I think i write just like JK Rowling. We both use paragraphs. lol, anyway, seriously, almost always read bret easton ellis before i write. So i...
I am reading Plot & Structure by james scott bell lots of it is just blah or whatever and there is some good stuff. i think the best thing about...
1st person is better. I would say it is harder to write than 3rd person. if you want to have something happen in 3rd you just do it. There is some...
scottish dude gets in a car crash, can't walk for 3 months or gets lost in a corn maze something goes wrong basically
the best way i have seen it done is in first person and in the books American Psycho by bret easton ellis and the haunting of hill house by...
the only way i could write my second draft was that i completely rewrote it. i'd say about 95% of the first draft did not show up in the second...
have them huddle around and start whispering and then fade to black
you want to read a good prologue, try The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson as far as your situation, the reader does not need to know...
I believe that lovecraft actually wanted other writers to use the cthulhu mythos and there is pretty much a whole cthulhu genre of books.
You have to start with something interesting or exciting. you have to grab your reader's attention right there. Personally, i like to start right...
ok, don't steal my idea for my book :P but-- how about reading some first person things from a woman. like say letters or a diary. There is...
i would never use a semicolon. i think it is too much like business english (does this make sense)
whatever you are writing about your life should form some type of overall story. remember, your life is more interesting to you than anyone else....
you have read books, and some that you read are good. the hardest part is finding a good book. I have put down many books half way through. I...
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