Ross

Time Done NaNo: This is my first time! NaNo Name: deafwriter_19 Genre: Supernatural Suspense Horror Plot: I'm not gonna tell! Shh!

Why thank you! *bows*

11,181 words. *looks at all the high counts and hangs his head*

Well, I am running very quickly out of room in my NaNo. I've hit 10K and I'm in 3/4 of the story. Any ideas to stretch it out (to 50K?)

Well, here's mine for 'Asylum'. It's a horror story...apparently. LOL! Just open it. My computer is sadly anicent, so this is all I got.

Hit 10K now!

I get Comcast. Woot!

I clutch the armrests of my seat hard that the lady knitting next to me gives me an odd look. The magazine sprawls across my lap. The cover is nothing ...

Use dialogue, thought processes or foreshadowing. But keep it drawn out, otherwise the reader will toss it aside.

Watch movie trailers, not television episodes. That will help you create your own characters and stuff. Read the first line in a book and decide how you can twist that ...

You have to people-watch. Jot down what fascinates you, what repulses you. If you see a beautiful woman, analyze what makes her beautiful. See people's gestures, their signs, their twitches. ...

To be honest, I write because I can express myself in there. One of my stories (now on hold), Highest Degree was about deaf culture discrimination. My horror novel was ...

I agree with Annie. You have to be a MASTER at exposition and suspense to be able to execute a second-person story, let alone a novel. Read Stephen King and ...

Garrison, I have to disagree with you. I am a big fan of James Patterson's thrillers. In them, he switches it up a LOT. It will be risky to switch ...

Pssh. For me, it's very loosely structured, and the idea is not set in concrete. I find that worrying about this cliffhanger or that chapter placement throws me off and ...