Was there such a thing where a woman's family would advertise in the local paper for an eligible bachelor to marry their daughter? If it's a...
A question for the language enthusiasts. When writing in English, I am heavily conscious about always starting sentences with their subject. You...
A writer friend had the following change made by her editor: "they walked hand in hand across the street" - was changed to - "hand in hand they...
Yeah I suck at titles. Actually I have been so inactive here. lol. And I haven't written anything in like six months. It was like a brick to the...
I seem to be putting words in orders that people object to. So I want to ask what kinds of changes in word order are acceptable. I thought that...
I'm stuck at a crossroads here. See, I'm not sure if I want the story to start when the MC is younger and then have a time skip, or for the story...
How bad of an idea is it for a pantser to write parts of a novel out of order? My fear is that I'm going to end up with too many pieces that don't...
Hi guys, so I have finished writing the first draft of my newest novel (All 800ish pages of it!) and am going through the editing and rewriting...
I guess that about wraps it up. =)
How many of you when writing a series go in a linear order? I'm asking because the book I started on is so far ahead in the series I'm creating....
Hi, this may make absolutely no difference, but I'd still like to get an opinion from someone who hasn't been staring at it so long. In most...
Hello. :) My taste in movies develops with every movie watched and my writing skills grow with every article written. vs My taste in movies...
.... how would you behave? To be clear. I don't need help. I am just been fascinated with this concept recently. To make it a less jumbled topic....
Time for me to start planning book #3 - "Stormbringer: Haunted City" I have three starting points for this story; #1 - The hero from the first...
Okay. I am probably going to suck at this. That is the main reason I decided to do it. To get a taste for what it should be like. Oh and PS. I...
I know there are such classifications as 'pantsers' and 'planners'- but I was wondering about something related- (probably more of a planners'...
When I write the way I write and following others writing I see in each sentence a subject and a predicate or a reason for the subject. How can...
Me and my random titles. I was just thinking and was suddenly quite curious what you guys thought of a couple of concepts. It boils down to two...
Okay. Really feeling the muse on an old idea but one aspect has me stumped. Context: Story is about a world war. So some political stuff....
Kind of. lol (Edit. I am going to keep a tally cuz why not! Yes: 6 No: 2 Undecided: 2) I am curious of general opinion on something. An idea of...
Separate names with a comma.