I've got a rigid structure involving multiple POVs for my fantasy trilogy: One for the prologue, three in the meat of the book and one for the...
Contribution to the conversation is the third major factor in how I determine whether work is good or not. Beyond the technical (which I agree has...
Please be very loud in your trumpeting when your book comes out. I am keen to hear tales from this court you're constructing :)
Heh, I like it: As long as you get back to work on your next idea in good time, you're writing at the perfect speed!
Whew, this makes me feel less weird. My books are really long! First one is 143k and the sequel is well over that and still not finished. Funny...
Hmm, about two years to write, peer-review, and rewrite. Getting the epub stuff together has taken almost as long in itself, though. It was easy...
Heh, for what it's worth, this is the exact structure of my novel. Sooo, I think it's great! In my third chapter the first MC meets the second MC....
A risk of immediate death isn't totally necessary for someone to want to have their medication. Maybe he'd rather risk the zombie apocalypse...
In some ways, it depends on the type of narrative you're writing. Are there multiple storylines and perspectives, or one continuous story?...
When I'm starting a novel, that is once I'm past outlines/timelines and ready to draft, I write a short piece that is related to the story/world....
Perhaps of interest, considering Mr. Bulwer-Lytton's under discussion, is a contest for writing the worst opening sentence to a novel in 25 words...
Hmm, if it's not a totally contemporary zombie apocalypse, they could mistake it for some near-future drug that you take by inhaling.
Agreed. If it's chronic as well as deadly, it's going to end up being a big part of their life, or at least of their routine.
With anything you need to take on a schedule so regular that if you miss a dose you're in serious trouble, you're looking at a pretty serious...
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