I know not everyone writes with a theme in mind, but for my current story that is what I'm trying to do. So for my story I want the theme to...
There's been some contradictions as I've begun studying this subject. At first I read several articles that stated theme was: “Theme essentially...
Last night I was bored so I looked through my writing journal (I have a journal that I uses to jot down ideas, characters, maybe even a page or...
So, the way my manuscript is structured at the moment means that the first half of the novel is set in a society where sexism is rampant (not only...
So in my novel my main theme is 'survival' and that's been pretty simple. Man vs nature man vs man. How far would you go to survive and yet still...
I'm currently working on a whodunit one-shot tentatively titled Bored to Death. [SPOILER] One of the features I wanted to be preeminent in the...
First of all, I'll say that everything has been done before so it's not so much of a question of 'has it been done' but 'how can it be done'.....
I’d like to get some insight on some character dynamics. I know it may have been done before but I’d like get some inside on this. My story goes...
Hey, so, I thought it would be cool to make a thread for our character's theme songs. This is my MC's theme song, and the cool thing is, he...
Hi, I'm not exactly sure where this post goes (as always) so I just put it in General Writing. Feel free to move it or whatever, as I'm pretty new...
So a plot idea I'm toying with is that in a post apocalyptic world a man and a woman both suffering with amnesia fall in love what neither knows...
I considered bumping last year's thread on this subject, but that was all about starting with the weather and I didn't want to highjack it. So...
Over in another thread, talking about passive voice, @NiallRoach said this: For something with this much gospel written about it, you'd think what...
I always wonder when thinking or searching for a new concept that are there any ideas left who you can call truly original and new. You have...
Recently I noticed that my writing seems to be getting darker and darker without me trying. Is that bad? It feels weird because I don't try. I...
Recently the muse has taken me for one heck of a ride. One of the reasons I joined this site. And while waiting for the 2 weeks to post actual...
Alright so I've been assigned to write a 15-25 minute script. Just out of curiosity how much is adequate lines and words, to make my time?...
Let's say I wanted to write a book about flying ninjas with katanas. They're meant to just be fun, hilarious stories one can read on a summer day....
The Writing Dead Reader, This is simple and it will test your writing skills and horror skills. It is simple write a short scene about the...
Okay, specifically, creating a group of characters like the Mutants in X-Men that are hated by the rest of society. Has this been done far too...
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