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Great post, Merlin! I agree. :) Ultimately, I don't think any character can be simplified down to his or her individual character traits--it's the character on the page with the ...

Do the more interesting one! Take a risk! :) It's NaNoWriMo! You can afford to do something daring!

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Like Rosey said, writing isn't about getting it exactly right the first time. Your inner editor and you will polish and prune and take apart your story, but, until you ...

I think Evi pretty much hit this on the head, but I just want to stress that yes, it's okay to change tenses in a book if you have a ...

The advice that has been given already is great! As has been said, the best way to fix this is to practice. I struggled with this for a very long ...

Don't worry about the genre right now! Write the story, and see what happens. Sometimes stories evolve on their own, and you'll have a better idea of where to place ...

Having the character who is being 'possessed' experience a deep anxiety or dissatisfaction with his own feelings or actions might also point to a force beyond his control influencing him. ...

Go for it! I have not done that challenge specifically, but crazy writing sprees are far too much fun. If I were to give any advice, it would just be ...

Practice! Describing effectively takes practice, and, the first few times, it might take writing it, going back and adding details then coming back later and cutting half of them in ...

I think all writers feel like this from some time to another. :P But, sadly, you have to write the middle to write the end. One thing that helps me ...

Moved to Book Reviews. Anyways, I personally enjoyed the "How to Read Literature/Novels Like a Professor" books by Thomas C. Foster. Admittedly, for literary analysis, they were not anything spectacul

One of the things I love about video is how completely video can capture the expression on a person's face. Such an exact expression is hard to completely capture sometimes ...

*moved to Fiction Discussion & Tips*

I don't know how major a role all these plotlines play in your story, but, like Rosey said, passing mentions throughout is the way to go if these plotlines are ...