Often a character's traits will have downsides that make him more realistic. For example, if he is handsome, perhaps he's vain as well. Since he's...
It's the same with me, Jade. I have no shortage of ideas, so usually by the time I sit down to actually write out my novel the entire story has...
My rule for myself is not to show my writing to anyone, be it friends, siblings, parents, whoever. I have only one friend who writes well and...
The Odyssey was agonizing. That might've had something to do with my English teacher adoring it. Mainly, I couldn't stand Odysseus, and spent the...
My novel changes tone of its own accord (usually turning darker) depending not so much on my mood but on my MC's. Even if I'm happy, if I'm...
That's basically the same problem I have. When I hit a brick wall, I write "Ignore style!" or "First drafts always suck!" at the top of the page...
1) My attention span is two sentences. After that, I'm either lucky and just keep writing, or I have to get up and pace around my room just to...
I can't stand that in almost every fantasy story with a constructed language, the place names could've been taken right out of Lord Of The Rings!...
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