Hi... so my excessive plot outlining has given me the idea of two antagonists (well, one main one and a major secondary one). My story idea is...
I recently came across an article (I can't remember where, for the life of me!) about the domination of white people in stories. Most of the...
I'm entering a short story writing competition and I'm really stuck on which name to settle on for my heroine. I'm basically just trying to...
im not sure if this has already been covered or not but if it has please point me in the right direction. ok so i was working on my story today...
I'm relatively new to writing and continually have great difficulty generating a well crafted and completed piece of prose. The reason I am...
Hi! I just devised this "game", if you will, where you create a character, or use an existing one, and create and fit a characteristic about...
When I first started writing, I had a dream – a vision, if you will, of the mystical land I had created and the fantastic creatures who inhabited...
Hi, I recently received a one star hit and run type review on one of my books, and in my usual way ignored it. I figure if there are enough...
I would consider myself to be a relatively good writer and I love writing. But I have a problem. Whenever I'm working on fiction projects I have a...
I am writing my initial chapter to my book. I want to start off with 3 different and very short scenarios which are basically Albanian Mafia vs....
I'm working on a series called Ruin that's themed around human psyche I want my characters to be as 3D as possible, so that when the many...
-I'm in a bit of a jam here.One of the main characters in my book goes by the name 'Mitsuki',but people call him either Mike or Michael.I knew...
-Many books I've written have too homogenous of a cast.Everyone is the same race,ethnicity and religion.Example ,most books written by black...
Hello, people! I know it depends on a plethora of factors (and I want (you) to talk about /discuss some of them here) how many characters you...
Hi everyone, this is my first post, so don't be too hard on me :D, Anyhow, I've begun writing a story about a bunch of young-adults who get onto...
Well, not exactly a girl, more an older lady but young at heart. I'm taking this site to my physical writing group as I think what is offered...
Now, I tend to find the process of creating character names and persona's incredibly difficult! See, the thing is, I tend to find it incredibly...
So after finally overcoming what could be best described as a horrible fear of being a terrible writer, I've sat down and started on a novel....
I always have a hard time with character development. My biggest concern is the amount of characters needed. I mean I have my main characters (my...
I've been like this for as long as I remember. Basically, my ideas for writing are usually really, really specific, and don't seem to grow out...
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