I will say that I try to avoid words that pull the reader out of the story. I might contrary to many who prefer a literary style and all the...
Dialogue needs to be integrated in to the story. If you are in the 'he said/she said' mode, you aren't telling the story. Like Miles said, the...
Been a while since I posted... My thought: Spend less time thinking about scenes and such. Ultimately, the story is about the characters. Sure,...
When I read the paragraph, it's kind of an info-dump. I feel like you are trying to desperately tell my that he is tired, wired and in a desperate...
People have stupid opinions because they base their thought on emotion and not logic (despite their assertion otherwise), do not take the time to...
Never counted nor cared. The number of words is immaterial to me. If I wrote the three best words of my project, it was a successful session. I...
Do you write biographies? Articles? Blog? Whatever you write would determine what the best answer is. It appears you like the knowledge from...
The ability to get a reader to cry (or otherwise that type of emotional response) relies on one thing only; emotional identification. No one...
The first time you shoot a basket, you don't start going for three pointers. Don't try so hard to write the perfect beginning. Get something to...
School starting can change from district to district, from town to town. So, using the things said here as a general guideline, you'd be ok. In a...
While certainly not always the case, people in abusive relationships can come from a history of abuse and in way, seek out the kind of person that...
You want to write an epic book. It appears you don't want, so much, to just write a story. Write what you enjoy. Epic will decide for itself if it...
Perhaps I have been reading on the forums on world building so much that I think I've observed there is more focus on the world and all the...
Best to avoid it altogether. Name usage is confusing and usage rules can be easily interpreted in so many ways. More to the point; even with the...
Separate names with a comma.
