Your mistake is assuming by story I mean 'plot'. I should hope not. I use 'story' in the most inclusive sense of everything that makes a narrative...
I wouldn't call it 'fluff' if it can be justified. A good story will obviously be more than barebones, but the meat and everything else is still...
Check confusion by swapping out simpler words that serve the same grammatical function, as Shadowfax suggested. 'I swept up the remaining...
I think you can answer this question the same way you can answer just about any 'how much...' question about putting your story together: as much...
I know a lot of people say reading is about escapism, but for me it has very little to do with it. I tend to see writing and reading as two sides...
Maybe you need to relax a bit? You don't need to be actively thinking and guessing about what happens next when you read, just enjoy taking it in...
Are they from families with any money at all or are they destitute? Because anyone with enough money for their children would usually set their...
Usually in this situation I know there's a particular word I've heard of, and if I keep searching, or try to think of the sound of the syllables,...
This is just about the most important thing for me. At the start @izzybot brought up the design principle 'fail faster' which I learned so much...
Sorry, it's relevant to my response to the pitch. I'm curious whether I'm asked to sympathise with a character who killed someone who wasn't...
Are you talking about defending yourself against being raped or against being killed? There can be an important difference. If you had a...
I very much agree, I was thinking that nailing down characters' verbal tics and habits can be a helpful way of establishing their voice and...
I'd say 6 and 7 easily represent distinct categories; maybe you need to find names for them that mean more to you. Like in 6 you have all those...
Separate names with a comma.
