JabberHut

The others explained this wonderfully, so listen to them! Show vs. tell is a difficult concept to understand right away. It takes practice, and everyone learns on their own pace. ...

It's up to you! Definitely research if you're not certain. Your characters might benefit from visiting American landmarks during their travels, so just think of some off the top of ...

Hmm. Well, making a convincing island isn't too different from making a convincing city. You'll want to consider forests, caves, and lakes, but also think about animals or critters that ...

I've heard of this name, I think... Amil? Google likes that spelling, so that may be what you're thinking of. Link.

I've run into this issue writing my NaNo. It takes place in Germany, and they... speak German. But I'm writing it the NaNo in English. xD So I had to ...

If you're stuck between pleasing yourself and pleasing the reader, choose yourself over the reader. What do you want to do? The reader can decide for themselves if they like ...

My first instinct is what Lauren said, but Kyllo's got some good advice too concerning the different PoVs. :) *unhelpful*

I'm not much of a poet, but I did get stumped just like you in my creative writing class. My teacher suggested finding an everyday object (like, say... a glass ...

I think those are awesome, actually. Quite a few of those points napalmerski wrote out for us I already somewhat follow! *hasn't read the link [yet]* Both of those authors ...

I pronounce it as my-len since there's only one L. xD Yay, confusion.

1. Where would you travel to? Probably some ancient civilization, but I'm not gonna stick around for long. I love modern technology too much. XD But yeah, that's a different ...

You just gotta sell it! Their personality has to stand out from the others. What makes them unique to the already-made characters? What traits does this character have that the ...

Well! My first suggestion would be to just skip that part you're uncertain about. Write the parts you know will happen before you suddenly forget the little details you want. ...

Ahaha, my method may not make any sense at all, but it helps me. Whenever I'm planning to end my chapter, I ask myself either, "Where would be a good ...

Hah, I wrote a research paper about Shakespeare's lost play! That was fun. Anyway, about Shakespeare's language, I don't know much (naturally since I'm not the one researching this), but ...