How evil is too evil? It all depends on the villain's circumstances and how much you want the reader to be able to half-justify this villain. A...
If this makes it to shelves, you might be crucified. That said, I'd advise you to leave it just the way it is. Sometimes we have to suffer for...
Maybe have them have something integral in common that neither of them can ignore. A spookily similar past experience or a belief that's central...
I'd recommend reading Unwind by Neal Shushterman, if you haven't. In it, the Admiral is used as a PoV character for several scenes, but not until...
I know someone who becomes a social train-wreck after one shot, slurring her words and falling all over people, but somehow she becomes a beast at...
Typically I start with my character's likes and dislikes. Who do they like hanging around with? What do they do on the weekends? What drives them...
Hoboy. This was a fun thing to do while I was working on my series. I've got one character with quirky mannerisms and quite a few verbal tics,...
Nah, I'm actually quite capitalist. Using the word 'comrade' just turns me on.
I name them something relevant if a name occurs to me; if none does I just keep the chapters numbered. In my latest work, Godspeed, I had so much...
Because most readers are young adults and most young adults hate their parents?
Hey y'all. I'm Min. I write scifi, fantasy, and literary mainstream. Everything I do has sort of a horror/mindscrew edge, hence my online handle....
Here's one I stole from the John Green book Paper Towns. It's called "That Guy is a Gigolo." You're driving in a car. As people pass by, you make...
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