To add to the protector synonym, which I like, let's consider a fellow who, when presented with a life and death situation, chooses life over...
Not bad NaCl... glad to hear of a wife with a sense of humour... and revenge. Once we used this netsend messaging function on our networked...
As everyone else has said, every method has it's place in a complete story... It would be easy to get into a "telling" way of writing using...
I must second or third George Martin's Ice and Fire series... It is brilliant. The BEST fantasy books I've read hands down. Other than that,...
My job sounds downright ludicrous compared to all of yours... I run a gas plant. At any given time there is enough natural gas in my plant to...
Dermit, you've given away my carefully concealed secret. Imagination is hands down the most powerful tool available to the writer. Give a gentle...
He's a springer. He's from a line of hunting dogs so he isn't as curly as some springers. We also shave him down to about 1/2" hair during the...
[IMG] My Springer spaniel, Zeus. He's a sweet dog, he just loves to cuddle all the time. He's an amazing retriever too.
For me the key is when the author writes descriptions that are relevant. For instance, if you describe a bouquet of flowers in great detail, it...
Starting in action is a good hook, and gets your readers interested right away. When I say action it doesn't have to be action movie(fight scene,...
Hm. Silly mistake on my part. So if it was a seperate sentence it would start with a capital. If it's a dialogue tag then it does not. Example:...
I'm fairly certain - "Really?" she asked, her voice barely a whisper. she should be She. - as well.
Hmm... never mind I have no idea as far as agents go.
Separate names with a comma.