If the character is the POV character, unless he or she had a mirror, the color would be unknown. Could be way out of your conundrum, at least...
I prefer stories in which the characters are pushed forward by chance, folly and cause and effect rather than a sinister plan.
Alice Borchardt wrote a series about WWs and what I enjoyed was the idea that there were wolves who sometimes became human, and there were humans...
I use a combination of yWriter, Freemind and Libre Office.
Metro 2033, I noticed partway through reading, has entire sections which are mostly long dialogue. It was a little bothered by it.
But I guess my point was that there's a lot of baggage which comes with each type of writing which can be a barrier to a writer, and the skills...
Ten cents! Ah, and a quarter is 25. I should of just thought about for a second. :P
Yeah. I feel the same frustration because I have always hated the idea that I might be 'unoriginal' (shock). But that story premise you've come up...
A book is coming out soon or it is already out about a drug which allows thought transference, and even down to the name of the drug, it was...
Maybe you want to do a different kind of writing, screenplays perhaps.
Like another poster said, longer sentences with commas are fine, but don't get repetitive. And think about the sentences structures you choose as...
Thank you! I have suffered creative block for many years now, be it in music, visual art or writing. There are moments when I manage to break...
Yes. Flash backs need not be of the 'wavy line' variety. You know what I mean. Make flash backs into retrospective prose in the mind of the...
Hi! I'm no expert and in many ways we're in the same boat, but I perhaps I can help. Consider that a plot is quite the mechanical beast. It is...
I write and edit as I go. People tell me it's the 'wrong way' to do it, but I enjoy the process of slowly chipping away at my prose, honing it. I...
Separate names with a comma.