I wanna know what your opinons are on the characters in this. How do they come across? what do you think of them? It was to be a very simple...
Bit of a long-winded question here, but please bear with me. My story is currently written in first-person present day, and every now and again...
So I have parts of my book where I try to keep the suspense, for instance, the main character meets a man that is about to die. The man says that...
As an avid fantasy reader and a beginning fantasy writer, I'm curious to see what you guys all hate to see/are sick of seeing in the genre. It...
I'm not so sure if this is the right thread or not. But, I'm going into children and kids story writing soon. I was going to do something silly...
Writing has been a hobby of mine for a few years now, so I decided to begin exploring the world of self-publishing. I wouldn't consider myself a...
Recently I came up with the idea of having a "Thread of the Week." The idea is to have a discussion as a forum community on a topic most of us are...
Hello! I'm making this thread because I'm struggling a little with the tenses and punctuation of thoughts. I will enumerate all the most...
Hey guys - I did sign on here ages ago, back in August. Anyway, I'm from the Land Down Under. Live in Perth. It's warming up to the 'bastard hot'...
Through Mary, Comfort of the Affliected, I got kicked out of my favorite forum (not this one mind you), people think I'm a racist because I...
Hello. I'm new to this forum. I am trying to break into writing and illustrating picture books. I have completed one manuscript/dummy and am...
Speaking of idioms... I've always wondered about the phrase: "Do you walk to school or take your lunch?" At first glance, this looks like sheer...
I find writing around characters quite daunting at times because I cannot always be thinking ways of figuring the hero from the none and so on. so...
Okay, so I have this character called Jason Espy. He's about 20-23-ish and based off Garrett Hedund (actor). When he's first introduced, it's...
Hey everyone, I'm in the thick of a first draft right now. The whole novel is generally forward moving. The first eight chapters deal with a...
Participants in the Sci-Fi workshop might know I'm writing a short story there, and I've come up against some interesting thoughts. Space...
Suggestions? “And, by the way, didn’t you say it was work related?” she asked. “I’m sorry, I didn’t want you to guess it. I thought that by...
Hello, new here, but thought maybe you could help me. I'm working on a low fantasy novel that takes place on ancient Mars. (aprox. 1 billion years...
What are your thoughts on beginning a story with your MC in some sort of tumultuous situation and then spending the next several chapters...
personally 1)names or titles of the characters 2) their personalities 3) their thoughts and how they interact with each other 4)the tone...
Separate names with a comma.
