Very good advice above. My entry into non-fiction recently got a nice jump-start. I simply began writing down the scenes that I had in my head....
Thanks to the discussion here I've started work polishing up and reworking 2 short stories. I've had a lot of fun with them and found that I've...
Far be it from me to ignore the advice of one such as Ray Bradbury.
I used to play guitar and had a really nice rig. I also used to ride motorcycles a lot and would go on nice weekend trips where I did my best to...
I think of it as how many times an apprentice pounds his thumb before he can call himself a journeyman. But either way, it gets the point across....
I once told someone that, despite having been published in some academic journals, I was frighteningly capable of doing stupid crap with alarming...
EdfromNY, The issue of "local form of worship versus centralized religious control" is a central theme of the book. The governing organization...
The religious backdrop of the book is "religion as a form of social control and a way to preserve the status quo."
Good advice, thanks guys. I have a ton of short story ideas that I strongly feel would work out well. I guess that is a benefit of having a...
First off, thanks for the help and responses to a question I posed yesterday. I am working on what will be my first book. Considering I am a...
Good advice. Thanks guys. I am going to ponder and re-read these posts and keep them pinned up on my wall next to my computers as I work through...
Hello all, first post... To give some background, I am not a complete writing noob. I've had some academic works published that may seem mundane...
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