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All of writing involves telling at some point. If a writer showed everything --well, that would be rather impossible, and also really annoying to read. Usually I'd much rather be ...

First, watch this video: Second: don't worry about being good or brilliant. Don't fret about sounding horrid. Don't worry about not writing. Worrying about it is pointless. But don't worry ...

Thirding what the others have said so far, and adding a little bit. There's Voice, which transcends everything you write, from work to work, and this can take years to ...

Sorry if I came off as jerkish or aggressive there. I get...well, aggressive...when it comes to language-related things. You should see how hard I have to bite my tongue in ...

Conlangers are awesome. As long as they know what they're doing. Can't count the number of published authors who make me want to pull my hair out because of how ...

It looked like the daughter was murdered because the fingerprints on the knife handle were someone else's.

I have two answers for you. The first is that yes, using 'imaginate' would be considered 'improper.' Not improper grammar , necessarily, because it has nothing to do with grammar. ...

I think we're getting caught up on the difference of a fantasy novel versus a fantasy plot and, in this case, mystery novel and a mystery plot. To Ride Hell's ...

1) What are the most annoying and commonly recurring fantasy cliches you've come across? I've been fortunate that my literary upbringing has come largely through a filter. I read what ...

Sci-fi thriller with a futuristic James Bond sort of figure. Faced with a task so impossible you can't even begin to think about it. Honor's Gauntlet

I've never had too much of a problem coming up with names, for people, places, animals, or really anything. The reason behind this is that I *love* names, or at ...

1. The first step here is to write the ideas that excite you. The ones that keep you up at night, the ones you daydream about. The story you really, ...

There is most definitely a possibility of overdoing it. Unfortunately, there's not a good way to measure when it's being overdone. But, I'd say if the mentions of facial expression ...

Okie dokie, I still have: Skins Pilot's Ch. 2 Kafka's 2nd piece

Here's one, but I have a few more I'll share later. A man is driving in a black car, on a one-lane road. The road is black, the sidewalks are ...