For me it's the backstories to my characters and their relationships before the story proper begins. Particularly the main character's father's...
It wasn't unclear, but perhaps less clear than it could have been :)
I don't think there is anything wrong with your use of tense, the only thing that wasn't clear was which bit is the new development. Maybe...
They won't if you don't write them that way :) What about (in no particular order) their careers, their friendships, their hobbies, their hopes,...
I don't see why not, can't think of any reason to make a big deal of someone's background (in terms of where they're from) unless it's super...
I actually really enjoyed this post. It would be great as part of a wider story about someone with... flaws.
I think this is excellent advice. Just start writing. Accept that it won't be perfect and you are likely to have to go back and change things. But...
I think you are right that no labels is the more elegant option. I think labels work best when they're at a chapter level (i.e. different chapters...
Have a read of this article from the Guardian (it is an appalling story, so be warned). This girl (who was 13 when she came to the attention of...
Thanks @theamorset for the feedback, I'll incorporate the discomfort for sure. To be clear the kind of "learning how to ride" I was thinking of,...
I have a question about horse riding, rather than horses themselves. Would appreciate any information. How plausible is it that someone who has...
Please don't take out all the adverbs. They are just another tool, sometimes appropriate sometimes not. I like to think when people give the...
Wow, I already think Catch 22 is one of the greatest books ever written, but my admiration just deepened looking at that. Back to your original...
I don't describe my characters much directly, but I do try and give a sense of how others perceive them through other characters' speech and...
You might check Middle Eastern/Arabian Jinn (aka Djinn or Genie). There might be some issue as they are still part of the Islamic faith, but they...
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