1. I write because I often get bouts of sudden inspiration for characters and story ideas and I think that it'd be a total waste not to allow them...
I tried to do mine based on people I knew but found that it just made things unnecessarily hard. So instead I did it with characters I created,...
You shouldn't kill off characters for the sake of it; it should be something that enhances the plot. A death or two can always make other...
From a Ghost character you can access qualities that you can't with other types of character; and that is that a Ghost has already died. Imagine...
Science fiction seems to be increasingly popular these days...
What it could be is that he's basically the only guy on the planet that shows a level of decency that isn't trying to rape her brains out. Also...
I almost never keep anything from when I was young as I find it embarassing. Also, I find it stops me from progressing- if I already have...
Right, well it doesn't seem like you have a lot to go on there. An important thing to realise is that the setting of the story influences the...
Have you seen a series called Dexter? It's excellent for making you sympathise with the wrong character (in this case, you root for a serial...
In terms of writing, my main advice would be to show it occuring than telling the reader that it's happening. I'd show the changes happening...
Skulduggery Pleasant from the series of the same name by Derek Landy. A thick veil of bravado, confidence, amiable arrogance, humour and vanity...
I literally just finished Captain Corelli's Mandolin this morning (which was a wonderful book, I thoroughly recommend it) so I'll be starting...
It depends on the story, really. My first two books, for example, are based in modern times, so I just named them after people or characters that...
I've started three stories so far. The first is completely finished. The second is the sequel, with around eleven-twelve chapters left, all of...
There are ways to make immortal characters interesting, but they need to have depth, obviously. Take Dr Manhattan or something- what makes him...
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