Here's an applicable quote that I've seen paraphrased and misattributed across the internet: The writer’s job is to get the main character up a...
Everyone: thank you so much for your responses! This has been really helpful and reassuring. See, yes, that's generally what I'm feeling: I'm...
Are there any other ways to introduce the backstory in your particular work? If you want the reader to know the witch's story but don't...
My major characters usually come with names; I'm really not sure how that happens in my head, but I often just get a pretty detailed flash which...
I'm working on a novella. The protagonist is a seventeen-year-old girl who's been kidnapped and is being held captive against her will. One day a...
I'm a rising high school senior and today my school announced that we won't be returning full-time in the fall. So I won't get to have my last...
Today I learned zugzwang, which isn't widely used but is super fun to say! Roughly, it's a situation in chess where the only moves a player can...
I mean I really really like that, Antaus; feels like a good exploration of both the sibling bond and Victor's work. But then again I'm biased and...
See I fell into the trap that Orson Scott Card himself identified: I was rather young (12) when I read Ender's Game for the first time and...
I am an eternal fan of Ender's Game, which I reread yet again last week. And, after watching the movie, I read The Boy in the Striped Pajamas,...
Oof yes! This is so hard! I agree very much with what the user Andy. Just Andy had to say. Can you start with a daily life scene? One workshop...
I know I'm a couple days late, but I just want to thank you all profusely for your advice! Now this is interesting. I've heard of this one time...
Hey y'all! I've loved getting to know everyone on this site, and I have gotten fantastic advice from everyone. I feel like the members have...
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