Rei

Getting Started Novels are a tricky business. They take a lot more time than short stories and poetry and require more planning. Writers are constantly being asked where they get ...

Basically. I think it was even worse when I got to writer's craft in grade twelve. The stories we were asked to write were generally less than one thousand words, ...

What did you get to do instead of going to English?

Whats a G&T program?

It really is quite frustrating. I mean, if my teacher had recognized that it wasn't lack of disciplin or skill, but rather an above-average talent for writing (compared to all ...

I don't think I've ever written anything good for school either. Fictionwise at least. I was writting stories that were an average of fifteen pages, 300 words a page, in ...

I love the fact that you said fantasy geek. I have no muse. Every piece of writing I come in contact with influences me in some way.

Cheers to that, Rincewind. I dislike writing down outlines, too. One of the reasons for that is because stories that are longer than twenty pages don't come fully formed all ...

No, you're not. Just think about who these characters are, what they look like, and how they will feel about each other once they start the relationship. Supposedly my grandfather ...

I do the same thing, Sam. But mainly because I like to write stories about things I dealt with growing up, so putting myself into the character is almost inevitable.

Think about only your story, and stay away from other love stories. Also, just stay true to your character and who s/he is. Carefully placed humour always helps, too. The ...

Oh yeah. My books certainly write themselves. With A Different Kind of Goblin, I know what I want to include, and have particular scenes in mind. But if you as ...

I tend not to do research specifically for a story. I just learn as much as I can about stuff I'm interested in, particularly in relation to the kind of ...

yep, I'm with Sam and Snoink on this one. You shouldn't overuse words like "said" but neither should you go out of your way to find words to use instead. ...

As someone who has completed four short novels and a one-act play without any serious preplanning and almost never getting stuck, I can definitely support Rincewind on this. People have ...