ecanusia, you're absolutely right!
In high school, many, many years ago, my best friend was named Thom. It sounds Scandinavian, eh? Well, he isn't. His family background is Italian....
That's WONDERFUL! A hearty congratulations to you! I'll bet you're both proud and bewildered. "Now what?" is probably going through your mind. All...
You don't have to take down a corrupt empire to have a positive effect in the world. All you gotta do is make it a little bit better, one person...
Sheesh! All I'm saying is that you CAN afford it until it gets changed. This makes me a bad guy? Quit picking on me! I haven't hurt you! I'm...
I'm not saying shame on anybody. I'm saying that people on SS get by with a lot less. People who are working can too. THink about the positive...
Terry, this has been a very interesting thread -- more so than most I've seen on this subject, and the writing here is better than most of the...
Write what you know, and write from your own experience.
Start with the scene where the witch chants the evil spell. Don't say what the spell does. Let people die as the story progesses. People like to...
Sleep on it. Give it time. When the pieces fall in place in your head, you'll begin without hesitation. If you're having doubts, you're not ready...
Um. I'm not sure I understand the question. Do you need a physical description of a character, written in first person? Why? Why not explain his...
Don't you think this a bit formulary? Characters differ between short stories and novels. Main characters and supporting characters don't need...
There already are hundreds of charitable organizations. They can't affford to pay people's rents. They can only do so much. And many of them take...
Yeah, I did pretty good on the noun-verb ones. I learned a lot on punctuation when writing dialogue. I haven't written much dialog in years, so I...
They give nothing back? Nothing? Can you substantiate that? And what about what they already gave? It just may be that your assumption that...
Separate names with a comma.