What do you think of the setting and the universe of this story? The genre of this story of mine is crime, war, violence, action, romance, and...
Hi, My name is Nic. I'm an author currently running a daily release series on my own blog/newsletter. I'm not sure about self-promotion here, so...
What do you think of my action adventure supernatural horror story novel? This story will be about a supernatural medieval German prince who is...
OOC: https://www.writingforums.org/threads/our-dystopia-ooc.167516/#post-1892031 Rain. All that Chanderlin has seen for the past 10 days is rain....
Hey there, friends! I've been working on editing up a few short stories, and was wondering if any of you might share your favorite Action Verbs....
Sorry to post yet another thing, but this really is one I can't manage to google. I'm trying to describe the action of putting your thumb on the...
I'm a new user here but I've been reading this forum for years. It's a really nice place to exchange ideas and get help and many insightful...
Hello everyone. What in the world is Galaxy Y? Well, I can describe it as a blend of Star Wars, Jojo's Bizarre Adventure, Fullmetal Alchemist,...
I'm currently working on a cozy mystery that features an older detective in his 50's and I'm concerned about having to throw my detective in break...
Hi everyone, as usual I have no idea where this post goes so I just stuck it in general writing—feel free to move it. Recently, while reading many...
The fantasy story that I am working on at this moment is unlike many of the stories I have attempted to write (I say "attempted" because I have...
I have never actually tried to do this before, a sin on my part perhaps. Action scenes for me have usually been X character does Y awesome thing....
First of all, what in the world is Katipunan X Pang-aapi?Katipunan X Pang-aapi (Katipunan X Oppression) is a short story being divided into four...
What is your opinion about breaking up dialogue with several sentences of action within the same paragraph? Personally, I think it can work fine...
How do you guys do scenes with lots of dialog but little action? Right now, I'm working on a scene with the MC and his girlfriend talking, but...
I'm unsure how much time I need to spend introducing the characters and establishing the relationship. I don't want to end up being boring but I...
My beginning is a lot in my MC's head, and I want to go less angst, more action, but I'm having trouble figuring out how. So. 17 year old female...
Is there a real difference between the two? Don't both perform some type of action? I know emotional beats may be about the state of the character...
I notice there are too many unnecessary actions in my scenes. The most common are: 1. When a character moves from one place to another. e.g. He...
If so why? I have my characters in a heavy pace of fighting my villains near the end of my book 2 (P.S I haven't written it yet I am making a...
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