You need to change the title of this thread. Your question answers itself -- why do bad people do bad things? Because they're bad. As a...
Sending you good thoughts, @jannert.
I doubt they'd be outlawed. Perhaps so excessively taxed that their use falls (which has happened). I just don't see popular support for outlawing...
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What concerns me is the idea of making a character black just to be black. You really need to be able to write authentically, so I'd be very...
Well, yes it's true that your story has to be accurate if it's historical fiction. But that doesn't mean that you have to put in every fact you...
You've got to toughen up. A "pitch" is basically what you'd say to an agent you'd like to represent you. It's a quick synopsis of your book and...
Getting from the idea in your head to a fully written story is a long journey. Don't concentrate on it becoming a Hollywood film -- Hollywood has...
Aw, Lewdog. That sucks! Hope your other issues are resolved and that the healing leg is the worst of it now. At least your cast will be off in...
If you have so many characters that you think you have to repeat names, you've got a problem with too many characters. Readers can only keep...
This would be almost more likely than not in most of our southern states. South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Arkansas,...
Separate names with a comma.
