Fireweed

I feel for you... I just wrote a short story from a male perspective and I don't know if his voice was realistic, because how am I supposed to know ...

Yeah, just try to make the descriptions subtle and natural... Think about when your character would most likely be thinking about their appearance, like if they were comparing themselves to ...

I know all about the chain of unfinished stories. I might resort to Sureal's head-smacking advice. People have given you some good advice... perhaps when you get a new idea, ...

Baby name sites are very helpful. ^_^ The story I'm writing now is set in ancient Ireland, so I'm giving all my characters traditional Celtic names. I'm also looking up ...

Homeless Bird by Gloria Whelan 'Tis good.

Funny. I agree that the war/peace one is the bestest!!

Don't forget "poppet"... That's british, I think...

I think it's good to draw inspiration from books/movies/ poems/whatever that you admire and use other's work as springboards for your own, but it's true that you have to be ...

im really curious...

thanks!! umm.. what the heck is a plot bunny attack? :?

thanks so much everyone!! right now i am taking snoinks advice: forcing myself to write even if its crap. it makes me so sad to see a good story go ...

i think it would be easier to give you advice on names if you described the character a bit, like gwapo said.

thanks guys!! nate, i wish i could keep my stories short, but for me short stories are waaaay harder. but thanks for encouraging me, and thanks for the tips, duskglimmer.

ya. i have hardcore story-writing issues. i always have good ideas and begginnings, but after ive gotten a couple pages into them, i get stuck/ and or bored and i ...