Lauren2010

You could also check out the Publication or Perish usergroup here on YWS. It's not very active, but there is a bunch of really good information there! Good luck!

Don't worry about what teenagers want. Teenagers don't know what they want. My only advice would be to write something that you would want to read. You'll have more fun ...

I had the same problem when I started writing! I kept going back and rewriting and rewriting and rewriting and rewriting. Needless to say, the story was going nowhere fast. ...

I don't plan. Well, at least I don't plan on pen and paper. I spend a lot of my daily life daydreaming about my novel. Scenes come up and I'm ...

I have to kill off a whole host of characters in my current novel. I'm going to be a mess.

I've seen that before, and it can actually be pretty helpful. Obviously all of the questions can't be perfect for every story, because some elements aren't in every story. A ...

1. Where would you travel to? I'd probably go visit colonial america. 2. Would you time travel for vacation? Probably. It would be extremely fascinating. 3. Would you ever consider ...

Like everyone has said, it really depends. It can depend between authors, and it can even depend between novels of a certain author. I personally have one novel with very ...

I'm pretty sure that with any usage of someone elses characters or specific ideas, you would definitely need to contact them or whoever holds the copyright in order to gain ...

Another thing to consider is just writing a novella, or perhaps just a short story. As far as I know (which isn't very far inthis instance) both of those are ...

If you take a stroll through the literary forums (especially the fiction, especially the fantasy) it’s easy to spot the multitude of prologues. This isn’t entirely a bad thing; it’s ...

I live nin in America! Woot! Anyways here I go. Oh, and I have zero idea about what you mean by 'high octane'. West Coast State/High Octane: 1) California is ...

Sounds believable to me. I also vote for the nervous breakdown for the realistic factor. Plus, it'd be much more fun to write. :)

Hallucinations are perfectly acceptable (at least in my opinion) in fiction writing. They walk that fine line between a dream sequence and reality without crossing over into the taunting dream ...

I think this is restating what the others have said but... Make some major changes to your characters. The sweet, shy girl and the arrogant, jock have been done so ...