I think everyone can learn to write novels if they want to, it takes practice. I had to go through the same process as stormr and write short...
In the living room on the sofa with a mini laptop. I also have a folder for physically writing when the words won't come on the laptop and a...
I'm not sure it matters how common it is, I can name you series where there are multiple points of view and there are others with only one or two....
This is something I did in one of my novels where a guy and a girl become best friends but they met because another character was attracted to...
You'd need to ask yourself questions like how clever / suspicious is the MC what have they seen / heard that's made them suspicious and want to...
Or imagine if they did have some self-control even when they were in wolf form, they'd be wicked bodyguards. Kelley Armstrong did werewolves in...
Both in writing and in reading, my preference is to give details about characters as it's natural to do so. For example, in one of my novels the...
I found Firefly by Joss Whedon is a good example of creating a back story for some of the character with a strong sense of friendship / respect. I...
This is similar to how I build characters, I know lots of little details about my characters that never make it into final piece, particularly the...
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