I like to write because it's something I feel I'm reasonably good at. I like finishing stuff. A finished product feels like I've really created...
Happened to me ages ago. Think what I did was accidently delete a bunch of stuff and then save the file. Not a good experience. Started saving...
I'm writing war stories that feature British soldiers right now, so I took all the surnames from early Victoria Cross recipients. Another...
You definitely don't need to follow the rules. I'm thinking of Cormac McCarthy, who usually doesn't put any apostrophes in his writing.
Balkans could be interesting if you wanted Islamic influence, thing as the area would have been under the control of the Ottoman Empire....
I really don't know for sure, but having Googled it, I'm going to go out on a limb and say of the five sentences examples you posted earlier, the...
Textbooks mostly lol. As far as fiction goes, I read Phil Klay's excellent short story collection "Redeployment," which was about the experiences...
You're probably right. I enjoy first-person writing, although I guess sometimes I feel it sounds too much like the author's voice.
Separate names with a comma.