Random Thoughts on Intentions Intentions are abstract things. The idea before execution. The starting point. Intentions are the necessary...
I am adapting the 18th century satirical drama The Beggar's Opera into a contemporary Hindi film. Everything was going on smoothly. I have the new...
Human motivation is created by wants and needs. Want and need both signal a deficit, but want is beyond need. Need is core, bones and meat. Want...
4 months ago I made some changes in my life that have allowed me to return to my passions after 3 very long years in the corporate world. My focus...
In my WIP, the hero's girlfriend is going to get kidnapped by a pack of monsters to force the hero out of hiding. The girlfriend has spent her...
I sometimes felt like I couldn't be or wouldn't ever be a writer. Pretty sure ya'll can relate. Just because I couldn't write everyday, or some...
So in my series I have four characters that feed off the life force, or energy, of others. In one of the stories within the series one on these...
Looking for some advice on how to proceed please. After extensive plotting, I wrote my first act of a crime thriller, just over 25k words....
So, one of my betas completed their read of my story, and one of the criticisms they had was that the relationship between a certain character and...
It is often said that protagonists in great stories require an external, specific, visible goal in order to drive the story. Whether it is to stop...
Hey everyone. My first book is coming along nicely and honestly I'm looking for people to give it a little read. Ignoring the grammar errors and...
About extreme narcism in character development. We all have some healthy and normal narcism in us. This is about situation near or inside the...
I need motivation. And a right telling off. I have always loved writing. No matter how self-critical I can get, it is something I take enormous...
Still in the early stages of drafting my main character but could use some help as I've never done any of this before. She goes through a lot in...
In my novel, a few humans suddenly find themselves tasked with defending humanity against an imminent alien invasion. In all the other similar...
One way to develop your character: Your character has an essence of his/her self. The deep, quite stable, vulnerable, greatly unknown core. It is...
I'm currently writing the first draft of a Middle-Grade action/adventure novel about superheroes and there's a huge decision I have to make that...
Hi, I'm new to the whole forum community but I'm excited to be a part of a community filled with people passionate about writing as much as I am....
In a story I am writing, there are two characters that for which I need motivations. One of them knows that their sister is dealing with an eating...
I'll keep this short and simple, and I know it probably sounds really cliche, but besides that, I need your honest opinions. The idea I'm working...
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