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This made my day. If you write more PM me or I'll send my minions after you.

Digging up this old thread because one of the blogs I follow has just published an article on this very subject.

Planning? Who needs planning? :) Seriously, though, I don't actually plan-- that makes the story boring to me, since I like to discover what happens along the way. I've learned, ...

So I made up a character questionnaire, and thought it might be good if I put it here both to help others, and so that we can all add questions ...

I know what you mean. I won't show anything to my parents or friends until I'm really happy with it. I certainly wouldn't flaunt my first draft around. That's the ...

Your welcome. Another good thing to do before you start writing is to imagine yourself becoming your character at various points in the story, and writing a stream-of-consciousness from their ...

A good exercise to do (to make your book longer or just more interesting) is to take a couple of scenes and brainstorm as many possible ways that scene could ...

Start with a vague idea, think of some cool scenes you could put in, some interesting characters. You know, just mull it over for a while. Then start with your ...

I'd been falling into a bit of a rut with my writing, when someone told me, "think of every moment in your story as a nexus from which any of ...

Snoink, your answer is beautiful in its simplicity.

Well we were kinda spamming the welcome forum which is unfair on other new members. If you want to attack me with rampaging pink elephants you can still do it ...

It's always good if the villain has a knack of bringing out the worst in the protagonist(s).

I don't think the problem is genetically engineered foods, its the corporations that produce them. If genetically modified rice is more nutritious and easier to grow than natural rice, then ...

A minority really only seems token if you make their minority aspect the centrepoint of their character. If you have a heterosexual character, you don't base their personalities and actions ...

Wow, quite different to what I thought it would be. I don't co-write, but I'd be happy to review because this genre has sparked my interest. It might be hard ...