Lauren2010

Also, it depends on what the main action of the story is! If the story is about the act of them having sex, then you'll want to hold off and ...

Well, does she have to speak out loud? Every day, we all have our own internal dialogue going. We have thoughts about the things going on directly around us, and ...

I used OneNote for a bit to sort of categorize information about the world of my fantasy novel, but quickly lost steam (that's just a me thing though). I liked ...

It's a little odd, but I think it gets the point across. The only problem would be if it doesn't fit in the context of the story. Just make sure ...

Some of the best advice I ever got on my writing was to avoid adverbs like the plague. A lot of description can be done just as (and more) effectively ...

As long as all the dialogue serves a purpose, you should be just fine. Long rambling conversations about nothing (which is often what real people have on quite a regular ...

Here's a really good "rant" on travel. It's focused on travel in fantasy, and I don't know if what you're writing is fantasy, but it could still apply! Here it ...

It depends on what audience you're writing for. If you're writing for kids in the middle school, early high school range then yeah try and censor as much as you ...

Try creating your own label for these people. You said they are another race, so name the race. It doesn't have to relate to the words "gifted", "talented", or "special" ...

In my experience, when people go to college their high school relationships don't last very long. That's not to say that people who really love each other won't stay together, ...

Gosh I wish I hadn't taken the book from my last creative writing class home... We'll see what I can remember. Effective characters have a few basic attributes. They're complex, ...

I'd say go for just jumping right in on the action. Give some basic explanation about the problem (what's going on, who's involved, a basic why everything is happening) but ...

I'd say that since she is a girl, I'd have it as her (unless someone is referring to her in dialogue or thought, then they would use him). Since the ...

I went through this same thing with my novel. I had lost interest in it, but one day picked it up again and really looked at it. I needed to ...

To really accentuate this particular characters annoying-ness, makes sure the other characters would find his personality annoying. If they're annoyed, then the feeling is much more likely to transfer