I am writing a story in which four teens are given miraculous powers in the aftermath of a storm. One can become invisible, one has super speed...
Here's my question: How long should we, ideally, be spending on a single novel, if our goal is to be a published novelist? I know in the past...
Hey folks, Long time idea jotter here, whom has yet to finish even one story. I am now 36 with a full time job and full time family and over 200...
Hello and thank you for taking the time to review this post. I look very forward to any assistance with world building. I apologize for the...
So a character in the thing I'm writing gets stabbed entirely through her abdomen, as to how she survives I'm just pulling some handwavy nonsense...
I've just finished writing the prologue to my first novel (yes my first) and it comes out at around nine pages long. Now I know that this will...
I am a slow reader myself. I often read word by word. That is why it might take me a month to finish one book. And I often start reading several...
How long did it think it would take you to write your novel and how long did it actually take you? I thought I would finish my novel in three...
Hey! So I've been writing a series for a very long time and it's grown so much that I have a lot of ideas for it. The problem is I can't get it...
I average about 120-140k words but recently I heard 90k is the new preferred word count. I've seen and read long books that I just can't put down...
I just ran across this article, which is a side of 'space travel' we don't hear about too often. It shows quite clearly that while we can live in...
I've had an idea for a novel in my head for around 8 months now. At the start I thought it was too ambitious/difficult/complicated for me to...
Getting back to writing after a long hiatus. Hi everyone. My name is Brian and I used to write a lot. I took a break from writing and simply...
The most common example of an antagonistic pair is in the upper arm, the biceps and triceps; The triceps relaxes while the biceps contracts to...
Although I found many alternatives, "provided" was the only one that fit. I'm looking for a single word. Example, "I would only use the program as...
I would like to get a broader opinion on what constitutes a paragraph being too long. I have been informed that some of mine are a bit long,...
Been working on a dark / low fantasy for four years and five months. Currently at 95874 words (339 pages), and I would say that I'll end up in...
My story has a set timeline that I can't change. MC comes in at X year, and the ultimate conflict/battle (it's a fantasy) occurs in year X + 12,...
Before it becomes unrealistic? See, Heridon (who is hard of hearing), when he was in his elementary/middle school days, once attended a local...
Hey guys - I did sign on here ages ago, back in August. Anyway, I'm from the Land Down Under. Live in Perth. It's warming up to the 'bastard hot'...
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