_____(Sniff-sniff....) Geez, this thread is OLD--still edible, though. You've just gotta pull out all the moldy bits. Anyway, this is where...
_____Complex, you're actually agreeing with me even if you didn't intend to do so. What I meant to say was, an outline is a detailed plan for a...
_____Bazmann, here's what I'd HIGHLY recommend doing. Have it as so your Average Joe used to BE a Joe. That is, make your character a former...
_____Complex, what you've said has brought up the importance of... Will I say it? Will I say it? (Gulp.) It's pre-writing. Where one's...
_____About physical descriptions and character construction, you want to hear something hilarious? I read this one novel where this one female...
_____If I have to explain why it's relevant, it'd be like explaining the punchline to a joke--taking the fun from everyone. It goes a little...
_____If your project sucks, then everybody else will think it sucks too. You made the baby. Now, what you've got to do is make sure that thing...
_____Okay Lemex, show me your doctorate in political science. Capitalism is an economic form of democracy according to Professor Gordon Schochet...
_____Hey, you've got to be careful and careless when thinking about this. First, let's talk about being careful. Some people are tossing up...
_____If you're looking to get published, appeal to normal people of the reading public, either one or both, you might want to be careful about...
_____Werewolves are NEVER overdone... I prefer them that way, actually. Nothing beats a good evening repaste of barbecued werewolf steak with a...
_____You've been working on chapter 1 for over a year? Houston, WE HAVE A PROBLEM! Do you not have some portion of the week that you set aside...
_____Maybe adding on to what Thewordsmith said, physical descriptions ARE important to the character. After a certain age, a person's physical...
_____Over a decade ago, a high-school English teacher told me three ways to vary sentences. (Woo-hoo, I'm showin' my age!) Here's what he said....
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