It's entirely up to you if you want to include real world settings. I'm working on a science fiction-y story right now, and it takes place...
The Culture, is a space opera series written by Iain M. Banks. I've become somewhat obsessed with space lately, and was wondering if anyone...
One of my more prominent characters went roughly 10,000 words into the story before being named. She felt a bit more mysterious when she was...
I honestly can't tell if this would be funny or not - I would have to see its implementation. Like one of the above posters mentioned, things on...
What your thoughts are on using dialog to further the story, introduce new characters, while also using the valuable time to flesh out characters...
I think it would depend upon the complexity of each novel. I'm having a hard time working with separate plot lines and trying to give situations /...
Heh, no it's nothing real. The story is set about 51 years in the future.
Definitely a better reader. Hopefully over time I'll be able to increase my skill with a pen to match the skill of my eyes.
I know this is off topic from the original post but since it's so closely related to what we were just speaking of... Is the "no caps" rule...
Alright, looks like I'm going to need to re-write a number of small paragraphs. Thanks for the experience / advice.
I like to give hints of past events casually though dialog and other forms of media within the story. An example could be having a news anchor...
I know you have more experience with such things than I so I definitely believe you but this doesn't make any sense to me. If publishers retain...
If a long description is needed (but not required immediately) I tend to sprinkle my descriptions throughout multiple paragraphs lightly.
Bloody, original and completely unexpected (but not unrealistic). Beautiful and suspenseful (when expected) depending upon the character. Concise...
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