The idea of conflict is an interesting one to me. Finding the right conflict to fit the character is not all that easy. What want or desire would...
I rely a lot on K. M. Weiland's method that she sets out in Creating Character Arcs. Find the character's wound, their lie, their ghost. This way...
Hmmm. My next problem then, if I just kick my character's ass with some horrible problem, is how to tie it to the character and not have it come...
I suspect that I'm trying to write the wrong type of character. I think I've been trying to make the same kind of character work for a long time....
Anyone have a problem with a main character who doesn't do things? I mean that the character feels inert even after coming up with character...
You're on the money there. I'm not interested in that passage in particular as much as what it represents. I'm trying to figure out how to create...
Based on the little bit of information I have, it's sounding like fantasy so I don't know if it would work in a sci-fi contest. However, if it's...
There's a quote I like. I don't remember who it is from or if I ever knew the source but it read: "Creativity is all about seeing how many rules...
That's just what I was getting at. If a person tries to word for word follow all these rules and bits of advice it will prove crippling. This is...
I'm not suggesting slipping into Dadaism and eschewing any semblance of conventional grammar or story structure. Only that following the rules too...
I used to have a more defined style. Lately it feels like it's been changing and I haven't gotten a handle on it yet. I've gone from more...
Yeah it's still in very rough draft form. Just for clarification's sake, she is hearing the phrase in her head. You'd have no way of knowing from...
In the words of Ben Stiller: "Do it. Do it." I love biology based concepts. There is so much weird stuff that goes on in biology which you...
Tha Thank you for your reply! It's good to know that my instincts are not totally off. My big fear is that the abrupt shift will appear jarring....
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