I write however much I feel up to in a day. I have only one rule for myself - write at least one page per day. I figure, even if I have a hundred...
I'm sure one of the regulars here will answer your question about copyright issues. But the idea sounds interesting, not dumb!
What you say is true NaCL. But I'm glad I did post here - that advice I got from 'thinking' to go through and summarize scene-by-scene what has...
thanks for the advice everyone @ thinking: I started the novel without an outline, but about 20,000 words in I outlined to about the 3/4...
pays to have a massive extended family!
I've been working on one project for about a month now. It's a mystery novel set in Hong Kong, and it involves a man who was posted there by his...
it's lucky to be able to engage with the plot and characters like this - that's what you guys've made me realize. I love the escape, I really do....
thanks for both of your replies. @ cboatsman: it's true that I could have let my novel flourish in that way. But, I feel now that I was...
I have based my main character on general things about me - my race, a place I've holidayed at, some personality traits, but at the same time my...
heh, I feel better now. I guess I will just give in to immersing myself. I like what you said though, Bluebell. It's important to have a...
I just lost 10 000 words of quite good writing because I realized, while at 30 000 words cumulative, that 10 000 words earlier my character had...
plotting... yeah I've tried outlines and failed, and when I don't outline (like in my current project), I can get really far into the story. then...
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