I wonder if I should perhaps leave the site. In all my time here I believe I've made all of one post, despite my efforts to be useful in...
I agree with EyezForYou though a bit more tactfully. It's hard to relate to a character whose thoughts read like...well, really complicated...
Keeping the original names is fine if you want to be obvious with it. If you want to be more subtle (i. e., not have your story scream, "This is...
Happens to me regularly, and no, I'm not exaggerating. I never seem to get over things the way other people do. (Both good and bad, but mostly bad.)
Whatever helps you get your story done. *shrug* That's the definition of "healthy," isn't it? Your technique is too complicated for me to...
I don't believe in writer's block. I just believe in various reasons why the words can't/won't come. Only you can figure out what those exact...
Music by ES Posthumus, Within Temptation, Adiemus/Karl Jenkins, Hans Zimmer, Globus/Immediate, Lesiem, Era, and Nightwish's "Dark Passion Play"...
My stories will almost inevitably turn into monstrously long, multipart, character-driven epics. I've just learned to accept this. Long,...
I've never heard of dialogue being formatted any differently from the rest of the story. This is new to me. I'd just format it like the rest of...
Well, I meant no offense, but whatever. *shrug*
I think DST has outlived its purpose and should be done away with. When I was in school I was told that it helped so that kids wouldn't be out...
Paragraphs should be as long (or as short) as they need to be. Simple as that. Some go on for half a page, some are just one sentence (or word)...
I don't write about things that happen to me or things that I want to happen to me because 1. I write to escape my life, and nothing remotely...
Mine either fit into a series ("Manitou Island," "Return To Manitou Island," "Escape From Manitou Island," "Beneath Manitou Island," etc.) or just...
Separate names with a comma.
