Tenyo

Rache made a good point. One of the key mistakes people make with bad guys is not developing them enough. You should know and be able to empathise with your ...

Taking on a new genre is a challenge, but it has both positives and negetives. The negetives are obvious. Firstly the problem you'll face is that there is a whole ...

My works tend to revolve around the same theme (though a little more subtle) but that's not a bad thing. As a professional author readers will turn to your work ...

Scrap Idea: This is one I thought up a while ago but I never really found use for, and haven't developed any further. It's a novel about what are called ...

Every once in a while I come up with an awesome idea for a novel I know I'm never going to write, because it's the wrong genre, style, or maybe ...

Literary Sin #6: NEVER use the words 'startling' or 'orbs' in the same sentence as 'eyes.' Your writing needs work, but that's alright, that's what yws is for. Write your ...

I guess not XD I think there are a lot less playwrites than novelists. Personally I *hate* scripts. Quite passionately. Whenever I try to write one it messes up my ...

I'm not sure what you mean by outlining. Outlining tends to be roughly sketching the plot and characters. Things like what their bedroom looks like and their likes and dislikes ...

Finding a market for it is one thing. Living with it on your head is another. Don't forget to consider that, say if you want to make it as a ...

1) Read it. 2) Make mental note of apparent issues with text. If there are one or two errors proceed to step five, if more, go to step three. 3) ...

This is genius! = D I haven't used this technique before so I decided to play around with it and found some really good uses of stretching things out and ...

I have a mixed opinion. I like using questionaires to really add chunks of depth to my characters, like, for phobias I'd answer from my characters perspective and say "What ...

Sit down at an empty desk with a glass of water and a piece of paper with the numbers One to Fifteen written on it and a ink pen (or ...

Ooh, interesting predicament! First thing- listen to Rosey. Interest is the key. One of my favourite series of all time (which I won't name) has a protagonist who plays the ...

Ahah XD The mistakes of my youth. Do I dare to admit it? Yes I do. I once, waaay back when I was, like, eight, wrote a story about a ...