Incognito

I have done NaNoWriMo twice. First time, I didn't complete the goal because I became too caught up with what I was writing. I had the whole story planned out ...

You know, I am not sure if I fully agree with tmne's opinion with how you should just stop reading back on what you have written. That may not actually ...

When I write, my teacher always told us to use 'said' as little a possible and to try to find other words to replace it with. And I would do ...

One thing you have to be careful is that that is only the recent standard. All characters are the same, either they are like jesters, arrogant, quiet, or depressive. Characters ...

Telling and showing can also relate to info dumping which a lot of writers do on this site, and it can get unpleasant to read. When you tell, a lot ...

I believe my sister The.Dreamwalker has the same problem, but deals with it fairly well I think. I tend to get muse for a story, but I never seem to ...

Dreamwalker, I know all your story plot-lines almost by heart. if you cannot find inspiration to write them any more just take a break and read a book for once. ...

Ahh, I understand. That does sound like an incredible story and I would love to read it if it came out. But then there is the problem of the lack-luster ...

This kind of made me laugh. At first I thought this forum might actually be about me... 'The Writer Incognito'. Ahh, the humour. But my answer to that question is ...

A lot of the speeches I have had to write for school, we were forces to write it in paragraphs all with different aspects or points to what we were ...

I personally kept having trouble with my one novel that I have started. I had the story line perfectly played out in my head but there was no way to ...

I indeed thought this was great. In school we are working on Descriptive Writing again, and show, don't tell is a rule my teacher keeps on reminding us. This makes ...

You guys have put up a lot of good advice up here. I think I will take some of these to hearts. "Show, don't tell." Be descriptive with your writing. ...