Kibble

It depends if you want him to immediately realise the sound was crying, or hear a strange sound and have to investigate. Hearing a sound and having to investigate might ...

By level, do you mean style (in terms of how formal/elaborate the writing style is)? I think one demonstration of writing talent (in stylistic terms) is the ability to control ...

Another major bullying cliche is kids avoiding telling the teachers/authorities, even when there's no compelling reason to keep quiet. I know in some settings there is an element of "if ...

I've never posted a novel online either. If you're planning to try to have it published, it's important that you don't post it online in public forums, as this gives ...

I take Show Don't Tell a little too far sometimes, and end up with scenes that are about 70-80% dialogue. However, fear not! Scott Westerfeld revealed on his blog that ...

I usually don't divide chapters until I've at least finished the first draft. Amazingly, I find the task fun, so I keep it as a kind of reward for finishing ...

I second (or third, fourth etc) the idea of skipping a place. I've done this in two of the four first drafts I've completed and I feel it does make ...

Probably the climax. Ever since I was really little I've had trouble bringing the action scene to a really super high point, somehow believing that there had to be this ...

Casualness. Familiarity. It's basically show don't tell taken to a whole new level. This, I think, is what people love about Harry Potter -- the extraordinary settings are fleshed out ...

I was thinking about this today. As I'm an auditory thinker, I largely don't see the characters in my head, so I'm one of those people that likes fanart because ...

I read to the end. It's really, really good. I didn't quite understand what was happening in the final part though; I had to reread some sentences a few times. ...

Cool! My computer isn't fast enough to load videos, but I'll have to check those out later. Usually I don't have music when I write, but oddly, I find it ...

Maybe it's something in the air. I've been having trouble too! Writing something different helps. The other day I realised I've been continuously attempting to write a novel for at ...

This was just something I did from a writing prompt on http://www.creativewritingprompts.com. Begin a story with "the clock winked". The clock winked. “Time for school.” “Oh. Right.” “Aren�

Great poem, and I love the final line. It really captures that morning feeling, which people dislike, but is actually only a bad feeling because we're dreading leaving the house. ...