Kale

Don't rely on inspiration. If writing were mostly inspiration, I'd have finished a lot of books already. The thing is, writing is mostly hard work and slogging along through things ...

I colour-coded mine because I switched entirely (except for emergencies) from two-fingered to touch typing in one go; I figured it was all or nothing or I'd just be undoing ...

That's the program I used to learn how to touch type. It's got a keyboard on-screen and overlaid hands that show you which finger should be pressing the correct key ...

I pride myself on my versatility: if there is a style or form out there, I can probably emulate it. Some of my works are planned, others are spontaneous, and ...

So, would using multiple POVs make it harder to get attached to a character? Or would it make it more interesting? It depends on your characterizations skills. If they're not ...

Almost everyone here knows that your characters have to be a realistic as possible. A lot of people here hears their characters voices in their heads, and talks or writes ...

But I'm wondering about writing short stories - how do you go about one? I'm a very spontaneous writer, which means I rarely plan what I write. Even then, before ...

Extra limbs are pretty extreme as far as mutations go. Just what happened in your story to cause them? o_O Some other options are: no eyes multiple eyes compound eyes ...

Or, better yet, skip Cindy's morning routine entirely! =D Good advice. XD But if you can't... Well, telling is the next best thing to skipping. :P

I happen to be of the opinion that "show; don't tell" is overrated. While showing is an important and effective tool for writing, telling is just as important and effective; ...

Like Krupp said, that isn't lying. Everyone exaggerates, even if they aren't writers. Take the fisherman and the story of the fish that got away. Or the party that everyone ...

Well, do you have to write the story from you MC's PoV? If not, writing primarily from the friend's PoV shouldn't be an issue. If you do have to write ...

Fantasy Name Generator They have both a simple and advanced interface. The advanced interface is very useful when you want variations on a name or if you want a name ...

*sigh* I haven't written a word in five months. I just have no inspiration! I had some drafts I was going to continue working on, but I re-read them, and ...

Lovely article! I didn't see anything that needed expanding on, and everything was concise and easy to understand. n_n The same thing goes if you switch styles very close to ...