Tenyo

Ageless advice: Begin at the beginning. I would say start with the scene when Serafina was two years old, and anything relevent between then and present day. If you later ...

I agree with Jabber about organisation. For something this complex it's very easy to get lost and tangled up inside the plot, especially when you have a lot of ideas ...

Interesting point of view! I find the problem is that most people don't realise why their characters are mary-sues, and like you said, they've put a lot of effort in ...

Go with the teenagerish tone of number two, except add some quirks, like old fashioned words.

Why do so many ask if it's a good idea or not even if it's not working out for them? For encouragement, I think. Usually when I ask what people ...

Nanowrimo

Ah, the people who have disowned me because I am too strange... I was once sitting in a fast food restaurante with some friends who were very... mainstream, I guess, ...

Some people go their whole lives writing masterpieces from 'something that just popped into my head.' I get what you mean though. Those little inspirations are wonderful little things. The ...

Right now you have all the time in the world to do whatever you want. Be creative, write whatever you want to, and enjoy the process. Start weaving your new ...

I'm gonna write a series of novels, they'll be so good they'll burn a hole straight through the slush pile. I'm going to get them published under a secret pen ...

I recently finished my own novel, and I found that there is still much joy in it. It's kind of like being able to relive a memory. The story is ...

Interesting arguments! Cannibal: That's a very interesting perspective. I want to debate :) I had an interesting discussion not too long ago about the difference between lying and baring false ...

Are curse words really that great? I think unless there is a particular purpose for using bad language and they're used sparingly, curse words are tasteless. They're like cliche's in ...

As the wonderful Shakespere once wrote: "A rose by any other name would still smell as sweet." It's the character that matters, not the name. Don't worry too much about ...

Write because you love it! If you find a situation you can't get around, write anything you want, whether it's out of style, context, genre, anything. Take your characters out ...