I had to ask myself before realising. ;) Normally I just imagine my characters in different situations and might even think about it during the...
I remember reading some advice on writer's groups; there are some good ones and bad ones, the latter you should avoid of course, because they...
It's difficult to judge it on your own and this is the trouble I've had recently too. You probably hate it because you've spent so much time on...
Cog has some good advice, and I'll try to add to it. Being constructive may help her realise, but it will also help her see how she can improve....
From what I understand copyright law extends to 70 years after the creator's death...or was it 50? If you want to consider 'God' as the author...
What about Pet Semetary, sure it was cheesy and poorly acted, but it was worth a few good laughs. The baby reminded me of the rabbit in Monty...
'Too many' depends entirely on the narrative. Do the characters get in the way of the narrative? Is it boring keep meeting new characters? Or do...
The opening I've put as where the reader is getting an introduction to 'what's happening', so in the case of my story, it's where the doctor is...
I've chosen my male hero... ...McLovin'! [IMG] Why? I'm a student, I end up watching these stupid movies and well, think about it. McLovin'!...
No problem Ashleigh, no hard feelings. ;) But I am glad everything is clear. I can see your sentiments about writing, and you (and others)...
In a class we were give the task of writing for 15 minutes without using any adverbs, it might be an exercise worth practising if you think you...
I think you're entitled to what you think and I still disagreed and thought you misunderstood what I meant. No problem about the patronisation, I...
Not should. But structure is something you might think about when you're editing and I put each part of my story under a label with summaries for...
You see I disagree that I'm use maths to disguise creativity. I don't even think I'm being mathematical about it. I thought I explained it simply:...
Thank you, JavaMan, those were my intentions. ;) Alongside how I've set it out there, I've got a version that has summaries for each part, so I...
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