At a recent writer's conference, an agent in the Mystery genre told a group of us aspiring crime writers that she thought we should try to avoid...
I've got an idea I've been playing around with for a while. I've written some of it out but I'm having trouble filling in the story. I think my...
I know that flashbacks aren't for every writer or every story, but I have decided to have a flashback in my current WIP. I have a couple of...
I hear that agents hate prologues. I also hear that it's a generalization and depends on many factors. Generally speaking, if you keep a prologue...
In my new novel my main character is loving the life she has worked very hard to create for herself. She's a survivor of childhood emotional and...
I haven't come to on the forums to play lately, being tied up trying to get my novel's cover just right. So tonight I'm working on the cover...
Hi folks, Looking for some opinions. I'm currently on chapter four of my WIP. It's a dystopian world written in third person omniscient. The...
Does anyone have an issue with flashbacks? If so, what is it? I've had two writers group meetings and several postings on other forums and the...
Hi, am new here and working on my first novel. As i develop the ideas and plot elements, it turn out that my novel increasingly get convoluted...
The current novel I’m working on is almost like two stories woven into one. Things that happened in the MC’s past, and what’s going on with him in...
This may actually belong in general writing, but for now, I'm posting it here. If I'm wrong, mods, please inform me and I will move it. My...
I hate flashbacks with a fire-y burning passion. Oh, not reading them, but writing them. They always feel unnatural and contrived. They never seem...
So I'm thinking of starting my story with a flashback of the last time the MC saw his father before he was killed. Are flashbacks a good way of...
Hello all, I'm sure what I want to accomplish can be done in one of three ways, as the title suggests. I'm trying to figure out the most...
I've had a young adult novel idea in my head for a long time, but I've had a pretty hard time finding out how to start it (i.e. I have the body...
So I'm in the middle of writing this short that's turning out to not be so short anymore.... Anyways, you know how you can discover your story as...
I really am fascinated by the way the TV show Lost portrays character development and their use of flashbacks to explain character motivation....
Hi everyone, first time poster here! I'm doing a novel which has a substantial back story. Can you offer an example I could look at? (something...
I jut started a new story. It begins with my MC getting stabbed (not dying) The next paragraph is sort of the backstory as to how he got up to...
Alright, I'm writing a Harry Potter Fanfiction - I know, but I am! ;) The first chapter of course, is a setup, and also an explanation of...
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