Couldn't you just use a mundane tool such as they all get put in detention (rightly or wrongly) and have the janitor accidentally lock the school...
Convenient? Possibly but one of my favourite examples of a convenient storyline was Raiders of the Lost Ark. Indiana Jones, despite all his...
I think as the author you have to rig the dice. If the rules of the situation don't allow a certain thing to happen you have to go around them. If...
Thanks guys, a lot of food for thought. I appreciate all of your input and I think I know what I'm going to do.
I have the basis of a story but I am unsure how to start. Not the actual plot, just the opening of the story. It starts with a meeting in a dive...
I remember seeing a storyline on the TV show the Blacklist. If you've never seen it before its based around the FBI being aided in catching...
The point of view whether first person or third person is just the voice of the narrator. First person is the main character narrating. This can...
Why would Cletus let Magnolia sacrifice herself? It seems to me, if he's offering her the choice of who to sacrifice, he is enjoying watching...
My initial thought is most of the recent bond movies. Several of the Daniel Craig movies have Bond going it alone without the authority of MI6. In...
Does anyone else have a fear of writing? For me I would love to be a professional writer but find that I'm scared to seriously put pen to paper in...
They say history is written by the victors and who knows? If Germany had won the war, we could be sitting here now discussing the evils the allies...
I think if you create a cast as large as George R R Martin, you have to say to yourself "this small band of characters are untouchable and won't...
Usually I'm a stare into space name generator but obviously within set parameters. If its contemporary fiction I'll use a contemporary name,...
If you're comfortable doing it, try an exercise of flash fiction/short fiction with your character and you (or another character you can empathise...
The cold vacuum of the void clung to Cassiopeia like the chill death grip of a lover; ever-present and inescapable. Her shields were raised but...
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