My music. Most of what I write is related to what I listen to, and when writing I'll often choose a song to represent that part of the story.
Thanks for the ideas! I'll go look it over and see if anything pops out. The story is a contest entry, so having a snappy title might be useful to...
I don't think it is possible. You have to have a character that audience can sympathize with, who's mistakes and choices resonate with them. There...
I do the exact same thing as Kacoshi. One of my latest stories has a little playlist in itunes, with each song being a chapter and each chapter...
Lover, lady friend, beloved. All three have a Middle English origin or earlier.
One of the stories I just finished has no names at all. The protagonist and antagonist don't even have implied genders. It's perfectly fine not to...
I'm polishing up the finished draft of a short story I've written, and I keep getting stuck on one thing: the title. The story is about two young...
Mmm, sometimes. Usually it's a character with a really strong personality, or one that I really enjoy writing about. More often than that,...
Stuck On The First Blank Page I have this short story I'm currently working on, and the main plot is all laid out, I know the general idea of...
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