I've seen a lot of people complaining about books whose main characters are "blank slates," and I'm a little curious what you guys think of that....
It is often said that protagonists in great stories require an external, specific, visible goal in order to drive the story. Whether it is to stop...
Hey everyone. I would like to write a novel but I'm having a lot of trouble with the set up. The story is set in 1989 about an 11 year old girl...
Spoiler tags on images because they are huge:[spoiler] Can anyone recommend some novels with protagonists you might describe as being "Ice Cold"?...
I was thinking of having the main antagonist be this Nemesis-like guy from the Resident Evil franchise wherein he constantly chases the main...
There has been some scholarly work done on the feminine hero's journey: https://heroinejourneys.com/heroines-journey/ [IMG] ^ This one goes back...
I've been starting to really flesh out the way I've used my MRU's and it's been helping IMMENSELY, however, I can't seem to figure out how to...
If you could recommend any i'd appreciate it. Preferably Sci-Fi or fantasy, but I'm fine with other genres as well.
Hi there. I'm writing a story that is loosely based off of The Odyssey and set in a land that is based off of Classical Greece. I felt that I...
(This also applies to suspenseful plot lines in other genres.) I'm wondering how you like to handle this, or how you've seen your favorite...
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