I've enjoyed reading fiction (I guess more specifically sci-fi) and my experiences have caused me to question whether I should try writing to...
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I have been adapting a story for a number of years now the concept has been with me long enough that i am realizing as continue to build...
Hi! For my WIP I need a good name for a detective. He works at the NYPD and plays a role of medium importance. Basically he is the one to help my...
Hi there :) So, for a while now I have been stuck on a certain plot point that happens just before my story actually takes place. So, for some...
Okay, I am planning out a story. I have basic personalities so far for 5 of the 6 main characters. I just don't know what to do with the 6th. So...
Hello writerly folk, Just enquiring, as the main antagonists in my novel are jointly a) society's treatment+stigmatisation of the protagonist as...
When I introduce characters I always feel like I take to much time describing how they look. What is a good way to let the readers know what the...
I am drafting a story about a man who becomes stranded in the wilderness, but am having difficulty in deciding which background I would like to...
I thought it could be interesting for you to see into the plot I'm dealing with right now and stretch some mental muscles by seeing what I'm doing...
So, a problem I have noticed myself having more than once now. Having to show a character correctly in a passionate way when there emotions and...
My dialogue seems bland. Honestly I cant even tell the difference between them during a conversation. They both sound like they have the same...
If the title is catching you off guard it is a pattern. Basically the first one of these was about a character that I was afraid was too dominated...
My character, Kijn is from another world, essentially like another dimension not a planet. He thus has an accent and speaks funny. But he is the...
This isn't a rant. More like a whine. I'm beta reading a novel for someone I met online, and in the process I'm coming to doubt my own novel, my...
I've been writing a short story for about a year. The story is a coming of age story about a kid stuck in a small town where options are limited...
As an avid fantasy reader and a beginning fantasy writer, I'm curious to see what you guys all hate to see/are sick of seeing in the genre. It...
Hey, I'm not sure if this is an issue that other people have or not, but I don't really 'get' coming up with characters. Where plotting and...
So in my WIP I have a limited third person POV. Most of the time I am in Valorie's head but for one chapter I switch to her sisters POV. Her...
A big problem that I've been having in moving forward with my writing is that I feel like I've made my main character much too similar to myself...
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