I have a question about multi-timeline plots. I want to write a crime/mystery novel based in an English market/tourist town in the mid-eighties....
Hi all, Not 100% sure I’m in the right place as I’m a compete novice to all of this but hoping someone can help. My girlfriend has written a short...
I hear it all the time. Never start with exposition, you'll bore the reader. Okay, but, when you're story has had a lot of build up and what came...
Hi All, I'm trying to learn if memoir about alternatives to traditional life paths are in demand and if I can can actually write one or many. It...
This is a weird problem, I've been trying to finish a novel these last several years but I haven't completed the first draft. I've started it...
Hi Everyone, I am an amateur science fiction, short story writer and I am pretty new to this experience. I'm interested in your advice on best...
Hi Folks, I hope this finds you well and full of inspiration for your next story! After eight years in the US Army and another thirty-two...
I've put about 90k words together (many re-writes and edits still required), in what is a life journey for my Protagonist and her flawed view of...
I still like doing discovery writing, but I feel as if doing a general outline, and working my way down is working far better. I can keep a...
My character is looking into being an assassin, but doesn't want to jeopardize his current relations by doing it publicly. The story is set in a...
Hey everyone, My name is Chas. I've been writing ever since middle school, which means I'm going on fifteen years now. I have a Bachelor's in...
What's your opinion on starting a story after the action has taken place? And retelling it through your character's current predicament. Of...
I am new to the forums as well as writing. I would like to get started writing. I have an idea and I have started my first paragraph, which was...
So I can't seem to decide what a could font to use for texting would be. How should I write out a text in the novel I'm writing, I had my mom read...
Hi All, As the title says, have you, or would you, ever start a novel that really 'makes' you want to write it, but without having any idea how...
Hello. I'm R. R. Hubka but you can call me Rickey, my real name. I am yet another old man (64) starting to write a fiction novel. In one year I...
Greetings! As I journey through my first chapter I have noticed that there is quite a bit of dialog. I am not sure how well that will fair with...
Hi Im new here and I want to ask if this site is suitable for writing for young teens. and if you have some advice can you plase write them....
A big hello from Western Pennsylvania. Have been working on a few novel projects over the years, but those have taken a backseat to my freelancing...
I am wanting to write a first book and try to take it to publication. I have been working on a much larger series for many years, but I do not...
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