I'd recommend reading some Sam Harris--or watching clips of him speaking publicly about atheism on YouTube. He's articulate and level-headed.
It's my understanding that if you take a piece of work that is already in the public domain and then retranslate the work (even if it's from old...
I think this would be a case where using different fonts, one per each writer, might work best to show their notes without including attribution.
I like the idea of the dwarfs who fish. That in and of itself would make for a fun story setting. And great point about humans getting along...
I agree. Introducing the "strong woman" in adventure/fantasy fiction (and probably other genres) whose primary role is to prove that she is as...
I started reading this thread and immediately thought of Stephen King's book On Writing. But I see you've beaten me to it. King says that he...
I don't see the problem with discovering that the story you really have to tell is different from what you originally thought. In fact, I'd...
My suggestion is that you keep writing regularly. And if you switch topics every few days, that's okay. Many prolific and professional fiction...
Just about every "elevator pitch" for a plot has been done before, including the animal kingdom attacking humanity. As others have said in this...
You're right, of course. Thanks for correcting that mistake.
"The" is an article. "Girl's" is a possessive noun. (But "Her" is an adjective.) "Vitality" is a noun. "and" is a conjunction. "Humor" is a...
I was going to respond, but I see that Amanda beat me to it by posting the correct answer.
One technique I like is to use my computer's Speech function to read the manuscript back to me--essentially turning my rough draft into an...
Since it can be very easy to rely on stock species (such as dwarves), I like the way that you are thinking about their culture and making it your own.
I'd say that a complicated plot has layers of interdendencies--with different layers of events taking place throughout the story. This can work...
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