Francis Michael Buck

I'd definitely just go with whiskers, but then describe what they actually look like as well. As long your description is competent, no one is going to assume they're just ...

You can never be too cruel, as long as it's not unrealistic/unreasonable/without greater purpose.

In my opinion, reading just about any novel will, in some way, make you a better writer. Bad books will teach what NOT to do as well as how to ...

Well it's kind of hard for me to tell other people how they should write their stories considering how many factors are involved at any given time, but at least ...

While I agree to a certain level, not all books require emotion to be good. In fact, I'd say lack of emotion can sometimes be as powerful as emotion itself. ...

The first story I wrote was quite literally an almost exact copy of the show Jackie Chan Adventures, with different character names and more dragons. I started it in fifth ...

I actually did the same thing with my own novel and it worked out great. The first-person POV really allows you to empathize and relate to the main character, usually ...

I will usually plan out an overview of every major scene/event in the story, with a general (not exact) idea of what takes place there-in. This way I always know ...

Nice, thanks for all the replies! They're really helpful. It seems height and eyes are usually pretty high on the list.

So, I'm writing a story with multiple character perspectives, one of which happens to be a female. This female also happens to fall in love with one of the other ...

People think that just because scripts and plays are shorter in length, that they're easier to write, but this is very large misconception. They're very different styles of writing. In ...

Well, it may be interesting for you to take a look at some of the "scientific" methods of immortality, such as human-brain formatting and other related topics. I would suggest ...

Is this serious? Because I actually laughed out loud.

Maybe try shooting for a novella? Or just write it as a novel. If you're really intent on it being a short story though, then I'd suggest going through your ...