Lucinda

First will feel pretty weird for a while. I'd recommend that before you start, you spend a while exploring your character's personality and particular way of speaking. If you don't ...

I can't really offer any technical advice, since I've never been published. But can I offer some encouragement? Keep going. If you really want to be published, there basically isn't ...

I've always liked the tip that you seriously shouldn't stress about the first draft. I think it's something that a lot of writers hear but don't really take to heart. ...

Well, I don't think writing longhand is a good idea *for me*. I know J.K. Rowling does it, and then edits on the computer, but I object to that because ...

Its really simple guys, if you don't have an almost violent urge to write don't do it. If thats too much to handle, don't write. I know its hard to ...

Everytime I read something like "wow kewl story" a little piece of me dies. I know, right? I'll read a fanfiction where the characters act completely out of character and ...

You're completely right. Especially on the part about going to museums. I dragged my parents to Piratesoul Museum in the Florida Keys when my dad went down there for scuba, ...

Actually, I know of a game that sounds too simple, but actually works really well to get the ideas flowing. You ask someone for three words and a name. That ...

=D Thanks for all the great tips! It's great to have advice from someone who has actually *sent* query letters. xD There's just one thing I'm a bit confused about: ...

Well, I actually responded to you about this issue on the topic, "Character Flaws", but I guess I'll just copy it over here. I feel a bit spam-ish, but...yeah. :roll: ...

OK. Um, he's really smart, athletic, handsome, good at martial arts, really good with computers, modest, and he's like a secret agent. Some of his skills are considered normal where ...