Physical pain is an okay place to start, but you could go much further with the mental ramifications of said pain. Maybe these implants completely...
Well, it isn't as though I prefer either one over the other at any given time, it just depends on what's appropriate for any given piece. But that...
I've always preferred past tense. I feel as though it gives me more opportunities to describe environments and other details while in contrast...
Unless if the attributes of individual characters are really distinct and diametrically opposed to each other you could try combining two...
This is just my personal opinion of course but I think that a character's appearance is best left to the reader's imagination and interpretation...
Adverbs, like anything, can only retain meaning in moderation. Which is why I was referring to "excessive" usage of adverbs, if used sparingly...
I have declared the excommunication of the term "subsequently" from the church of my vocabulary. Ah, it is as if a weight has been lifted....
I appreciate the replies! I'll certainly investigate documentaries and the like to being building the foundation for my novel and I'll definitely...
I've been considering writing a horror/mystery novel set in the industrial revolution. Although I learned about it briefly as did many in the...
An introspective protagonist for any first person mystery novel is a necessity, at least in my opinion. So if your protagonist tells the narrative...
My chapter length tends to be unpredictable. I finish chapters whenever the depicted situation has lost intrigue, the majority of my drastic...
Names shouldn't be of much concern to the writer, names just exist to put a word to a character who possesses a variety of nuances beyond what his...
Correct me if I'm wrong but "to" in most cases would be the correct preposition. In some situations "for" might be the preferable preposition for...
Separate names with a comma.