When you hit your stride, you'll know it. It's a good feeling.
Instead of talking about the entire story, you might want to just narrate what happened with the storyteller serving as the narrator. For...
Don't make your characters seem genuine. Make them genuine.
Know-it-all?
If your main character is sympathetic and does cool stuff, it doesn't matter if he's evil or not. Make sure his goals are something that the...
Would a story with a focus on both science fiction/alternate history and fantasy elements be called fantasy or science fiction? I realize that...
Quality over quantity.
I'd go with Tiah. It seems more straightforward than Teeah. I don't think I'll ever meet anyone named Teeah, but I could imagine meeting a Tiah.
I say go with a fictional city. If you give your make believe city enough of a life that if feels real, feels like a real place that's been around...
Mankind always does the impossible. That's why they're special. Maybe they do the one thing a being of absolute justice never could. Maybe as...
I despise Steinbeck. "They grazed side by side, both for companionship and the security it offered." That's my reader's digest version. I'm sure...
Her hood fell back, and her sleeves slid down her arms to expose lightly-tanned skin. Better at coping with the strength of the sun, it was no...
That's because there isn't one. You can't prove an entire set of beliefs and mode of thought incorrect no matter what proof you have. Either...
The reader can imagine much better than an author can describe.
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