Blues

I've been writing this novel for a year and seven months now. I wrote the first draft in May-July 2011 and wrote a second draft from August 2011 to the ...

Good thing she looked at it! I'll definitely take that tip and show it to someone. Thanks for that, Shino!

Oh Grif, don't get them too excited! When they find out the truth, it'll be like when they found out that santa isn't real! I am sorry if I ruined ...

Thanks all for your help! ^_^

So I'm writing something at the moment and I have no idea if what I am writing is grammatically correct at all. For example, if I wrote this: If, with ...

I read a book once where two characters had the same name. Even then it wasn't as confusing as you'd expect - the only main issue for me was when ...

I did this in my novel and it's easy once you know how it works. I originally started with more points of view than I do now, so I would ...

Aha. I can't remember who did this (someone with the first name Susan, perhaps?) but what they did was they searched the phone book for names. It's a good way ...

Question: is there any need for a surname? I can't think of any now, but I used to comb through websites to find a fitting one for my characters. In ...

It doesn't seem too complicated! It's more about how you execute your idea in order to prevent confusion for readers if you're worried about confusion. Perhaps the people themselves in ...

A lot of it can be done in your head. I think a lot of it is really knowing about who they are and what they do. You have to ...

I tried to change a character name. They were so stubborn. And since I'd written about him for a year, he became *himself*. There was no changing him because in ...

Never Go Back - Evanescence. (Self titled album) I love the reason for why the song was written and I'd be interested to see your interpretation of it ;P

It sometimes is if you can get bored of it easily. As long as your pace is comfortable with you, it's okay. Chances are when you get to the more ...

As a professional author readers will turn to your work and enjoy that familiarity of theme. While I do agree, does that not have the risk of making your works ...