My favourite book to help me with creative writing has been How Not to Write a Novel, by Howard Mittelmark and Sandra Newman. It leaves the main...
That part isn't an issue. I have a website (see signature) where I post short stories and the like free-of-charge. It's been really good practice....
Yeah, I was coming round to that consideration too. Now if only there was a more concise one-word term for that...
Yeah, sounds pretty more along the same lines.
I'm searching for a term to describe something. It's a series of short stories, all dealing with different characters, but they're all set against...
It can be really difficult to write from the perspective of a character whose gender is opposite to your own. Generally I avoid writing female...
Your second version is quite a common technique actually. It's called various things, but I refer to it as "The Ishael," that is a first-person...
I sometimes go for different regions than my own, but I wouldn't advise a different country. All the more so if it's possible that someone from...
It can be interesting, but I think it requires quadruple the amount of planning to make sure everything remains consistent and intersects perfectly.
Short stories are the best way to hone your craft, since they allow you to focus on one or two ideas at once while not having to worry about...
I try to use the word or word combination which makes the point I want to make in the fewest characters and fits the tone of writing which I'm...
I would say the term 'world view' is a very broad description of the political, gender, and religious bias inherent in your writing. If your...
The books make it clear that there would have been a war no matter what. District 13 was just waiting for a spark to start it all off....
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