Tenyo

Ninety percent! Seriously? I feel so... used...

Are there any biology buffs who can help me out? I'm trying to make a criteria for what requirements there are for a land to be habitable by humans. I'm ...

Heed the words of the wise. Then post it on the forums, and send me a link. It might be too long for a variety of reasons. It might even ...

Purely from a publishing perspective, it doesn't matter. When you send a novel to a publisher your blurb is your CV. The only lifetime achievements that matter are your plot ...

I definitely agree with the twice-read novels. There are some novels that, once you've read the ending, you just have to go back and read it again- the first time ...

The Literatnauts: "Reading group for age 6-8. Meets Saturday at 9pm in Foress Street Library. Ask at reception for more details." The Nightlife Chronicles: Sounds like a really bad vampire ...

Ru-win-ee-kwim. And as Rosey said, people are going to mispronounce the name often. I once read an entire novel through which my reading partner insisted on renaming 'Nalidi' as 'Naldi,' ...

If you're nearly finished then just go for it! The buzz you get when you finally wrap the tape around the first draft is amazing. Just keep ploughing through it. ...

Just out of curiosity, which would you guys prefer to do when you get published and why? Do you have any opinions on which is the *best* way? Self publishing ...

Ahah, this is where Hiyao Miyazaki's endless wisdom comes into it. The big word he uses is nostalgia . Have you ever noticed how so much more adults read children's ...

The Snowflake method is great, isn't it. This is looking really good! I have to agree with Anadir though. Gripping plots tend to rise and fall, you need more happy ...

Rosie has pretty much hit every nail on the head. I have the same problem as you though, I get so excited and write everything in such a short space. ...

Welcome to YWS! Unfortunately I don't have Tumblr >.< But if you post your work on the forums and send me a link I'd be more than happy to review. ...

(This has been gathering dust for a while so I figured I should make use of it.) Some people like to create pages and pages of character sheets, and still ...

You're welcome! I had to get round to thinking about this stuff anyway because I'm embarking on my first present tense novel and this is dangerously unknown territory. I was ...