StoneHeart

Two reasons not to cut it in half: A: I don't believe in Word limits. B: People don't care how long books are these days. C: Two books are harder ...

I personally find most prologues to simply be 'first chapters' and not really prologues at all. I think Rosey's advice on prologueing is quite . . . useful. I know ...

Though I agree with my above buddies, I'd like to say that when you're writing in first person it's usually not a REALLY good idea to switch POV's. You CAN ...

On it, sa!

Really the amount of detail you put into describing your scene depends on A: Who your reader's are, and B: What your own style is. Depending on these two variables, ...

Okay, Rebecca is on the right track I think . . . If you MUST have this as a prologue (and not a first chapter), then I advise you to ...

@Tenyo?

Ah, okay, would you mind pointing those places out? Things I might skip or ignore? I love opinions, though I probably won't follow all of them. I agree with your ...

Okay, so I'm presently using the Snowflake method (top down writing) and would really like some feedback (thoughts, critique, opinion) on it before I get too far long. So here's ...

To get out of writer's block I just go write something. Really, it works. If you just go sit down and WRITE something, anything, you'll get a bit of inspiration ...

Fiction Writing For Dummies really appealed to me. Helped a whole lot! My brother seemed to be very amused about the structure of this post.

Okay . . . Reading this tells me one thing for sure. You've got an original, and really cool sounding story-world going here. I advise you to do this . ...

My way past writers block is just pacing and writing. If you don't wanna right then just get a good playlist and sit down and let things flow. Force may ...

I might add that sometimes narrative summary or description is needed. Don't try to 'show' EVERYTHING. Do that and you'll hit a pot-hole and bore your readers to death! Granted: ...

Don't worry about first drafts, just go with the flow. When you're done you can step back and re-work everything ;) For now, enjoy yourself.