One of my favorite quotes from How I Met Your Mother: Barney [about Canadian $5 bill]: There's kids playing hockey on the back. It's like you...
Which do you find yourself more attracted to, either from the author or reader's perspective? I ask because I can't seem to find a happy medium...
This really is the best advice you can get, but I'd supplement it with some other things too. Check out Stephen King's On Writing and Orson Scott...
Interesting question, I'm actually a Jewish atheist, but the story I'm writing now found it's beginnings with Christian mythology and paranormal...
I agree with you that it's a bit anticlimactic with the crazy ending. Feels a little like cheating. I often complain about the "It's all a...
There's a lot of guilt associated with the character, his son's death was (either directly or indirectly, haven't decided yet) his fault, and I...
So I'm writing a short story now, a sort of horror suspense thing, and I wanted to end it with a twist, something to make the reader think. I'll...
I used to direct short films, and I feel you here, sometime's it's harder to convey an idea with a limited amount of time. I like to think of...
My planning stage is my stream of consciousness stage. I spend a lot of time writing an outline, where I put down major points I know I need to...
My name's Josh, I'm new to the forum and very interested in becoming a member of this community. I'm a freelance programmer, long-time gamer, and...
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