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Re: The beginning
All you need is a vague idea where to start and go from there. It doesn't matter if it's horrible, you'll fix it in the second draft. The important thing ...
Nov 13, 2008 -
Re: Choose a hero
Oh and my favorite are "Demi-Gods" They are lesser gods without the ultimate power of taking everything away.. I think it brings out a HUGE space to make up your ...
Nov 13, 2008 -
Re: What to do if your inspiration is drained.
What the heck? The first thing I see on that website is porn! Oh God, my eyes....what's your problem? Well if you looked in the porn section, that's what you'd ...
Nov 13, 2008 -
Re: Lengthening Writing
My suggestion is that the author should not merely focus on the plot and the characters. Give a breadth of life and some nuances to the settings and characters by ...
Nov 9, 2008 -
Re: Lengthening Writing
Adding length for content is one thing, but you shouldn't write more just cause it sounds longer. Make sure to look at your paragraphs and ask yourself if they really ...
Nov 7, 2008 -
Re: What to do if your inspiration is drained.
You visit...what? I don't think I understand. A very funny image board
Nov 7, 2008 -
Re: Need any help? Take a pick!
Very sound advice. Just two problems. - At some point you`ll run out of ideas and you`ll start writing smaller chapters. Take a holiday off and do something that you ...
Nov 5, 2008 -
Re: Which Person?
First person limits you to a single character, and thus, greatly diminishes any epic plot you may be planning. In exchange, you tap into the character directly, so most end ...
Oct 29, 2008 -
Re: Conflict 101
Writing for specific conflicts is all good, but tweaking your characters personalities to suit the conflict themsleves is redudant. The whole conflict tree is just to categorize conflict, not set ...
Oct 26, 2008 -
Re: Choose a hero
A goddess sounds like an awesome POV.
Oct 9, 2008 -
Re: How can this be?
The planet thing sounds cool. The Galactic Empire made me think of Star Wars, though. : ( Also: Kelly Byney is 8, the a poor, working-class family seeking to immigrate ...
Oct 9, 2008 -
Re: A new kind of magician
I've got this sortof magic system. Blank, in the D World, can 'Create' using the essence of Darkness (his manifested heart) to spike his senses by 200% and generally do ...
Oct 9, 2008 -
Re: Book one, book two - what's the point?
Would you want to read an epic fantasy/whatever all in one book? It'd be an over a thousand page novel with everything crammed together in the same text. Most people ...
Oct 9, 2008 -
Re: General Writing Tips
You don't have to always use bosses' or families' to show posession. Boss's or family's work just as fine. It depends on how smooth you want the word to sound ...
Oct 7, 2008 -
Re: Saying more by saying less
: ( I thought you were talking about the writing itself. Here it is, in case you're curious. Durial grinned, pulling down the crimson scarf to reveal his scarred face[s], ...
Oct 1, 2008
