My question is: How much writing have you actually tried to do? If you give up before you even start, or after a few pages/chapters, I think you...
This is pretty much what I'm trying to say. An author should be as clear as possible given their circumstances (age range and cultural background...
Actually, I don't think either of us really understands the other. I may have been overly harsh in my earlier posts in response to what I perceive...
Here, I'm drawing a distinction between good story telling and a good story. Lot's of very popular stories are utter crap for a wide variety of...
In place of a longer, more complex response, I'm just going to say that my writing and story telling philosophy emphasizes the notion of the...
Cmcpress, in as far as it is literally impossible to not use symbols at all, I agree with you. As you write your story, your own experiences and...
I agree with this, but I might go a step further. I think that deliberately adding symbolism to your story is usually (not always) a bad idea....
A lot of fanfics in general seem to fly right past the "so bad it's good" mark, and land squarely in the "so bad it's terrible" territory. Not...
I often play video games and find myself wanting to novelize them, especially games with very little character development and simple plots, since...
Thanks for the advice everyone. I'm thinking I'm just going to vague it up (maybe give the website a name, but never name a URL). I think it's...
I agree that the MC's gender does not have to determine his/her personality. I think the real concern is how many male readers will see from the...
My short story is heavily involved with a totally made up website. In my original draft, I just wrote in the URL (and confirmed that it doesn't...
I think there's definitely a "women can wear pants but men can't wear skirts" social norm going on here, especially with younger readers. Girls...
You could write it as the same story, but form two different perspectives, making two novels in total, with neither one taking place before the...
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