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Re: how much do you need to begin a book?
If you haven't done something of this scale before, it might take you a while to work out what is really your style! You say you have a rough plot ...
Jan 26, 2012 -
Re: How do they do it?
Personally, what I usually do is write on the fly for a whole and then stop, evaluate and come up with a plan before my story goes horribly wrong! In ...
Dec 28, 2011 -
Re: Wish You Would Step Back From that Ledge
My first reaction would be a surprised, loud one: something to get their attention and stop them from jumping immediately. After that, if they turned to me, I would run ...
Dec 28, 2011 -
Re: Technology Problem!
Hi! Okay, so guns and trains technically have both existed for an insanely long time (for guns think early 11th century, trains technically go back to ancient times although those ...
Dec 15, 2011 -
Re: Boarding School
Hi! The boarding school I go to is for 16-21 year olds, so I'm not sure how useful some of the information will be to you. Feel free to pick ...
Dec 13, 2011 -
Re: Tape recorder of Friend?
Hi! This is a difficult choice ... partly because all of the options have their fallbacks in a way, but also because each one of them would actually work. The ...
Dec 13, 2011 -
Re: Swearing
In The Mediator series, by Meg Cabot, Suze's brothers swear a lot. For example,in book three, Jake says, " What a freakin' jerk." Then Suze thinks " ...Only he didn't ...
Jan 28, 2011 -
Re: My novel: a love-hate relationship. Please help.
I've never had particularly bad writer's block, mainly because I tend to avoid actual novel writing as much as possible. However, last year whilst doing NaNoWriMo I knew that writer's ...
Jan 16, 2011 -
Re: Where do you get these amazing ideas ?
If you want quick inspiration, try this: :D
Nov 5, 2010 -
Re: Names...what do you do?
Has many, many generators with names being one of them. :)
Nov 1, 2010 -
Re: Tips on writing a short story
Recently on YWS, it’s been seen that short stories are becoming more and more ignored. I don’t know if this is just a YWS thing, or if it’s a national ...
Mar 6, 2010 -
Re: Quick question on how to avoid Gary Stu
Perhaps try to stray away from all the clichés you're probably thinking. In a way, don't make the guy perfect, but make him perfect for the girl. So he's her ...
Feb 26, 2010 -
Re: R.I.P.
One of my characters was once beheaded by some wet, barbecue-soaked cheese, but this was in a romantic comedy. Ah, yes. Nothing says 'rom-com' like a piece of wet, barbecued ...
Feb 22, 2010 -
Re: Advice please! Thank you in advance
Well, if you're looking to be inspired by The Time Traveller's Wife, you probably won't want the MC to be able to travel through time by use of some portal ...
Jan 20, 2010 -
Re: I got an idea, but which way do I go?
If I were you I would go the way of Avatar. Firstly, your character already knows how to fight, so therefore him learning to fight is a little redundant. However, ...
Dec 13, 2009
