Fall in love with your characters? Your setting, theme, anything that makes writing fun.
Write 300 pages of exposition without any characters. :D Build your protagonist and maybe a sidekick or a villain. Then see where it goes. Or...
Don’t give up. My first draft of Evergreen was at least the consistency of poo. All you can do is separate your writing mind from your editing...
I never actually fished my first draft. Sure there was a climax battle and an “end” but it wasn’t the real ending. I originally wrote Evergreen...
As long as the story is well written I see no reason why a publisher would at least consider taking it on as a project. They do not have infinite...
In most cases the characters come to me fully formed. More so their appearance as apposed to their personality. I’ve written stories with rather...
Another book I remember is: The Kingdom of Little Wounds by Susann Cokal. There are two main protagonists and a handful of other viewpoint...
I don’t see why not. Just be sure to indicate who is the POV at the start of each chapter. I prefer third person limited since it’s easier to...
Separate names with a comma.