With most of the characters I write, I'm never really completely accurate about their age offering descriptions like "mid-twenties" or "His face...
At times I find that some characters, be they on the "good side" or the other, step onto the stage late. If they are important to the plot, say,...
I ran into this problem when I started to really get into my main project last year and now that I've figured it out for myself I'm curious. When...
My main character (told in 1st person) has complex PTSD, anger issues and has trouble reading people. She has more of a strategic intelligence...
Hello guys. As you cans see i'm new here and depending on the place and how good it works for me, ill be staying quite a bit. I just wanted to let...
I love having like a complete list. I am a bit of a perfectionist. Guessing not the first person here to admit to this problem. lol. So I know...
Hello Everyone, First of all, thank you for reading this thread and secondly, another thank you if you reply. I am sure that at some point,...
OK, I've got a story I'm writing (obviously), and I'm on the fence about including something in my main character's back story. He and his wife...
Just something to get your creative juices flowing! Hey, new to this site (as in, 3 minutes ago). I am writing a short story about a serial...
This would be my first ever attempt at urban fantasy, so I could really use some help with fleshing this concept out. This is just a bare-bones...
I am currently thinking on a character addicted to some nasty stimulant like meth. What I consider one of my few talents in the area of writing is...
Hi. In the project I'm currently working on, there is a minor character who had a very well known real surname. His name is Peter Astor II, of the...
I'm trying to write a character who completely shuts down after the death of his parents for the sake of those who were depending on him. That...
So I've taken a good look at this story I'm writing, and I've been trying to make every character more realistic while still keeping the major...
Is it ok for my story to be just an adventure and show off all the things my character does at preschool without having him really grow in the...
how does 'Zayden' sound? any other ideas for unique/semi-unique name for my 14 year old male MC? It used to be 'Andrew' but I think i want...
Hello. I have the ones who are born with magical abilities and practice them, and the ones who are normal humans, called Muggles in the Harry...
Here's a question. Race of character (or more to the point colour)........does it matter if culture is not important. Basically I ask as I read...
Hello, I'm writing a science-fantasy novel in which I don't want to give the main character a proper name until about 15-25% of the way into the...
I was reading an article about adivce for starting out your novel, and one of these tidbits of advice spoke of not introducing too many characters...
Separate names with a comma.
