Merlin34

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 ...

I've heard from many places that you shouldn't describe too much during an action scene, since it slows it down. But how much is too much? My creedo has always ...

^That makes more sense, but very few writers are actually like that. Sometimes I can sit down and pour out page after page, but other times, I can barely type ...

If you have names or words that you made up (like Latrapi, Merenor, or Avilandra) in your story, be sure to add them to the dictionary of Word, or whatever ...

So, yesterday, I was looking at the Lightning Thief on wikipedia (haven't really read it though), and I thought I wanted to do something on the same key. Don't worry, ...

Here's another question. What are ways to describe confusion?

You have very good advice there. Not much I can add though. Sort of off-topic, but that guy, Kaleb Nation... something about him just irks me. Don't know what or ...

Quick question, what is the proper way to encompass characters' thoughts? I've always though it was italics with no quotation marks, but am I wrong?

Crap... I've been setting rabbit traps all morning. *goes to check them* OH GOD! MUFFINS! NOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

It would really suck if they were, because eventually we would run out of names.

I hear lots of people saying that active voice is good, and passive (using words like "was" and "were") is bad. I agree, in some cases. He ran! He was ...

Okay, so I have trouble with character emotions. I like to think I'm decent with personalities, but emotions... Gah. Bickazer told me that you have to do more than just ...

Just a question. When publishing a story, does it have to be a certain length? Are there restrictions on it?

So, I thought of this world, Parisova, which is a parallel world similar to Earth, except the planet has a lot more water. There are five continents, all separated by ...

That depends. Describe this character's personality.