Rydia

I think I'll move this one to writing tips. *Moved.*

I think I'll have to take another look at this when I'm next working on new characters. Sometimes I have difficulty creating pasts for my characters and you gave some ...

Section two is very accurate. I've fallen into each of those pit falls at least once and they really are the destruction of a novel. I think I'd add another ...

I've been meaning to read this for a long time and I'm glad I did. Those are some great tips, Cal and I'm pleased that you separated repetition and redundancy.

Thanks for the link, Via, I've had trouble in the past with killers. Making their motives believable can be so difficult.

Oooh, I love the idea of switching perspective for when Cameron is Toby. That sounds really interesting but you'll have to be extremely clever to trick the audience into thinking ...

Add more description, that always helps a bit and try not to rush it. Take another look at your more important scenes and spend more time on them, add a ...

Oooh, it sounds it and in that case you simply must have some mysterious elf who aids them on their quest. Or maybe an all knowing, wise dragon who loves ...

I love having issues that reflect society within a story. Somehow it makes the writing more real, more prominent. But Snoink's right, info dumping isn't good and there are many ...

I think a good way of describing scenery is to try and visit somewhere similar to what you're describing. Like, if you want to have a park in your novel, ...

I completely agree. In fact, I always try to make my mysterious characters blend into the background and I never actually say that he/she is mysterious. I just have them ...

Well done Jiggity, that's great news! Congratulations!

Have a hero, have a villain who was previously best friends with the hero, have some dragons and other such mythical beasts and there you go - huge cliche. Lol. ...

I used to skip prologues if I'm honest but sometimes they're essential to a story and if nothing else they can be very well crafted. I think the main difference ...

Cliffhangers are always interesting and I think I prefer the subtle kind. It's often too easy to guess what will happen with the big, dramatic cliffhangers. And you've explained them ...