Keep in mind good relationships between people, whether they be human/human-like, etc. - personally I don't believe in the love on first sight....
I give names that I think sound nice and can fit with the character, rather than fitting the character to the name. There may also be variations...
I wouldn't write genre-romance either. Nothing with vampires, because after the Twilight Saga, I felt it became overdone when a lot of other...
You could make a background story for him, a character profile that would give you a hold on why he is the way he is, as well as where perhaps...
Villains think that what they're doing is right and is for their own benefit, even when everyone else thinks it's wrong and the villain will only...
I don't mind them - I used it in my own writing at times to emphasize a point - but if they're used too often, I agree it would get annoying.
It seems to me that "they" comes from the narrator's point of view, rather than James's, encompassing what all the characters are doing. Even so,...
I find Shakespearean insults much more gratifying than swear words (swearing in literature and writing, especially in fantasy, just sounds...
I use the periods for the titles, like Mr. and Mrs. I've been reading Little Dorrit and I've noticed that it doesn't have the stops for the...
I would put "GO TO YOUR ROOM!" or "Go to your room!" instead of "Go To Your Room!" The first letter of every word being capitalized and the...
When I don't have a computer handy I may write bits and pieces long hand, but I don't write entire stories long hand any more. I find I can do...
When I get stuck in a story I'll either try to wade through that particular part by trying to fill it with words that will connect it to a more...
I think it's rather unintelligent to use any sort of modern cursing in writing, no matter the audience or political correctness. It only...
Separate names with a comma.