Me! Sorry - I just figured I'd snap them up before someone else got to them. I don't mind if you use those archetypes - just you know, cite me and...
I like that idea actually! Ideas tend to be the easy part though - at least they have for me. What I tell myself is: Everything has already been...
The more you write, the more developed your voice becomes. When you reach the end of the work, it's a good idea to unify the work with consistent...
Nodding as dialog attribution. Larry Bond loves that - every other snippet of dialog went like: "Yadda yadda yadda, yadda?" he nodded. And it...
I'm an 18 year old guy studying English, specializing in Creative and Technical Writing. I write novels and short stories with the occasional...
My writing can go back and forth: Sometimes I feel I'm too sparse with description, other times I go on and on. I'll fix it in post, I think....
Prologues have their place, but history and infodumping isn't one of them. That kind of backstory is more gripping if it's within the actual...
I find dashes quite - dashing.
I listen to whatever I'm into at the time, I just put the iPod on shuffle or a playlist. I can write in silence or blasting tunes, either way it...
My ideas go on a pocket-sized notebook that goes with me wherever I go, sketching into a college-rule notebook (more detailed notes but less than...
My first novel was around 95,000 words, my second was 57,000 but in rewrite that'll go up a bit. my work in progress now is somwhere around 30000...
It's REALLY annoying to read. Do you have an Aunt that always emails you in all caps? Yeah, more annoying than that.
Just start writing and keep at it, the story will come together, and don't worry about asking permission for anything you write. That's the beauty...
Google and dictionaries are your friend! p.s. wryly refers to ironic or dry humor, not distaste. But I've definitely smiled apologetically...
Yep! Just scene break to show the reader what's going on. Don't necessarilly be confined to switching every chapter or halfway through, just...
Separate names with a comma.