Megrim

I just stopped by to say that your little cover you made there is more professional looking than almost my entire twitter feed. (Clarification - I follow a lot of ...

I agree with the others. The "Hero's Journey" doesn't necessarily require a hero. But also, I don't like categorizing characters as good and bad. In fact I usually prefer not ...

You have a great set-up, and now you just need an idea of where to take things. Like the above posters mentioned: conflict! Basically, you have the starting point, the ...

I suppose this topic is a bit old now and I'm mainly repeating what other people already said, but I think when you work on a story "too long," a ...

I think the concept is very original and cool! The way it's described/written is kind of wordy, though. I generally try to keep paragraphs of description as small as possible, ...

I'll drop a quick post since I haven't found time to go through this thoroughly, but want to chime in. It's a fun coincidence this came up, because in my ...

Y is probably more interesting. I noticed you didn't mention Y very much in the outline--sounds like Y is in need of some interesting backstory, too.

I agree--write about the historical figures you find most interesting, and the periods you're most passionate about. Writing "about" them means you still need a story, so think about what's ...

Hello, MissElaney, I apologize if you took that as a personal attack. Though it WAS directed at your comments, like I said, I have dogs in the diversity & representation ...

All right, I have to say something. I don't want to be mean or crotchety or beat a dead horse, and I really don't want to to scare people away ...

Cool! Good to know. Some new info in there ^^ The perception thing is something we miss out on in our training, and sometimes I end up baffled like... I ...

I'll pop in and help with the horse question. (I'm not silently monitoring the thread, noooo) A horse fed a subpar diet would lose weight, is the short answer. In ...

What do people experience during a petit mal seizure? (Or grand mal, for that matter)

I once wrote out a character outlining thing based on my "formula." I never remember to actually use it, but you'll see there are some fundamental differences on how I ...

Well, I'll jump in on this one too! For the most part, the answer to these is whatever YOU want it to be. Since it's your story there's no real ...