Good call. The story takes place in summer of 2018, but that’s still important for characters who were around then and still might use those terms.
Good to know. I'll play around with it a bit. Appreciate the input!
Thanks everyone. I think, based on the responses, I know how I want the scene to go--it'll change a little but I know how I can use that for some...
Hey all, been away working on my current project. I'm at the climax and want to make sure I'm portraying the events accurately. Here's the...
Well deserved. Congrats!
I haven’t yet started the sequel to Valentine, but my plan is to treat anything from the first book just the same as any other backstory: mention...
The way I look at character wants is in layers. You have the outermost layer, the innermost layer, and some gray matter in between. For example:...
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Character and plot come to me together--I can't have one without the other. So when I'm starting something new, I know what the main story will be...
As a male writer, I almost exclusively write female leads. I think it comes from the days when I read mostly classic literature and found good...
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You laugh, but depending on the character POV I can easily see myself doing something like this :p
I don’t know, but it drives me crazy! Just once I’d like to get a picture that does my parents’ tree justice. I’m not religious, so for me...
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