The old magic school trope. Yay. A bit more history: I'm a huge Harry Potter fan. I don't know how many times I have reread each book. But with...
Okay, among friends here, I don't think I need to feel too defensive about acknowledging that a lot of romance is heavily trope-based. I think a...
The other day I came across a book on Amazon where the initial setup was so much like what I have in mind for the second novel of my...
Getting story ideas – Thinking inside the box When designing a story to really grab a reader's attention, the phrases, “writing what you know”...
I have recently started to invent a story that I hope to turn into a published novel. I'm still at the very beginning of the process though, I'm...
I wasn't sure if this was the proper thread to ask, but if you use a villain from a TV show in your work, is it considered a fan fiction or original?
I've started off with a fairly self-explanatory title. Basically, I believe that the Twilight series has a lot of negativity on the fact that it's...
Utnapishtim is a character in my story and a character in the epic of Gilgamesh, also known as Atrahasis in another account and alternatively...
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