Duskglimmer

dumping = bad repeated sentence structure = bad repeated words in too short a time period = bad there are lots of mistakes, but have to say that dumping is ...

I've never had trouble with beginnings... it's usually just fairly obvious to me where I'm supposed to start and what I'm supposed to say. It's keeping it going that I ...

It really depends on how imperitive it is that your character sleeps. If you just need a way to get to the next morning, then go ahead and skip the ...

I... don't do maps. I don't find them very helpful. Mostly, I just figure out where the different kingdoms in my story are and how they relate to eachother and ...

Except for the part about Sauron being poorly done, I agree with this. It's a great guide. I hate how people seem to take forever and a year to create ...

We're here to help. I'd only include the relevent dialogue. If there is something serious being discussed, but then the topic changes to something less serious for the rest of ...

Sounds excellent to me.

As far as description goes, yes, I got a good picture of what you were talking about. However, I second bubblewrapped in saying that I don't like it all chunked ...

Okay... I shall remember that to impress.... *tries to remember* Are those dot-dot-dots used correctly after that "Okay"?

You may nearly finish the book and then you will have to start from scratch because of an unagreeing idea or something. :shock: I think I may have a mental ...

But imagine you're going to an interview to get a job that you really really want. Something that gives you a $100 per hour. Would you dress up in rags ...

Yeah, given the two examples that you gave there, that makes a lot of sense, Shadow... *goes off to see if it works for all examples, or whether it's just ...

These things are really helpful, but if you then take this and just write a few random scenes with the character you've created, it really gets the character into your ...

Are you involved in a youth writing group in your community? No. As far as I know, there isn't one. Would you attend one if it was avaible at a ...

Me: *gets up in front of group* Hello, my name is Dusky. Group: *in unison* Hello, Dusky. Me: And I... *chokes up* want to be a dog walker, not a ...