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Can you predict what they will do in almost any situation imaginable? Do they act differently when placed in those situations alone compared to when placed in that same situation ...

I don't plan. Or rather, I only plan out nonfiction pieces. I've found that planning out creative pieces only ends in never-really-started projects for me. That said, some of my ...

The aim of NaNo is to write. And write. And write. However you write. It doesn't matter so long as you write something. So if you get stuck, just write ...

Well, keep in mind that the compartment has no windows, so if the driver makes a turn, everyone in the compartment is caught off guard. Since we were going to ...

Ten feet is mighty wide for a van. The widest I've encountered is a bit under eight feet, and considering that some lanes are only nine feet wide, finding a ...

Second person in general is extremely difficult to pull off without annoying your readers ("No, I would not do that" being a very common response), especially with longer works. First ...

How does it all tie together? Right now, as far as I can see, you've got all these ideas running amok without any clear connections between them. Why is Idea ...

You definitely would not have any Japanese swords on that continent then as, historically, Japan has only interacted with the nations with direct access to the Pacific, and the Americas ...

There's no reason you can't. Sudden PoV changes are discouraged because they can confuse readers, but since you're planning yours for the epilogue, the epilogue is separate enough from the ...

What you've described very strongly reminds me of Final Fantasy 7, so much so that I think it might be difficult to take your story in a direction that doesn't ...

I'd say it depends on the execution. From the sounds of things, you have the time-travel as an integral part of the plot from the very beginning. The reason why ...

You cannot make readers like (or dislike) your characters; it's something the readers decide for themselves, and when authors really want their readers to like (or dislike) a particular character, ...

I have to add a caveat to Rosey's time and drafts thing. The most important thing for writing first-person is to be able to hear your character's voice. Sometimes this ...

I vote against tentacles. Brings some rather awkward mental images to mind. Feelers might work.

Short stories don't always have to be bare. If you take my story Wolfskin for example, the language is lush and detailed, yet the final wordcount still comes in under ...