Evander

I like writing outlines and backstory! For one of my short stories, I had about one thousand words of notes. The notes really help me immerse myself into the story. ...

I agree with a lot of what was said above, but I'd like to thrown in my two cents. There are two (or four, depending on who you ask) types ...

is a nifty site that I've been using for three years. I've been sent emails about short story contests with cash prizes, poetry contests, and non-fiction contests. There are also ...

So if the dragon was named by a seven-year-old, then here are my suggestions: Drake - easily finger-spellable. Ada - easily finger-spellable Buddy - cute name, easily finger-spellable. Ruby - ...

Are these dragons named by their dragon parents or are they named by humans?

The POV you choose will really set a tone for your novel. First person writing tends to be more personal, it tends to be in your main character's head, it ...

Hey, Alice! Personally, I like Sebastian as a name. :P Anyway, for questions like these, it might be easier to consolidate every name idea into one thread instead of creating ...

:o *fangirls*

Lipreading is very exhausting and energy taxing and not all of it is accurate. It's incredibly easy to misread something and then lose track of the entire conversation or misread ...

"Good For Your Age" is Not a Compliment Backstory: When I was eight years old and showed my mother the first piece of fanfiction that I had written (and was ...

You get to know your characters by breaking them. At least, that's how many of my friends do it. Or! You can put them in a every day situation and ...

Hey, evil1ord! Creating a title for a book is often difficult, and there are some threads for testing out the waters. this one is pretty active, and you can help ...

@Arkhaion, @Pompadour, but get this -- what if the main character dying was actually a dream? :o

@TriSARAHtops, vampires and talking animals solve everything.

Top 40 Writing Advice 1. All good stories flow from a good title. 2. Overly detailed description makes your world real to your reader. 3. The best characters motives are ...