CowLogic

Castle Rock Derry

Katniss Everdeen

What is strange is the fact that you guys keep mentioning that authors use them just to be edgy. I don't think I've come across this at all within literature. ...

@ShadowWings You are going to hate me: The Hunger Games Why: The idea is mind boggiling, I love the writing, but, killing children, its not cool. I know why they ...

I agree with @Blackwood. This is definitely The Hunger Games through and through from what I can read from this chapter. Keep that in mind when advertising and writing your ...

Alright, I figured that most of you would be in the characters camp. Personally, I create a plot outline first, then create characters to fit that plot, who then shape ...

Now that's what I call a response!

Nice work, Auxiiratron

Well, the lack of action isn't what turned me off to the hunger games (in fact, almost the opposite). It was the stupid characters that they spent way too much ...

The latter was my impression of the Hunger Games, to be honest.

One could also argue that characters don't stick with you was well as plot does, though. For example, I can remember reading plenty of books in my youth, yet can't ...

Should the characters drive the plot, or should the plot drive the characters? or are they both equally important? Which is more important to develop first before writing? Originality of ...

I think saying "he swore" is much better than pretending the words don't exist, so that's pretty good.

Who says profanity has to be bad though? If we desensitize people to it, then it loses its effect, it's "bad" effect. Wouldn't the world be better off if there ...

What makes the essential difference between a "crutch," as you say, and just any other word. What about "the?" By your standards, it would take more skill to construct sentences ...