I completely agree with Cogito - its pointless asking people whether you should go on and write a story. I have often wondered whether my ideas...
I guess my answer would be D - I have read a book on writing novels and done online research on writing forums to pick up techniques and so on....
My favorite character is a secondary character called Lyall - he's a complete anti-hero when it comes to confrontations with the enemy, but he is...
I agree with the poster who said sci-fi isn't dying, but changing. The new title Urban Fantasy seems to be more appropriate for the market these...
yeah, they do. Worked in a garden center; constantly got scratched by them :p
I've never tried to create ideas using music - I usually just try to get myself into a certain frame of mind/emotion for the piece that I need to...
In my opinion speculation is all we can really do if we write historical fiction. I write this as well (though not as far back as ancient...
Woops - I never even noticed there was a typo until Emily pointed that out. Me bad. Unfortunately I have an inner moron too - I just feed her...
I get like this too at times. My advice is this: when you post your work for critique, write down the comments that people leave for you; good...
Personally, I wouldn't bother writing them down unless they are tied in with the story somehow. You created the story and characters, right? So...
I agree they seem to rely too much on sex (not tension, like with the classics) or violence. I was put off the crime novel genre completely -...
I love history and archeology so those types of stories suit me. I liked tomb raider - not seen national treasure though
One of the things I love about the classics are that the female protagonists go against convention quite often. Jayne Eyre could easily have...
I love the classics. I completely agree with you about the 20th century impacting on literature. I think books lack a certain symbolism that...
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