ScriboErgoSum

I love these. She has so much good advice.

Does anyone have any good tips for creating a strong atmosphere or sense of place? I'd appreciate hearing them, as this is something I'm trying to improve. :)

I voted yes, though that's only partially true. I've plotted out entire novels before and it gets a little bit boring, but I also am not a seat-of-the-pants writer. I ...

For NaNoWriMo I wrote the first 50K of a novel. Since then, I've been trying to figure out how to finish it (I started without much of an outline, and ...

I haven't written anything in about a year either. It's very frustrating. I'm hoping that this year's NaNoWriMo will shake me out of it and get me writing again. Sometimes, ...

I have several. Probably it's been said already, but here's my favorite writing tip: If you want to write, just write. The hardest part is getting started. Don't stop, don't ...

Good luck with your story. What's it about? I agree with the others: cool picture. And cool title. :)

A short summary of the novel I'm working on: There is another world called Cittemara. Maybe it always existed, and maybe people from this world thought it into being. Either ...

Congratulations on getting so far on your story! I have yet to write something that long. Your storyline sounds interesting too, even though I'm not usually crazy about vampires. Good ...

I'm trying to write my first decent novel. Even though I've been writing seriously for almost two years (since NaNo '06), I have yet to turn out a novel that ...

57,000 words. I wrote it in 11 days last year. It's really, really awful, and nothing much happens, but I'm still fond of it for some reason.