Dynamo

This topic ties in with the one napalmerski posted back in September: I'm making this topic as a way to point out the things that I think aspiring writers should ...

I guess putting together a character is like putting together the world in your story. The way I did it, I spend weeks and weeks fleshing out my story world, ...

You can start off a story anyway you like. Of course, if you plan of killing an important character right off the bat then you'll have to spend a chapter ...

"Ren, you're okay!" Takeo nearly shouted. He had expected never to see the kid again after their talk on the phone, but here he was in the flesh with not ...

The first couple of chapters are the hardest to write. It's always difficult to establish the story because you're literally starting something from nothing. You need to make the readers ...

For the most part, I just think up names as I go along. If I end up not liking them, I can always change them later. I try to stay ...

Ren "Not exactly," he said as he entered the room with another kid. Cait's attention immediately turned to the newcomer with the bright Hawaiian shirt and spiky hair. She had ...

Well, one thing you'll get a lot of experience with in college is stress. In fact, I remember my very first panic attack was in the first semester of my ...

Again, I'm a lot like you. I started a lot of story ideas that I never finished, and the ones I did finish never saw the light of day because ...

Grade Level: 8 Reading Ease Score: 63 Interesting system.

Well, if it's fiction then it doesn't need to be exactly like what happened to you. To me it sounds like you're trying a little too hard to convey the ...

I write in third person all the time. I find it easier, plus it's simpler to switch perspectives with other characters if you write that way. But if you want ...

To be honest, you could make her anything you wanted to as long as you make it sound believable.

The way I see it, it all depends on what feels right for you. As for me, I write completely in third-person and I use the past-tense in all of ...

I'm kind of the same way, I think the closest thing to a writing class I've ever taken was highschool english class. The last book I ever managed to finish ...