Sam

Influence is good, as long as you're not trying to totally emulate the way that that person writes. Then you're just setting yourself up for failure. But overall? The little ...

Most definitely Abbey Road...

I was gonna say...read my blog. :P

You click the button and it gives you suggestions...:P Yes! Thank you snoinky! (cue for angels to begin singing)

Oh, Mr. Joe, I love you so. Why? I have the exact same problem... Find little pockets of time, like if you walked home from school a bit earlier, when ...

Even though I am STILL totally against them, Snoinkus...:P How do you decide when to split things into chapters/sections/whatever? Is there a certain, universally agreed-upon point to do it? Argh...th

Yeah! I have all sorts of playlists for different moods...i.e. Screw The World, Skip In Circles and Laugh Your Head Off, Serial Killer On A Rampage,etc. :P They're so much ...

Oooh! Richard Lederer! A warning to all ye who don't use proper grammar: read Anguished English! :P

I just watch people- it's awesome, since you get such a range of dysfunctionality and emotion. I have the Driven-Mad-Soccer-Mom expressions down pat from spending a really extremely boring summer ...

You've also got to get your point across quickly (in a fairly straightforward manner) or the reader will get bored to death or just plain confused.

I'd post some of it online if you're comfortable with that, or just send it to a couple of people over email so you could get some advice on it. ...

Good things, Snoink...I'm glad to see you've advised against a lot of 'em. I've only ever pretty much added 'said' and 'asked' lately, and it works really well as long ...

My only trick- write to dark music. It works, at least for me it does (more than I'd want it to, sometimes :P).

Yeah! If you look at a lot of good books, they could have the most simple plotline ever, but still be really truly awesome. GO SNOINKY SNOINKY OINKY OINKY!

I love filling out these things for my characters...don't know why...but they are pretty helpful. Let you get to know who they are a little bit more!