AuroraOrodel

Twilight (how NOT to write...sorry, couldn't resist) Haha! So very true. Lord of the Rings has been a more general, ongoing influence but an important one. More recently, though, I ...

If your story is taking place in the Republic of Ireland, there's still a really strong sense of nationalism there. Gaelic isn't called Gaelic, it's called Irish. Most of the ...

When writing fight scenes, the specific moves are less important than the character's emotional and physical state. When I'm reading a fight scene, I'm less interested in how the character ...

On 'said'- I'll use it sometimes. But what I use more of is what I call "action tags" which describe the character's body language. If you want to let readers ...

I've seen this set before, and I still disagree with #1. I doubt this, as I only wrote it an hour ago. =P Anyway! I swear I've seen something so ...

I've seen this set before, and I still disagree with #1. "Said" is bland. It conveys only that words have been spoken, and requires further description to express volume, emotional ...

It's not so much a difference between the accent and "normal" speech as it is the difference between two regional dialects, kind of like the way I speak being from ...

You also don't have to explain the entire problem right away. If the angel believes humans are the problem with the world, he/she will probably act unsympathetic towards them. We ...

I'm not talking about writing out dialogue in Cockney or changing the spelling of "no" to "nae" so it sounds like a thick Scottish brogue, but more about characters who ...

Her problem is called not being a writer. The ability to get pictures in your head into words on a page that create pictures in someone else's head is what ...

I almost always use music. I wrote a play last semester, and couldn't even get my head into it until I'd found the playlist! Once I have an idea, finding ...

That's my exact problem. Their origins are eluding me! Originally, I was going with that they were human, but changed somehow and now they don't consider themselves human. Their culture ...

To put it simply: there should be no boring, important "bits". Providing the reader with essential worldbuilding info can be tricky. My first question for you is about your world ...

...about elves. (I'm hoping this is the right place for this.) In long ages past, a friend and I wrote a Lord of the Rings story over 3 years. It ...

The first thing I think anyone needs to sort out with magic systems is why magic exists in the world. You don't necessarily have to put that reason into the ...