Genre: *short & twisty* Mystery Synopsis: two men are drawn to a desolate field, each with a score to settle with a third man, who is trying to...
It's definitely going to be different for different people - but also for different stories! :) For short stories I start with a rough idea of...
I'm in a similar boat to you, Hellenic Kataorki (writing pseudo-historical fantasy). As Wyr says, history books are a good introduction but often...
This is not quite what you're asking, but the most inspirational thing I read this year was Stephen King's 'On Writing'. It is very short and I'd...
I tend to have lots of small story ideas on the go at once. I name them after the date that I began writing them - 07/03/14 for example. As the...
Youtube will also be a good guide. Plenty of sword-fighting examples, including interesting scandinavian sword and shield techniques. Bare in...
Two that I've read recently stand out. Both are pretty fast paced, but the pacing works well in each case. The Winter Queen ~ Boris Akunin The...
Thanks Dean, I'll take a look!
Hi FrankieInLike, I'm new here too. Welcome :-) Having not written for a while, I'm trying to make each chapter of my story quite self contained....
Thank you! What appears to be the nature of the philosophical emergency?
Without doubt one of my favourites (living in the York, UK at the time I read it was definitely a bonus as the story begins there). It is an...
As Wreybies and wolftamer9 suggest it does depend quite a bit on what's been going on behind the scenes. 1. They have been observing us. - If the...
Fyodor Andreyushkin Anastasias Pinstone Peppolin (Peppo) Pindray Kyomo Tahling Kyoko Murakin John Bell Kshlinney (The Skinny) Coralena (ship name)...
Real locations are a mixed blessing. I might shy away from restaurants and such - just because as you say they may change hands. But this suggests...
Hello! I haven't written much since my teens. Now I find myself approaching 30 and it's time to produce something before another decade passes!...
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