What makes a novel a “cult classic?” According to The Atlantic: A book that earns the title of “cult classic” is one that combines two seemingly...
There's one piece of advice the agent I'm querying gave me that I'm a little iffy on. What are you guys' opinions on it? "Henry shouldn't talk...
Is your goal to provoke? Inspire? Challenge? Fall in love or into disgust? I know I've read books where I've absolutely HATED the character but I...
In other words who do you specifically write to?
This thread was sparked by a message board discussion of the last season of Game of Thrones, but it doesn't include any spoilers - at least my...
I'm writing a story in third person about two kids, but I don't know whether it's necessary for the audience to know their exact age. They're...
Hello all, Not sure if this should go in Plot or Character, but figured I'd start here... The short version of the question: Is it okay to...
Other writers often encourage new writers to just keep writing, despite how dreadful the material turns out. I'm "just writing" at novel at the...
Hello. I'm an amateur here-and-there writer who's been juggling story ideas in his head for some time. I would like to advance my skills before...
Recently I've been really frustrated with my writing process and the sort of criticism i've recieved. Not saying the criticism isn't warranted,...
Hello, Peasants! I, Count James II of House Black, Protector of the Great Lakes, Herald of the holy order of Tim Horton's knights, am here to...
So I'm writing a series of novels that focuses on war. In the next to last novel I decided that a battle goes horribly wrong, killing essentially...
So a lot of popular novels I've seen seem to fall within the young adult fiction/romance genre and for an aspiring author who prefers the weird,...
Hi there :) this is technically a question about a play rather than a novel, but as far as I'm concerned the principles of character construction...
I skimmed over a few pages of the topics here, so my apologies if there was a similar topic I may have missed. I've been lurking a few sections...
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