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A couple of tips: Much like what JFW said, short & sweet sentences actually help quicken the pace. Also, you might want to try and build up the suspense. I ...

Is it the story that you hate, or the writing? If you feel really strongly about a story or plot, I'd say keep working on it. Sometimes there are little ...

Thank you everyone ^_^ I'll be editing around a month from now, and then I might post some of the chapters up. I've got the prologue already up. So that's ...

I've joined YWS on November 10 after having realized that I was actually dead-serious upon writing a story that had been configurating in my head for three years. This was ...

It sounds here that this is a character-driven story. So developing your characters, and later characterizing them is going to be pretty important. Your characters have to be believable, they ...

I tend to imagine the first chapter like an opening scene in a movie playing in my head. I'm a real visual person, so the words usually come easy to ...

Hm, maybe you should try to write an episodic novel? She's the daughter of a well-respected count, right? So maybe the pirates take her on board the ship in a ...

Whatever you do, don't give yourself a time limit or word limit or anything like that. Don't think about writing 1,000 words a day or anything like that o_o Trust ...

My ongoing novel right now is at 77,000 words--which is definitely the longest I've ever written. I've still got about 50,000 more to go :/ My average with all my ...

I write with 3 different point of views. I don't find it intensely difficult. I usually switch from first to third person, but the key is to keep it consistent, ...

That's amazing, congratulations =D Haha, I'm the same way. I have a hard time finishing my stories. I also leave a blank page and write a quick, 'I owe myself ...

I definitely cannot survive without my outline. I just can't. It would be impossible for me, I swear I have ADD. I once tried to write a novel without outlining ...

Hm. I write both, actually. I tend to have more male protagonists than I have female protagonists, simply because that's what the story calls for and everything. When I write ...

I always make a title page for all my long-term stories, where I have nice big elaborate fonts that fit whatever I'm writing at the moment. I don't really have ...

Aw, thats so sweet Marionette. And it /does/ sound comforting...I need to go invest on a robe xP For me, well I'm the opposite. I /have/ to write in complete ...