Crysi

hahaha... *raises hand* guilty of skimming above post. Anyway, you skip battle scenes? Great. Did I say my novel is about a war? Lol. I try not to skip anything ...

Snoinky m'dear, I love you. I've been saying that to a lot of people lately, haven't I? Anyway, because I'm still in the process of rewriting my story (GEEZ, I'm ...

I think that should be fine. After all, you can then give us tips on our efforts! :)

fishr, I worship you, lol. I guess I do this automatically (because my characters become so "real" to me and I can easily enter into their mindsets) but I think ...

Hi, I'm Crysi... "Hi, Crysi!" ...and I have a problem. You see, I-I-I have trouble writing characters of different ages! "It's okay, we all have problems!" Obviously. Anyway, if I ...

The easiest way to hook a reader is to begin with action. If you have to read through half the book in order to get to anything interesting, there's a ...

Well... Yes and no, Snoink. I once read a Star Wars book (can't remember the title... Shadow Hunter, maybe?) where the story was mostly from the point of view of ...

*cough*likeme*cough* Actually, I started creating a map for my world. It's Earth-like, and I think the only difference in the actual geography is the shape of the continents. But that's ...

Nice tip, Griff. As I read this, I was trying to picture my own villains and compare them with this guide. I think I'm on the right track with them. ...

fishr, m'dear, I do believe you meant "third person" while writing "second person" there. Lemme grab my writing notebook and I'll copy the notes we took on POVs... First Person ...

To be honest, I just end where it feels right. Sometimes I have really long chapters if there's a lot of action that needs to be covered; other times I ...

If you get a chance next year, join NaNoWriMo. And try to download the free report card that can be found somewhere within the forums of that site. You'll be ...

What about "replied" as a synonym? I use it sometimes... I don't know if that would be like "answered" and "responded" but I guess I'll see. ;)

Good question. When I was depressed, reading about people cutting led me to do the same. However, now I know that if something is depressing/"triggering," I can't read it. I ...

Also, if you just shift your fingers on the keyboard over one space (or up or down or whatever) and type out a name or characteristic or just a random ...