Religion features very heavily in my books, not because I have particularly strong views either way but for 2 different reasons - 1. The...
As has been said before, conflict doesn't always equal action, in fact it rarely does. If you want your story to have a good ending I would...
I'll throw my two cents in here for what they're worth. When hearing other's speak (assuming you're writing in third-person limited) it would be...
I absolutely agree. Death is not the only way to make a story dramatic, in fact I would say it is the easiest way, but not the most effective....
There is a final climax of sorts, but this book will certainly be one of a series. (I tried to avoid that, but it was impossible to fit all that I...
Well the character with only 5 chapters, the first 2/3 are gentle intros, there is a fair bit of action in there, but all of it aids to explain...
My typical writing place is at the desk in my room, as it is the quietest room in the house, but I find that oddly enough, I do my best work when...
I could not agree more with the first point. The best advice I ever got when I started out was to write every day. I didn't listen to begin...
I would say that a story without a villain is the best kind as I find such stories to be more realistic. In life, few of us have a single person...
Hi guys, so I have finished writing the first draft of my newest novel (All 800ish pages of it!) and am going through the editing and rewriting...
When your ad will receive the most views; so on lunch-breaks (between 12-2) and in the evenings (6pm-10pm roughly). When you make a FB ad, they...
Controversy just means likely to cause mass discussion. Which as a writer I think it's a necessary thing. You don't have to be insensitive to the...
You shouldn't be actively avoiding his ideas, just write what you want to write and what feels best to you. This is your world that you're...
I love the idea of setting a story out in the way that GRRM does in ASOIAF, but from what I've read here that doesn't seem to be the way you are...
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