I'm writing a cozy mystery similar to Agatha Christie's Manor house cases with a small circle of suspects. Most of the books I've read on the...
I've been contemplating whether or not to use a nude scene for one of my characters. For her, I think it'd be a scene that would show (not tell)...
How do you guys do scenes with lots of dialog but little action? Right now, I'm working on a scene with the MC and his girlfriend talking, but...
I'm writing this book where my MC is being trained. A lot. I feel like it may get boring, so how do I spice it up? I have some ideas, but i don't...
I'm working on a serial killer/crime novel which will inevitably feature details about how police act around a crime scene in which there is a...
As I'm writing my novel, I'm writing individual scenes for it (since I downloaded scrivener with the free trial). I realize that in a lot of them...
During a blizzard, a homeless man was murdered and dumped on the sidewalk outside the homeless shelter in my story. By the time my protagonist...
Fight scenes have always been a struggle for me, even when just reading them I tended to gloss over the details because I couldn't quite follow...
What is the general consensus on filler scenes, especially in more realistic fiction novels (such as based in schools, people's daily lives?)...
I write almost exclusively in first-person (I suspect this fact may be relevant) and would like to know if anyone else struggles with this to the...
Hey so, I'm feeling kinda stuck on what to do to fill in my chapters. My story is about a woman who's had her heart broken bad but she's falling...
Okay, so I've dodged this problem up till now, but I need opinions at this point. And I do understand that maybe I'm overthinking it, but I'm not...
Simple questions for you guys. 1. What's your opinion on how long a fight scene should last depending on A. normal run of the mill characters and...
When it comes to description, I find that I'm at my weakest. I can write dialogue and action pretty well, but when I want to describe...
If so why? I have my characters in a heavy pace of fighting my villains near the end of my book 2 (P.S I haven't written it yet I am making a...
I don't think it is best for me to practice writing full length stories, getting them critiqued, and repeating the process. I think I need to...
I have a novel that I need to convert to standard manuscript format, and have a couple of questions. Standard manuscript format specifies...
_____In my novel-to-be, I have a small group of main characters, with one MAIN character. Since my 1st main character is part of most of the...
What is your opinion on graphic writing? Be it sex or intense violence, is there a line you like to draw? I tend to make scenes as graphic as...
Hello everyone! First, I only post when it's something I can't find addressed elsewhere. Meaning, my research on this has come up empty. I...
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