Why would there be?
Have you ever read Cien años de soledad (100 Years of Solitude)? Gabriel García Márquez does an amazing job playing with time throughout the...
Basic science on other planetary surfaces, anyone? Anyone? FYI, at least for the current real-world legal framework, I strongly recommend...
In my two partial stories, I include a prologue. The prologue for the first is 2500 years before the main story and is half a page long. The one...
I would just say, please do not do an epilogue like the one in Harry Potter. I thought it was an incredibly cheesy way to end a great series.
Thanks all. I think the take-home message is, "just write." :)
It's been said that it's not possible to write a completely original story anymore, that they've all been told and it's just a matter of reworking...
I was a grad student in astronomy in 2005 (graduated last year), and I'd been dreaming about various ways I wanted magic to work in a world for...
Thanks. As cold grave stated, I agree that this works well in TV/film. The particular thing I had thought of was an episode of Star Trek Next...
Yeah, I tried to give a vague description because I haven't really formalized the narrative I want to tell, just the idea of a recurring dream...
I have what I think is a neat idea (though it's been done, I know) for a vignette / short story: Character A has a recurring dream / flashbacks...
Not sure this helps and it's possible I'm using the wrong terminology, but in one of my stories, the MCs are sent out on a very lengthy quest that...
I agree with the idea of using more rare creatures (besides trying to invent your own). I also like (and use for the really bad guys) not giving...
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