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You could use italics in quotation marks for telepathy, and italics without quotes for normal thoughts.

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

These books are awesome. I'm one of those fortunate enough to have not read Twilight, although I did suffer Eragon. 1. The Hunger Games series - Suzanne Collins (most unputdownable ...

Like Krupp, I did end up writing a short story, and it was fun, and I might just do it again. Looks like you've got a convert Nate.

You said it Snoink. I also hate starting from scratch. If I've already got an idea for a plot or a character in my head it's fine. If I have ...

PM me when you get it up. I've sentenced myself to doing 3 critiques a week, so your story can be one of them.

I agree, short stories are a much better place to start than novels, and I wouldn't advise someone to attempt a novel unless they'd proven their skill with a couple ...

Still, if you only post chapter 1, people can often tell you a lot about your whoe story. They can tell you if your pacing, dialogue and style are good, ...

Agreed Wariofart (awesome name).

Sauron was friends with Gandalf before he turned bad. I don't remember what caused it because I haven't seen the movie for years. I've never read the books, which are ...

I agree, generally the short stories are of a higher quality, probably because they'r edited. However, there are some good novels I've read here. It does take a good one ...

Well I'm glad video has its limmitations that books can fulfill, otherwise where would us writers be. But sure, there's things I wish a book could do. Sometimes I picture ...

Well, I'd consider Smeagol one villain with split personalities. He's a good villain because he's got a good and bad side. The thing that makes him the villain is that ...

The reader doesn't neccesarily have to know all of the backstory. It's mainly there so you know the character better, so you can write them more realistically. I write backstories ...

Some things work better in one medium than the other. I'm reading the Dark Tower now, and I think there's no way a film could do it justice. On the ...