I'm not sure if I fully understand exactly what you're asking and more info would be helpful, but maybe fleshing out the plot a little more would...
Don't be concerned about your story being cliche. Like Carthonn said, cliche sells. But if you're trying to avoid being cliche, don't look as much...
I agree that it would most likely fall in the "bridge book" catagory like Dcoin mentioned.
I haven't used it, although I've seen it somewhere before. Truthfully I really don't see the benefit in using a program to write. The most I've...
I'd focus mainly upon your writing career (how long you've been writing for, a list of published works, ect) but also include a little bit about...
Mystery is vital to a first setence. Anything that will grab the readers attention will do. One of the biggest mistakes, one which I'll openly...
I'd rather write a book that's loved by all that read it than one that is reviewed well by criticis but doesn't do as well with the actual...
I think that multiple parrelleling storylines would make for an interesting story but I also agree that doing so will be signifigantly more...
I think that a writers do standardize their writing too much. But I also agree with what Kas said about having the basic skills necessary to...
I will generally try to get between 2,500-3,500 a day, depending on the day of the week and what I have going on that day. Most of the time I'm...
Not really. If I have a brief idea and I don't have access to my computer I'll scribble it out in a notebook. But most of the time I either use my...
Not sure how much help this is going to be, but I typically see the end as the point at which the conflict around which the story was based is...
I feel it's important to have some kind of outline, but over-detailed ones don't tend to help much. My advice would just to be to create a simple...
I can't really think of any at the moment and agree with Cogito's statement that a lot of these preconceptions that kids generally would possess...
I may try it sooner or later. I'm nocturnal and do almost everything late at night, especially writing, so I'm used to only getting a little bit...
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