Yeah I'd also not recommend editing till you finish the first draft. First drafts are for you to tell the story to yourself, second drafts are for...
I haven't checked the lists posted but there's also The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires by Grady Hendrix. I'm not sure if it'd...
I think it depends on the individual writer and their process. For me, I'm a discovery writer. I get a handful of surface-level traits for a...
I have picked up Eragon, the (in)famous 'New Hope but with Dragons' book. Not very far into it yet, so I can't say much at this point. But people...
Hm, in my opinion having a flashback and a present-time storyline really should strongly relate to each other in some way. An extended story just...
If you make it so people can only watch your streaming service through Amazon Prime... why are you still showing a minute+ of ads?
I'm not familiar enough with Lovecraft to have gotten that-- I also thought about the Egyptian God Thoth. A question though-- are you writing in...
Yeah I'm with most others on this thread of 'go write what you want'. I can see a lot of the ways my life experiences have shaped the stories I...
Going back to the question in the title, I'd say it doesn't matter. You can suck at writing and still consider yourself a writer. Writers write....
That is a thought, but I am taking a creative writing class through college and I doubt they'd hire me to do one. I don't really have the...
I'm not sure if this is the general consensus but to me, a blank slate character is one that doesn't have a lot of personality to them. A...
It sounds like you might be being too black and white about the concept. I've heard the concept of Lies and Truths, and I do think that I find...
Honestly the more personality the better. I don't have to identify with a character, I can think of a great protagonist I love right now I don't...
Oh I didn't find this till just now! I'm also participating in Nano, it's going well so far! Is there a group on the nano site I can join as well?...
I don't yet but I have a feeling I'm going to regret taking this Creative Writing class. I'm pretty sure it's gonna be one of those 'Literary...
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