Noelle

What Hattable said. Fiction stories always have a sense of reality to them, as I'm sure you know, but are overall fiction. You are in control of the story no ...

Flea markets are very random. All of the people above me have given you great examples. I just want to add that you could have almost anything at a flea ...

Hey sp00kytoenail! Love that name by the way. The Emperor may seem like the antagonist here, but he isn't. Not really. I want to know a little bit more about ...

I apologize for going awol. Life is kicking my butt per usual. I'm almost done my character and should have him in by tomorrow.

I'd like the other shadow person spot :)

Just write it. It's the easiest advice to give, but the hardest to take. I know. I've been there and keep putting myself there for years. Embrace the fact that ...

I've visited this thread many times, but never got around to responding until now. Curse you procrastination This is most definitely an original idea. Although the idea of "gods of ...

To answer your question, I'd rather read from Y's POV. The mystery behind X's life and this evil force would interest me greatly. I know I'm late to party, as ...

Lauren asked a lot of wonderful questions. Definitely keep them in mind while you're writing this. I want to comment about switching between this alternate world and ours. You mention ...

A lot of magazines have an issue or two available on their website so people submitting can read them. Definitely read through the stories even if they bore you. The ...

If you're going for an open ending, please don't leave it on the "I don't know" line. That leaves way too much unanswered and doesn't give us the satisfaction we're ...

Everything you write has publishing quality. Remember that. The novels you see on the shelves of the library and the shorts stories/poems you read in literary magazines were written by ...

It took me a few good years to learn how to finish a long piece of writing. It takes practice and you might end up scrapping a few pieces, but ...

I never posted any pictures from my best friend's wedding. Now I realize that's because I didn't take very many xD Here's me and her at the reception after I ...

Is your novel written in first person POV or third person? That will change the way you write her reaction. With first person there will be more opportunities to be ...