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What helps me is I focus on stories that I really, really love. If I don't really love to write it, I put it on the shelf and wait a ...

I adore satire! :D I approve of Kyllorac's pick of Saki! I love that storyteller! Mark Twain is always excellent for that sort of stuff. His biblical satire had me ...

Hmm... I'm not so sure. The description is fine upon first glance, but if you stop to think about it, it's a bit confusing. I'm a little confused as to ...

When my characters swear, I usually have it go, "He swore and punched the nearest wall." Or something like that. If it's important, I'll let them swear. If it's ridiculous, ...

It varies depending on your word count! The longer your story is, the less people will comment, generally. For this forum, you should only ask about three people to review. ...

This is fantastic!

Oy, yes they are a lot of characters and they have very complex backgrounds. But they're very connected with each other, so it's weird. And sometimes they are people who ...

This is awesome. XD

Write TONS of plot twists in a typical cliched story. So, for example, a quiet fantasy quest? Ha! Then, just add twist after twist after twist! Don't outline what you're ...

Lol, what I did when I had to rewrite my novel was I added some conflicts that I didn't know what would happen. That kept me excited, made the characters ...

XD This is quite a unique problem! Anyway, if things are rubbing off on you, either stop writing temporarily (until you finish the book!), pick up another book and read ...

You have to do a bit of critical thinking when you reevaluate your work, yes. Some comments you'll listen to, others you'll disregard. But thinking has never been a bad ...

Teehee! I wrote my first novel when I was 13. I thought it could be published. It was crap. Seriously, the first draft was amazing in all its crapitude. I'm ...

Hey, it's good to suck! It means that you have a chance to improve since you know how sucky you are. If you didn't know you sucked, imagine how horrible ...

Race was actually made up to classify blacks as inhuman, actually. The scientific categories were not a part of that. Just sayin'. :) They've come to mean something else.. but ...