It would actually make sense to have some form of alien life, perhaps very basic. Have a look at the short stories from Stephen Baxter in Vacuum...
I sometimes have the same problem. Usually when I start my first draft I think it's ok. When I leave it to rest for a few days and come back to...
Google drive is my notebook. I am behind my laptop/desktop all day, any day anyway so if I think of something, I can easily jot it down in google...
Why not write a couple of pages for each POV and read through them and see what you like most. At least it should give you a feel which POV you...
I think they go hand in hand. A you write completely different stories based upon the same plot but with two different characters. They both...
That's exactly the issue I'm having with that story. I had a mental picture of a man only to have it change three quarters in the story... I'd...
The latest story I wrote was "The Hand is quicker" by Elizabeth Bear. The protagonist is called Charlie and from early on it was revealed she had...
I am reading a lot of short stories lately and sometimes I notice I am confused by the gender of the protagonist in the story. Especially if the...
I double checked and must say I was wrong... I was reading on my kindle and I have been looking for some examples and noticed that there are many...
I just looked into a book that takes about dialogue (Dialogue, busy writer's guide book 3). The very first thing they explain is the formatting of...
For example I think about a concept like "what would it be if we would all live in virtual reality worlds and robots would maintain our body,...
At the moment I am not really interested in writing novels. I mainly want to focus on short stories. While doing some research on how to...
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