I don't know if it's too late to get this advice, but I once had a fiction professor who always told us to "show, don't tell". In other words,...
I tend to view backstory as something fluid anyway. It doesn't necessarily matter if you came up with it first because, even if you did, you might...
Yeah, that makes sense. Thank You! :)
Thanks for all of the feedback! I like the differing perspectives on whether shorts are part of my problem. I was wondering if they were or not,...
A lot of times, when I try writing short-stories, I feel that my characters are too distant to me. They never feel real or solid, but more like...
Hi Darkbynight, welcome to WritingForums! I think that, to address your problem, you need to delve into your "reluctant ally turned antagonist"...
I would simply describe it as a "robotic female voice" because who hasn't seen/ heard at least one cliché robotic female in a sci-fi show that...
One question that came to mind when I was reading your summary was, why do the souls that got trapped in the dragons go back to being mortal once...
While I agree that there is more to plot than your characters, I think the idea of "plot growing from characters" means that you have to know your...
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