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Werthan

  • Writers Corner Re: "Don't work on a story too long"

    I wouldn't just obsess over one story and be super perfectionistic about it, but on the other hand I wouldn't go too far the other direction and just have all ...

    Dec 24, 2016
  • Research Re: Ancient Egyptian Fantasy

    Just do lots and lots of research. You have to be into something to write it right.

    Aug 22, 2016
  • Writing Tips Re: World Building

    I'm probably a bit late, but if you want to worldbuild, I can help you. I would not use that template posted earlier, since "countries" is not as universal of ...

    Aug 14, 2016
  • Research Re: Who should I write my novella about?

    I classify "remake" as a pretty large genre. A book I remember reading the blurb of when I was a kid basically had a bard fabricate everything legendary about King ...

    Aug 14, 2016
  • Research Re: Who should I write my novella about?

    Because you're not yet another King Arthur remake, you're not up against the wildly popular King Arthur remakes— you're up against the general genre, but not the copycats. It's not ...

    Aug 14, 2016
  • Research Re: Who should I write my novella about?

    @niteowl OK, thanks. There's really more to this project but I'm not sure how much I want to disclose yet. Siegfried is in Nibelungenlied and a few Icelandic sagas as ...

    Aug 12, 2016
  • Research Re: Who should I write my novella about?

    Who should I write my novella about? I'm looking for an hero from a piece of old literature that'll be recognizable to a decent amount of people in the English-speaking ...

    Aug 12, 2016
  • Research Re: How do I write publishing-quality filler?

    And the fact is, if you can't take an aimless scene and give it purpose, doesn't that imply that you need more exercise as a writer? If it has purpose, ...

    Aug 12, 2016
  • Research Re: How do I write publishing-quality filler?

    [akzent]Do not use ze filler. Filler ist not very efficient. Filler ist a vaste off mine time. Vhy shoult I vaste mine time on a book viss filler vhen I ...

    Aug 12, 2016
  • Research Re: If You're British Click Here...Please!

    Sent from my L500S using Tapatalk I would get rid of that...

    Aug 9, 2016
  • Research Re: Native American Culture

    Well, all I have to say is there is no such thing as "Native American culture". That's like saying "European culture" or "Asian culture" or "Middle Eastern culture". Unlike the ...

    Aug 6, 2016
  • Writers Corner Re: Characters having a mind of their own

    I think it's great if your characters are so strong that they seem to act independent of you. Less work for you! And if your guy thinks his name should ...

    Jun 10, 2016
  • Writers Corner Re: Characters having a mind of their own

    Do anyone else's characters act like they have a mind of their own? I have one character who insists on being called Dietrich Fischer for absolutely no reason (I'm probably ...

    Jun 8, 2016
  • Research Re: Linguistic Differences

    What's the best way to portray linguistic differences in a story? I'm planning out a book that takes place in a fictional world, and no one there speaks English since ...

    Jun 2, 2016
  • Research Re: Choskchsskiirt And All That Jazz

    The Q is a sound actually made in the throat, even further back than the sound romanized as q in Arabic. The ai is line the i in "mine". The ...

    Apr 30, 2016


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— Roald Dahl