Before it becomes unrealistic? See, Heridon (who is hard of hearing), when he was in his elementary/middle school days, once attended a local...
I live in cowboy-land, so I reserve the right to say "howdy" whenever applicable. :D But anyway . . . introductions . . . right. Okay. What...
So, I've been wanting to write this basic idea for awhile now. It was born out of a theory I had about the Inheritance Cycle a while back: that...
So, the main antagonist of my novel is a forty-six year-old man who, due to a reaction to a particular medicine, now has incredible strength....
My intention is to create a world in which my stories are written. The links that would exist between two stand alone stories would be setting and...
I'm assuming that rejection is a sign that what i'm doing isn't right. I queried 10 agencies and so far I've been rejected by 8. If the next two...
A thought crossed my mind today and I would like to hear your opinions on it. I admit I don't read much so called 'literary fiction', I'm the...
I enjoy writing and therefore whenever I write poetry or stories I find myself inventing new words and expressions. this one of the words I have...
The latest short story I've been working on is Science Fiction/Horror and has a jumbled time. In the first draft, my readers were having a lot of...
For the past year I've wanted to be a writer, but I've been too busy to actually make progress in my ambition. Although with no sports currently...
one idea would be to write as if you were the opposite sex but under a narrative style using the first person then third person. I have done...
So, the twist goes like this - the whole world thinks Guy A is the answer to the world's problems (a particular war) and basically 3 groups of...
Hi everyone! I've recently contributed to an anthology of children's stories which was put together in support of the charity Child's Play, who...
The main character of my story is a sentient machine called Seraph, and I want help to develop his character. Centuries into the future in a...
Hello to all, I'm new here and am definitely looking forward to getting more knowledge in writing. As of right now, I basically just (try to)...
I'm still just getting to know all these different sub-forums, so forgive me if this isn't the right place to post a thread like this. Anyways, I...
I am planning writing in pieces for my scrapbook of my Appalachian Trail adventure in 2009. Initially I wanted to use handwriting but after about...
I'll preface this question by saying I know next to nothing about firearms. It's almost laughable. I know what a shotgun looks like. I know what a...
Well I have some finished short stories ready to farm out for publishing but before I get started on the grueling process of rejection, I thought...
So, I've never submitted a short story to a magazine before, but I think I should start getting my feet wet. But I don't really know where to...
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