Can't help with the horror part, but as for your MC, you may like to look at any Terry Pratchett book focussing on Rincewind, who is a cowardly...
Nothing I write is ever predetermined. My characters shape themselves just like the rest of the story. Although, to be fair, I've realised that my...
So, to get this straight, your getting a few chapters in, and then deciding that your opening isn't good enough? Your problem is you've already...
I also learnt to check how many posts the writer's made before they post their own work the hard way. Used to spend quite a bit of time critiquing...
That would be awkward. Especially if the SO in question was your wife/girlfriend...
In that case that sounds ok to me, then. It sounds as though it directly relates to your character, ergo it is important. It's not like you've put...
Ahh crap, whilst writing my post, hiddennovelist said exactly the same thing... buggerations... only one thing for it... I agree with the above :P
I think I read something that something linked from here a while ago that was a list of things agents have said they hate, and I'm sure staring by...
I'd say that was ironic. You have to assume that for everyone, infidelity is grounds for divorce, but yes I think it works ok as irony.
So, after lots of deliberating, I have finally come to a decision. My first novel has been finished for a year now, and was sent off to two...
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I have no advice (well none worth noting) but seen as you seem to be getting yourself in a rut... Buck up, old chap. Everyone experiences...
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