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This sounds interesting and very promising. I'd be interested in seeing how things turn out.

*snickers at the thought of someone who helped raise him calling him Ri-ri*

I like writing in third-person limited because it filters the narration through the perspective of the character while at the same time providing more flexibility when it comes to exposition ...

You absolutely can put banners in. There are basically no restrictions to what you can do in your own thread so long as you abide by the site rules. I ...

I usually either start out with a title, or come up with one at the very end. There is no in-between. Princessence is a case of the former, while Princess ...

I just want to 100% second @BlueAfrica's post-draft outline technique because it's one I use myself, and it works SO WELL when it comes to hashing out any major structural ...

I really liked the latest post. The art comparisons were spot-on and well-illustrated, and the examples you used for the sentence-level impacts were also excellent. I particularly liked how you ...

Exactly!

Planning is plenty of fun, and I do quite a bit of planning. Just not planning of the plot . Building up the settings, the characters, the motives and histories, ...

You're welcome, and I'm glad to hear it's working out for you.

Something that really helps is to have at least one complete draft of the story. Once you have an idea of what needs to happen, it's a lot easier to ...

Hey there! I checked out the blog post and the rest of the site, and while I don't have too much to say about the contents of the blog post, ...

There's nothing particularly wrong with using a topic > action structure, so long as you have more than just topic and action in each sentence. I seriously doubt your writing ...

On a slightly different tack, it might be helpful to ask yourself why you enjoy reading and writing about the Medieval periods and what it is about them in particular ...

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