Heidigirl666

I usually leave very little time, which can be a bad thing because you're too involved in your novel and not looking at it objectively enough. I'd try and leave ...

I love quotes, hoard them in my computer and quote them to other people whenenver I can, but in my writing, no, never. I don't want to rely on other ...

I personally wouldn't put my age if I were only fifteen. I'm sure publishers don't discriminate purposefully because of age, but if you see that someone is thirteen or fourteen ...

I had a phase where I went changing the fonts every five seconds, and then a phase of doing it in really tiny writing, mostly because then it makes nice ...

Play Minesweeper. Or Tetris. Or post on forums. :roll: I've always wanted to know though, is saying the word 'procrastination' a bit of an American thing? In the UK, if ...

Maybe you're just seeing examples of first lines that you don't like. It's all down to opinion. I'd have to say I didn't agree with much of that; it's probably ...

Personally I would avoid it; switching perspective is one thing, but changing from third to first person will most likely ruin the flow, and seems unnecessary to me. Stick to ...

I always get that. :roll: Luckily I began my most recent novel with a title so didn't get to the end without one. I did have this problem with my ...

Write out what happens right at the beginning. Write out what happens right at the end. Then fill in the gaps with the bare essential events which move one thing ...

Don't worry about it for many years to come is my advice. :roll: I always thought it was bad enough having other people pressuring you about what you're going to ...

I play music all the time while I'm writing. Not only does it drown out any other distracting sounds, but I think it really helps if I play music that's ...

Not always. If I'm really into something, I'll carry my notebook everywhere so I can write whenever the mood strikes me, but I usually manage to retain ideas that pounce ...

Oh, me too, I'm not great at fight scenes. I think conciseness (that doesn't look like a word, but I'm sure it is) is the way to go though. Fights ...

Yep, agent probably best. Publishing companies are more likely to consider manuscripts sent to them through an agent, as it's already gone through their selection process, and an agent won't ...

It's funny actually, I used to write a lot from a girls POV, but everything I've written in the last few years even has been mostly from a guy's perspective. ...