Master_Yoda

Interesting, Thunder, I often find said to be the most effective of dialogue tags as readers just skim over it. When you want readers to focus on the dialogue itself, ...

Yo Vern This was actually a pretty awesome article to read. It was informing and well written. Like Fledge, though, I felt that you could have spent a little more ...

The First Person Narrative It's interesting to note that many beginner story-tellers tend to instinctively write their stories from a first person perspective – that is that they tell the ...

EP, I'm sure you'll get over it one day. If you take some good painkiller, I have no doubt that your eyes will start to feel better. But more seriously, ...

I do believe that the advice given in the poem is some of the best I have ever heard for a young writer. We don't need bull, we don't need ...

I agree with what you say. I just thought I'd add another point: Most people who write fan-fiction utilize a world and characters that have already been created. This means ...

Catching plot bunnies? Why, set enough traps, and the bunnies will drop right into them. What I mean by setting traps is looking around at whatever occasion and asking the ...

Carly and Tori are 100% right about it being fine. Not only is it fine, however, it's actually encouraged. For maximum penetration, you should refer to a character exactly as ...

So, maybe I'll get flamed for this, but... don't change him. Okay, maybe he is just a little too perfect, but this can be exploited. Have you thought about writing ...

Hi DrPepper, I don't believe we've met, so I'm pleased to make your acquaintance. I know little about writing romance as I've written very little of it. All I can ...

"Let there be light," -- The almighty

I'm not sure about the first part of your question, but I can answer this part. Secondly, I have a technical question. I've read that you should start each chapter ...

He used to watch the lions.

Hey there Terpsichore, Let's take your questions one by one shall we? 1)Is a short story easier than a novel? It depends. Sometimes it is easier to write, sometimes its ...

I find it way easier to write alone. Anyone else's presence often disturbs me. I find it way easier to write in silence, or with music than I do with ...