Okay, I've been writing this thing for a while, and at first I was coming up with my own measurements of time, such as fictional names for months...
Anyone who has seen me post anything here knows I like to write Golden Age-styled detective novels. It's not just the setting, but also the style,...
Hello Creatywritingforums people. Long time no C. I have returned to ask more questions for any advice that you wonderful peoples might be...
A part of my story takes place during the 50's of a time of war during a real historical moment in history but the characters and setting are...
How does one strike a balance between plot, character, and setting? I got some advice on my last thread suggesting that (during the second...
Essentially, I'm working on a horror novel at the moment where the *main* supernatural antagonist/creature can be defeated by fire. Earlier on in...
Apart from scifi and fantasy novels, does the fictional main setting of your story have to take place in an existing country in the world? I know...
I'm trying my hand at a short story in which the main character can travel between our world and the afterworld. He can talk to the dead (who live...
My MC had lived off in the peaceful country side in Brazil with his mother until one day she is murdered by some mysterious being then he ends up...
As a followup to this question, I was wondering, will my work still be considered a spy novel even if it doesn't take place in a contemporary...
Hey writing gang! Looking for some tips here with a WIP I plan to return to after a VERY long time of not touching it. It's a scifi story with a...
My story surrounds a human girl on the hunt for her own kind that disappeared when she was a baby. This setting involves the dream world, as...
I'm having trouble deciding on the best environment into which a story written by a character would fit. The book takes place in a near future...
The setting is asoiaf, in flea bottom. The protagonist, is a girl, with ice powers and a single powerful spirit. She can heal, fire out ice, cast...
A post-apocalyptic setting set roughly 40-50 years from present. The world that ended was much like our own. Hence the need for more 'realism.'...
Hey, I'm so happy with the way my book Rush is currently going. I've spent the past few weeks making the plot solid. But now I have an issue....
I initially wanted the setting to be in Alaska because I thought that would be intriguing but I'm struggling with knowing much about the state....
I dig out an old project. It’s a Dinotopian- like book idea just for adults. And I thought: “Hey! That would be nice to read.”. I had written a...
Here's something I've been thinking about for some time now. If I were to write a fantasy novel, do I "need" to introduce the reader to it? Think...
There are some who don't care about the characters when thinking about the plot, but focus on the setting. Some on the other hand keep plot tied...
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