Too true, but originally Douglas Adams didn't write Hitchhiker's Guide as a novel, but for a serial radio broadcast on BBC radio. That being said,...
The exchange was somewhat awkward. It seemed to me that you explain too much that could be apparent with less effort. The awkwardness could be...
I like Rules for Writers by Diana Hacker. As for your first issue, practice is the best thing you can do to become comfortable writing. I suggest...
I'm unclear as to the time period in which your story is set. Is it set in the present, or a standard Western period, say 1840 to 1890. If the...
I just finished a rough draft with a MC who develops telepathic abilities as the book progresses. She starts out with spotty empathy. Then she...
Maybe in California, officers are more considerate of people's sleeping habits. I live in San Diego now and that does not seem to be the case....
I was a cop for several years, though not in California. Where I worked, this was standard: Burglary - in progress (suspects in the house),...
Thieves' World comes to mind. I've been thinking doing this with one of my settings for years; someday I might actually write it (one of the...
I wrote my fantasy novel, Dexter of Pozzelby, with a mixture of two POV's. About seventy-five percent of it is first person, but there are a few...
I try to show whenever possible, but ultimately I think of myself as a storyteller[I] and my favorite reads are by story tellers who seem to do a...
True, but I've worked in NC, California, and Ohio; and while there are minor differences a great deal of the terminology is the same. But you're...
Might want to look at Stephen King's, The Stand. He had a deaf main character and dealt with the same issues you're struggling with.
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