Emerson

I'm reading this book called When you Catch an Adjective, Kill it: the parts of speech for better and/or worse by Ben Yagoda. I suggest it not only for its ...

Ah, the thing I forgot: hide it in a drawer. For a week, a month, a year, a decade. Just hide it and forget it. Then, when you think you ...

Hmm well, I am assuming it is your first draft of your novel? The only advice I can have is to spend several years editing, haha. Honestly though, your first ...

1. Read more books than I did this past year (35). (Jack, I keep a live journal/blog for my books, you should get an lj!) 2. Finish my rough draft ...

Haha, I only skimmed the article (I am tired? Please forgive me ^_^) but I agree with you entirely... My characters are real, living, breathing people. They can have a ...

Oh, certainly, I have advice! ^_^ Just write it, whether you are into it or not, whether you are "feeling it" or no. Especially if you are working on a ...

UPDATE: 24 DEC 2007 It is about time I say something, isn't it? ► Death Machine - I'm realizing how terribly this novel needs a new name... As January looms ...

I'm writing a novel about world war two... much less war, though, and more concentration camp. Though war novels interest me, that specific time period doesn't. And, like Jack, I'm ...

I've tried to publish a short story a few times. I was rejected twice, and finally accepted by the YWLJ ^_^. (The lit journal for YWS.) I also have another ...

yay! I look forward to reading this!

Add more conflict and subplots? Which then allows for characterization, which is an awesome thing, as snoink pointed out. ^_^

Yes, perhaps you should write it with a different setting. ^_^ the idea just seems a bit messy, you know? Best of luck with it!

I rated this PG-13, for obvious reasons. Really all that you are saying depends on who your character is, and what she is like. You can't just make her do ...

I'm going to move this to writing tips. It fits better there.

so, updates and things! My play is going fabulously well and the shows are on Nov 30 and Dec 1. From what I know, he has someone professionally record them ...