You could try splitting the tension up with what I call "reflection intermission". For me this is where I'll have a character reflect on the...
I agree with mammamaia. I don't think it should be too difficult to add this bit in. In the particular example you've given, to keep the momentum...
I never start with beginning. When I start writing it is usually somewhere in the middle. As I'm writing I am constantly answering the question...
I am going to take your advice about history that ties in with the present. I have been so focused on what happened in the past and what is...
She's actually further down the line. A great great grandmother to be more precise. The MC knows of her as most of her people do but she has no...
I've also been thinking about adding the ancestors history in the form of nightmares of my main character. Sort of like she dreams about her,...
I've done the same thing. I've written all of the scenes for this character. Where she came from, how she tried and failed her mission and what...
Thanks for the reply. I thought the ancestor might need her own story because of who she is. She is sort of the reason their kiind exists and my...
First I wanted to say I am new to the forum and so far I am enjoying it. Everyone seems so helpful with great ideas. In my story I am trying to...
I think that if this is from John's point of view and he doesn't know her, even if the reader has been introduced to June before then her name...
I never really start with a theme. But as the story develops I do stop to think "what's the point" of everything going on. That's when I have...
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