It's a problem even the most established authors still run into. Some characters are just so disconnected from our own experience as writers that...
Like most others it seems I voted "it depends" My take on your question is this: with the right language and presentation, a scene can convey...
Aw there's something really beautiful about a character being with you for so long. Related note, I may be starting Baldur's Gate soon! Now I'm...
This is a great lesson to writers of many different experience levels. So many people think that, as a writer, you must be wholly original. The...
I often see specific scenes in my head before the overall plot as well. Then I play connect-the-dots from one to the next.
Always better to trim excess than have to add in a missing piece!
My process is occasionally not unlike this! If it happens to be a powerplant or a certain mysterious mechanism that I drive past, that in itself...
Ballooning is the perfect word to describe what sometimes happens when planning a new world lol
That's an impressive queue... I should really start writing my ideas down while I work on other things!
I don't mean your first chapter, page, or sentence. I mean how do you come up with stories at all? When and where does an idea first visit you?...
I wish. I almost always plan my overarching stories as multi-part series. It's a gift and a curse. I always have more material to write, and...
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