I feel I should clarify since many people misunderstand what I'm aiming for. I do not mean conducting research and making it authentic to the time...
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....
Hello, Brand new writer so I appreciate your patience. I tried to search the forum but I could not find anything related to this topic. If this...
It looks like all the members of the new writers' group we're starting in a couple of weeks are in a similar position: we all have first novels...
I was looking at the formatting for a Screenplay and obviously each character's name is given before their dialog. For instance: [Anna] Who are...
Anybody know of any book that is written like a chatroom on the internet? I want to try that style for a 3k short story. You can also post a...
I've found that while I am struggling to perfect my next novel, I must also perfect my voice. I wrote eight chapters before I realized that I had...
ok so I'm writing a story in the fourm of a diary and I was considering putting spelling and grammar mistakes in on purpose to make it more...
So in this story I have a character that hears voices. It is like a demon inside her talking to her. Only she can hear it. Sometimes it happens a...
Hi everyone, My WIP is written around one character (there is a supporting cast, but she's the central focus). The book is written in third...
There are some great similes and metaphors kicking about in literature but the one thing that always bugged me was the use of them when the...
Dear everyone, I would like to discuss under the section, Word Mechanics, some issues regarding the aesthetics of writing styles. I seek to...
Not sure if this is the correct place to post this but I need some help adding an impact into my story. My character is running through the...
Hi there. I'm new here... although when I tried to sign up it told me my email was already in use, so I must have sign up eons ago and forgotten....
First and foremost I have to say I'm new here! Just signed up and it seems to be a great community! Now allow me to apologize for my grammar and...
I was searching around for stuff on novel word-counts and came across this great series of letters by Orson Scott Card. It starts out with a...
Oops. I posted another post from another website. I'm sorry. My question was, is too much charaacters too much for a story?
I am a consultant with 40 years experience in a specific industry and have started writing a management book that will present Lean Manufacturing...
Since we're all writers, I bet many of you began reading at a young age. What were some of your favorite kids books? Do they have any influence...
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