Sureal

Yup, I'm British. =) Also, regarding a thesaurus: you might want to be careful with that. I know it seems like a very writerly thing to use as many big ...

I'm thinking you might be a touch too young to publish just yet. ;) Don't worry, there's no rush. Just keep on practising and practising and practising your writing. You'll ...

Chapters can be any length you like. They're an entirely arbitrary system, put in place to give the reader a chance to put down the book every now and then. ...

Two tips: -- Give it a while. A couple of weeks at least. This lets you get the sort of distance you need to be able to evaluate everything objectively. ...

Just write it. Worst case scenario: you get practice at writing.

Errtu, may I point you in the direction of Douglas Adams, Neil Gaiman, and Danny Wallace? Three very successful writers who struggle (or struggled) with their own lethargy. There are ...

Varies from book to book, writer to writer. There is no correct way. The three most popular ways: -- italics -- quotation marks -- nothing. So we have: Sureal smiled ...

I just don't like that it's all getting very same-y. The genre is stagnating, and it's current popularity is just adding to this. Experiment. Do something different with with it. ...

Are Names Copyrighted? No.

Active: The boulder crushed Indiana Jones. Passive: Indiana Jones was crushed by the boulder. Active: Indiana cracked his whip. Passive: The whip was cracked by Indiana. The girl’s eyes were ...

Yes. Word limits change depending on genre and intended audience. As a rule of thumb, for most novels, the area you're looking for is about 80,000 to 120,000.

*Moved to Writing Tips* Anyways, I tend to give a brief description of them, and then may reference a part of their appearance (eg. their hair colour) every now and ...

Just give him a flaw or two. You don't necessarily have to take away all his 'good' attributes - just give him one or two relevant negative ones to counter-act ...

Write out a plan before you start the first draft. That way you always know what it is you should be writing next. Then ignore your inner editor. Do not ...

Not that I know of. Post a summary, and we'll try and help you out.