Gahks

This is known as relief or orographic rainfall.

Tip 1: Get yourself an ideas box. Anythign vaguely interesting - an anecdote, something you overhear, a news story - can go in it. When you've got an ideas drought, ...

Look over your entire storyline again, see if you can find something that can set off your ending. Your conclusion is what your story has been working up to: knock ...

Apparently, Hitler believed that Atlanteans were purest possible peoples: the Aryans, as they were dubbed. He tried to replicate that and so began the Holocaust. I cannot remember the source ...

Agree with Tyd on this one; sounds like a neo-noir sci-fi, much like Heroes . Good luck with writing it!

Yeah, that is the only case possible. E.g. Dr Jekyll/Mr Hyde. Such characters are extremely rare as Robert L. Stevenson broke the mould anyway. However, it is more often the ...

Hey Theo! Haven't seen you here before... welcome! I'm Gahks (pronounced 'garks'); pleased to meet you! Try my character questionnaire - just click the link below:

Get your name out in the whole wide world. Sadly, poetry is a dying market and you must get your voice heard above the others. Enter as many competitions as ...

As long as you don't make the whole Post-It Note idea an artificial conceit that detracts from the writing, this can have potential. In fact, anything is possible in the ...

Use short sentences for important, fast-paced, action-packed stuff. Really describe everything like when time seems to completely slow down during a moment of high tension. Employ longer sentences to

A note on logicality: Understand that your plot operates in a cause-and-effect mechanism. That is, whatever happens in Incident 1 sets off the events leading to Incident 2, which causes ...

Stalking is great fun! Don't be antisocial writers! I also suggest: BE A CHARACTER WHISPERER Relax in the bath or somewhere where no one will disturb you. A little background ...

Can I copy this as a Word document and distribute it round my writing club? This looks so useful! Thanks. :D

Use Finetune for playlists: it's really cool and easy-to-use.

Oh yeah: Blatantly forced descriptions are a no-no. There are two golden rules to remember: 1) SHOW, DON'T TELL 2) SAY MORE WITH LESS Obey those and you'll be fine.