It think it is important to mention that not all of us hate romance novels. I write romantic fantasy. If you do it correctly you can put that...
I get the majority of my characters created first. They help drive the plot forward. I typically write without much planning the plot. I know...
Make the age difference between them smaller. If she is eighteen and he is mid thirties is just wrong. It will definatly seem like he is taking...
I really like all of the things you thought to add to your list. Make sure, as others have pointed out, to let your character flow and change....
The whole 'he signed," would work fine. Instead of using quotation marks though you might use ' ' or italisized just to help define that. I have...
I have found myself too attached to a character I was planning to kill off. I have also done the opposite and not developed a character enough...
Characters are the easiest part of my stories. They are rarely based off of anyone and take on a life of thier own. All of them are unique and I...
I find it helpful to act out what I am doing. I pretend I am that character to help descibe what that character is doing and what tone they use....
My muse is dreams. I also write because of my characters. I create such strong characters that they drive the story and give the story a direction.
the hardest part for me is orginizing my story. The easiest part is creating the characters.
If I had to live in that society I would keep my complete volume of Shakespear's works. Just think, you could read each play ten times without...
I have read many of Tamora Pierce's books and liked them. Continuing another story in the same world as a previous one is fine. You have created...
Make sure that your main character isn't too strong. I have read books where the main character seems to be able to conquer every challenge...
Writing like your character thinks makes your story more authentic which is great. A story you can look at is Maggie, girl of the streets, not a...
I am a fast typer but I am very slow when working on a story. It takes a lot of thought and focus to make my ideas make sense and sound good....
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