What if they duel it out via journal entries?
What about the old reliable quest-type trial. Even though its been done and done over, if its not the main focus of your story it may work for you.
It so easy to fall into the pool of research. Give yourself a finite period of research time and then put it all down to write. Everything else...
Don't forget not to dump too much information all at once.
Maybe the target audiance is not the problem, but the type of writing. Maybe the short story format is not for you? Regarding the YA reader,...
My stories have the bad habit of being unruly and will often stray from my original intent. In a way its why I like writing.
try EBSCO Host...they have many databases to choose from.
I like to change what part of the scenery I describe. For example, I dedicate some time to the geographical features, then focus on the weather or...
Maybe some reverse bio-engineering? Tracking a host that doesn't want to be found? How about a villan among the poor? Ideas abound.
I think X hit the nail on head! Vary the position of the I and you will get a lot milage from it.
The problem is, if you completely stop the writing train, it’s really hard to get it moving again. As a writer of historical fiction I know...
I find, I rarely change the themes within the story. The words however, almost always look different between drafts.
I'm going to break the trend here and say that if the motivation and outcomes of the hero's journey are inventive, the journey will be too.
Just make sure that the its not female Crocotta scent, in the middle of mating season. It would bring up a whole new list problems that you...
I'm self-confessed geography freak so I use Google Earth just for fun. As far as settings go, I think authors usually try to go beyond the...
Separate names with a comma.