stacey Brooks Thego2writer
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I Spent Four Hours on One Query. Another Writer Spends Ten Minutes.
If You Have Ever Queried an Agent, Speak Up We all know it. Once the novel is finished, we face a set of choices, and for most of us there are three. 1) Self-publish. 2) Try the traditional route. 3) Leave it in a drawer, where maybe a friend or a partner will read it. For years, what I wrote ended up in that drawer, read by one or two people at most. Since 2018, though, I have been publishing. I have gone traditional, five books with four publishers, and some in self. My first book in English came out in 2021, self-published. Prior over a hundred rejections. Five years later I have another book ready, and for about a week now I have been in the query phase. So you have probably worked out which road I chose. It is a brutal phase, and I hate it. Between my own experience and everything I have picked up from other writers, it feels like throwing a pebble into the middle of the ocean and going back the next day to fish it out. So if any of you have direct or indirect experience with an agent, this is the moment to share it. In Italy, if you want an agent to read you, you pay (mostly). And the answers sometimes leave you with a bitter taste. One agent once wrote to me that while he was reading my novel he pictured me as a madman typing at the speed of light. Not the kind of comment you want to receive. Whether I write fast or slow is something you cannot know, and even if I did write fast, it would only be because I write a lot. Another comment, after I had paid another four hundred euros, was that my character was wonderful, so wonderful they compared him to a book that went on to become famous, but they still could not take mine. The most frustrating part is that the book they held mine against had been ignored for twenty years, and was finally published to great success after two decades of refusal and denial. They really do not learn from history, or from their own mistakes. Abroad, with agents in the UK and the US, the problem is different. The text is probably either not read at all or read on the surface (I've been told so). What counts is who you are. And the sheer volume of manuscripts they receive is impossible for one person to sound out, so something inevitably gets lost.
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