I did write a lot of scenes. That's for sure. I can only speak for myself, obviously, but I had a combination of problems. Some involved needing...
What if you're completely disinterested in the medium of short stories? Some of us don't like to read them and have no desire to write them. I've...
I'm looking forward to my second Adrian Tchaikovsky some time soon, and I've read everything (I think) by Bacigalupi except for the Ship Breaker...
That's not far off from a lot of people's beliefs. As I understand it, and I'm oversimplifying here, I'm sure, but the never-ending cycle of...
I feel like the word "said" sticks out to writers worse than it does to readers. I'm of the school of thought that "said" tags melt into good...
"She gives me the tummy flutters." Come on. It's adorable. :)
What scares me is the psychological + the paranormal. I love the stories where it's difficult to tell what's real and what's the ghost-induced...
In Z Nation, the character who received the vaccine can mind control zombies. I wouldn't copy that directly, but there may be something in it....
You mean with giant s-shaped f's? Because that's important for verisimilitude. ;)
I've just now finished The Tao of Pooh by Benjamin Hoff. This book has been on my to-read list for years. Well, I finally read it, and... I have...
That might have been part of the problem. I don't think one can appreciate a story in fast forward. It might not be a universal favorite, but I...
Fine, thanks. I'm working on my second novel. I'm on the third of three parts, and it's going much more slowly than Parts I and II, but still...
Okay, so I finished The Great Gatsby. Meh. It was alright. I'm glad I didn't have to invest more than four and a half hours in it, and Jake...
I finished The Last House on Needless Street by Catriona Ward last night. It was trippy, psychotic and dark. On the cover, Stephen King is quoted...
As an exercise, you might try writing something like pure dialogue, only using gestures when absolutely necessary, in other words, only when it...
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