As mentioned above, the workshop is an awesome place for feedback. Her backstory might be interesting, but that doesn't make her an interesting...
Like said above, its all about how you define success. I personally write just to tell stories, I am not planning on making a profit or becoming a...
Me, as a reader not a writer, I usually don't picture the characters with that much detail in my head, even if the author explicitly gives it to...
One i was FORCED to read? Hmm... Of Mice and Men, Steinbeck by far! The ending spoke to me... SPOILERS!!!!!! SPOILERS!!!!!! SPOILERS!!!!!!...
I don't believe the so called "terrorists" even consider themselves terrorists (this may be obvious). Hitler and his Reich considered themselves...
I start by planning out what roles i need filled. MC, antag, supporting-yet-major characters. Things like that. Then, if the character is...
YES!!!! God YES! I am such a nerd for Dresden! Will it seem less-manly if I say that I love Toot-Toot and am rooting for him to grow into a full...
I feel like I know where this came from! But yes, exactly!
The only thing I think of when I make a plot is this...what will make this more badass. Wait, no, I also constantly think...how can I make my...
There's always a bigger fish... As in, the MC is chasing after one big bad, catches him/her, then find out that he/she was just being controlled...
^^Chicagoliz's advice, couldn't have said it better if I tried. Just to repeat what other's have said, I think the loner bit doesn't make a...
So you're trying to find a good excuse, for the sake of your plot, for your MC to NOT return to the village? I would say that the only way to do...
I personally have no problem reading a story where the character wakes up, or is peeing, or is doing some other tedious act that we all must do....
I can attest for skipping certain characters chapters. I've done this once or twice when I realized how crappy one character was and how awesome...
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