I have a bit of a problem. A character in my story is having an inner monologue describing the girl he fancies, but whatever I write about the...
So I am currently writing a (short) story and my character is on a long journey through their vast land to become a warrior. He is travelling with...
Hello there! I was just sitting around, brainstorming ideas for a book I've always wanted to write, when I came across of picture of this girl on...
http://www.writing-world.com/fiction/description.shtml The advice: To make your stories more interesting, you must find ways to blend the...
OK so let me try this sub-forum again. I don't know about the 'sticky quality', maybe I need a more causal eureka/inspiration sub-forum for these...
Well, I'm new to English, and in my novel, I want to describe this scene: [MEDIA]. Could someone please translate that one-minute video into a...
Greets! I know this is my fourth post during this week, but I promise I won't bother you much in the following weeks. :rolleyes: In another blog,...
Hey everyone, this is my very first post on this forum. I am writing a sci-fi/action/romance novel about a teenage guy named Xavier who goes to...
New York Times best selling author and all around awesome guy John Green once said the phrase "I make up metaphors for a living." This made me...
Heyho there, So, I've always had this problem of describing what my characters are wearing. Nothing difficult with the description but clothes in...
My character is the narrator and is currently numb, heart-broken, mourning, etc. Unless it somehow is relevant to the mourning process (IE The...
A pretty self-explanatory post, this one... The idea is simple: you must use the very extent of your abilities as a wordsmith to describe the...
Pace is the momentum that keeps your book flowing. It’s the tension that jumpstarts your reader’s adrenalin. It’s the drama and danger, and...
Team name: SoftCouch Project name: Defendersof Yggdrasil Who are we? We are a small group of german/english speaking developers who love...
...you realise the characters you are growing to love in your story are actually a bit too similar to characters you've read in other stories you...
Hey, I'm new here, but not to forum living - just wanted somebody's input on character names and details. Here are a few characters I've named...
Hi! My name is Jamie and I am a young girlie!! I LOVE LOVE LOVE reading and writing and have been looking for a decent writing forum for a...
Hey guys, I have 2 questions really. I have read so many times, that the most common (or atleast one common) mistake when writing their first...
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...
Hey all, I feel like I'm getting a good hold on the actual dialogue: using good tone, adding tension, getting to the point, etc., but I...
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