He picked up an object from the mantlepiece, heard a step from behind, and was cast into darkness. Or something. I like to leave the reader...
I don't know Brin's thought process nearly as well as you, but you could make her think that the village reminds her of her home compound and that...
What zaffy said, yes. If Fred spoke for ten lines, you wouldn't indent unless you needed to start a new paragraph in the middle of his dialouge,...
I'm usually banned from the computer for a week if I wake up too late. Frustrating? Yes. I'm never going to do that to my kids. Anyway, I have...
In my story, there's a woman just past forty who's been afflicted with severe depression for the past eleven or twelve years. She walks about in a...
Personally, the first idea (the popcorn one) appeals to me the most. It doesn't involve the girl's arm getting chopped off. :) Plus, it would work...
There I was, six feet under the garden shrubs, where I found a treasure chest. I opened it. Inside i found a talking bird, not a parrot, and evil...
Someone else posted a thread here called "What would your MC do?" This thread is like that, but it's more of a "What would your antagonist do?"...
"HEAD the other way," she said, pointing in the opposite direction, "or else you'll never get there on time."
Claude: Claude is exactly six feet tall, with thick blonde hair and hazel eyes. His expression is normally one of paternal wisdom and kindness. He...
Whew, I thought I was in trouble for a second there. Thanks, Cogito. :)
I believe that every writer's goal should be to make the plot of their story their "own" and, at the same time, making it relateable enough that...
Sorry, I don't know much about fanfiction. :redface: Or you could just hope and pray that the readers aren't too picky about grammar. :p
Separate names with a comma.
