Thought this might be a useful resource for us even if it does include blasphemy such as this. [MEDIA]
Sometimes when I read a book with a really distinct voice I get overwhelmed with the feeling that I’ll never have a voice or style so clear and...
Hi all, I'm new here but I'm an aspiring writer who was hoping you could help me with some feedback on grammar and style. Here are some examples...
Hi all, I have been working on a novel for a while now, and I always had the issue of how to tackle the following issue: I want to start my...
I'm developing the first draft of my WIP, refining structure, strengthening character motivations, filling plot holes. That sort of thing. The...
I've just come across a book called Dreyer's English: An Utterly Correct Guide to Clarity and Style by one Benjamin Dreyer, who is the chief copy...
Feet pointed in the same direction, opposite hand on the ground for balance. I google'd "sitting on side" to find this image, but it is almost...
I am looking for maybe late this year to do a writing course in novels and screenplay. There is an Irish college teaching the style based on...
Who is the most popular, current, traditionally published romance author who does the most telling over showing? I’m curious and want to read the...
What does it mean to write hard-boiled? I know the term came from the Maltese Falcone novel and Lee Child writes that style in his Jack Reacher...
I have spent the best part of the last year building up a collection of short stories, under the loose umbrella of Dark Speculative Fiction....
Hey guys, I'm working on a second draft of a short story at the moment, and I noticed how different this second draft is from my usual revisions....
Just to get to know some of you a little bit better I thought I would pose some questions. What style writer are you? Do you use character...
https://www.thelondonmagazine.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/The-London-Magazine-Style-Guide-2016.pdf Here you go, writers. These guys will...
The last year I've noticed that I mostly can tell the gender of the author of a romance novel by his/her word choices, the way s/he describes...
Hello! New around here, my name is Zach and I'm a twenty year old artist and photographer. Anyways, I will cut to the chase. I am working on...
I am planning on writing a novel soon that is set in Hong Kong in the 1870s. In my story, a British Schoolboy discovers that creature and deities...
I'm sure this has been asked (Sorry, not sorry)... I searched but could not find the thread. This could go in General or in Publishing. I have...
Can it be done? I recently started doing some writing in first person. I find it natural for descriptions of things that happened to be in past...
This might seem like a dumb question, but does the nature of the content of what you are writing determine which styles you can use? Are some...
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