Finally, I think I am beginning to understand what people mean by POV. I like 3rd person best, but one reason I started writing in 1st person is...
If you're an author, you may be a great author or a mediocre author - If nobody knows you, nobody knows you. You have to promote yourself enough...
Why does the man have to fall in love with her?
I'm like "Pseudo" - when I'm in a situation like that, I write the dialogue. Later, I can add what happens so the reader can understand the...
I think I would like to know whatever history is necessary for me to understand the plot and characters, but not a lot more.
I thought it was a good question. I think it depends on the person speaking. If they pause, use a period. If they don't, don't. I rarely use...
I'm not a fan of books (or stories) in the present tense. However, I agree that if something is written in the first person, it is easy to get...
As brilliant as a beginning author thinks they are - that does not mean the "gatekeepers" will see that brilliance, agree, or rush to publish...
Having run a forum and currently building a blog, I understand the reasoning against Spam. However, I would like to post about successes, too. I...
I've written for a long time, non-fiction. When the web was new, I had a web site and decided "content was king" early on. Now I'm trying to...
Thank you everyone for the welcomes to the site. I appreciate it. I don't believe I posted anything, did I? Anyway, I don't anticipate posting...
I have a novel. I'll rewrite it someday, flesh it out, make it longer and more complicated. How do I know? I had to write short stories, so I...
I'm a guy. My humorous stories tend to have two male protagonists. I get the humor of a guy better, I think. My "adventure" stories have...
How do you do? I've been writing all my life, but now I'm writing creative fiction. My goal is to become author of a published novel. I...
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