Since grammatical structure came from the phrasing of the corresponding speech (since that's what it was originally based on), it's a perfectly...
You could check out Mercedes Lackey's SERRAted Edge series and her Bedlam's Bard series. Both set in the modern world, SERRAted has elves using...
Personally, I think either a title suggests itself to the author right away, or an outsider needs to read the whole work to come up with a title....
They sentences read fine to me, but if you're looking for variation, here are a few: He looks nervous when he catches my eye and smiles. Even he...
I say both. Read them out loud and see if you pause anywhere. That's always a good way to check.
try ethylene glycol (anitfreeze). It's sweet and probably easily hidden in a drink. Methyl alcohol might be easy to find too, its a common...
I too love to try new foods. whenever I travel, I like to try the food native to the area, whether it be octopus, haggis (now one of my...
no subtlety there, just the wrong word on both counts. LOSE the verb instead of LOSS the noun and CHRONICLE the noun instead of CHRONIC the...
I'm like that in real life sometimes, but not in writing and reviewing I hope. I'd have to say I'm grammar first. If something is badly...
I am going to quote the dictionary definition coun·te·nance (kount-nns) n. 1. Appearance, especially the expression of the face: The...
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my main suggestion is to keep the POV of your character. I find it hard to believe in the daydream/flashback/etc. when more than one POV is used.
Separate names with a comma.