Maybe a situation where having money would've helped him out of a hole. That point of Oh man, I could've fixed that if only... could be a push...
For my current piece of writing, I've found it really helpful to listen to songs as general background themes to keep me in the spirit of the...
Commas, definitely commas! I find it really hard not to overuse them because they fit so well into the narration that I do in my head while...
I think this is great advice. Sometimes, you can get so caught up in trying to remember ideas that it distracts you from coming up with something...
Are you writing in first person? If so, there's an interesting challenge there in terms of adjusting the style slightly to give the reader the...
I like the use of the word sneer. It's packed with negative undertones and I always think of it as being quite dismissive
For me, the advantage of a fictional city or setting is it can be a pseudo stand-in for anywhere. Unless you know a certain city well, sometimes...
The idea of having artwork for your characters is a really interesting one - my approach at the outset of my current piece of writing was to...
Separate names with a comma.