Lots of generalizations here! Though, admittingly, I’ve generalized in this same fashion before, when I was just starting to learn the craft....
I tend to like the way I write letters and logistically more than when I write creatively. I wrote a letter to a friend of mine, and found out...
I may be the only one disturbed by the idea that short stories will somehow prepare one for writing novels. One kind of writing does not lead into...
People say that it takes 21 days to form a new habit. And wouldn’t you know it, there’s an app for everything. There are sites and computer...
This is an odd thought. It’s seems like we’re comparing apples to oranges. Though that’s tangential. Is writing the new hobby of choice? I’d say...
I think e-book readers will continue to gain popularity, but not for the next 10-15 years. Paper books will continue to co-exist alongside e-book...
I'm of the same opinion. If I keep hitting a dead end in moving a scene forward, I'll make some kind of outline to help relieve that mental...
I agree. When I was talking to my girlfriend the other night, who hates the Harry Potter movies, she mentioned that the films felt rushed. When...
You may have never read and then seen Howl's Moving Castle. Holy crap, that film convinced me that Miyazaki is a genius. Such a good movie,...
That would be a Deus Ex Machina. It's never a good thing for a character to shout to the heavens, "I'm starving and craving a hamburger!", only...
Very true, which is related to the whole originality argument amongst writers and other creative people ("Is being original awesome and the whole...
I don't know if it's a cultural thing in the UK or what, but perhaps the story being submitted doesn't mean their standards, or doesn't line up...
I can see where you're coming from on this, and I agree. I tend towards stories of any sort when the drama is in line with the story told,...
Whatever I do, I tend to never use, "All of a sudden," or, "Suddenly," or, "Without warning," or any other codifier that you could imagine that...
Swearing and curses can carry a lot of awesome weight with it, and I primarily use them for emphasis. If there's no real reason, then there's no...
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