RacheDrache

I'm the proud babysitter of a 6 and 8-year-old, and what they're capable of would definitely surprise you. And I know I started writing when I was 8. I was ...

If you have characters, you have plot. Why? Because "plot is a character wanting something, even if it's just a glass of water," as some famous old dead dude I ...

My answer to your question before I even read the post was "You'll never know until you write it" and I stand by that statement even now that I know ...

The short, unhelpful answer is: stop when it feels right. That means relying on your story instincts. Don't rush things, don't drag things. When the story's complete, end it. If ...

Ahmad has some good suggestions! I'd say what you do depends on the perspective you're writing from. If you're writing from an omniscient perspective, that gives you the flexibility to ...

Agreeing with Rosen and Sureal here. A lot depends on the genre, target audience, etc. For instance, I write high/adult/mainstream/epic fantasy. That side of fantasy (not paranormal or urban) and ...

Unless I'm reading incorrectly, none of your characters are surgeons and the injured character in question wouldn't be awake! So you might not have to go into details at all, ...

Yay! This brightens my day.

Personally, I prefer to know as little about what happens in my novel as possible. If I know everything, I have no reason to write... other than to write it. ...

I don't know what I'll do with my current novel, but in previous novels I'd usually wait to name a chapter/document until I the title occurred to me, as it ...

Normal, standard Theory of Beginnings goes something like this: When it comes to beginnings, the thing you have to consider is the kick-off point where the action all starts, and ...

I've actually always understood the difference as "blonde" being a noun, almost always female, and "blond" being the adjective. "There's this blond guy in my class." "I was never really ...

A "this just felt like the right place to end the chapter" person, weighing in. Well, sort of. In the last two novels I wrote, I had really, really short ...

First, a linguistics nerd correction. What you're looking for here is "dialect" and not "accent." That'll probably help in your research. An "accent" is only pronunciation--and everyone, for the benef

My strategy for as long as has been important is character-oriented. My basic assumptions are that "plot is conflict" and that "plot is a character wanting something" and, then combined, ...