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Re: A movie that my character can mention
I'm not gonna lie, I'm a big sucker for using pop culture references in anything I write. However, have you thought much about other possibilities other than referencing a film? ...
Feb 18, 2016 -
Re: Tips on Building a Following for Your Book?
Aside from YWS, where the key is pretty much 'be awesome to other people, and other people will be awesome to you' (I think there's a version of this in ...
Feb 10, 2016 -
Re: How To Fight My Inner Perfectionist?
I have similar problems whenever I'm writing on my main projects. And though I value my own inner perfectionist, who wants each scene, paragraph and line to flow just about ...
Feb 8, 2016 -
Re: Idea for a series of stories
This sounds really cool and interesting! And ambitious! I like ambitious. I agree with Kyll though. Asimov's Foundation Trilogy is sort of a groundwork for these massive 'history tellings' of ...
Feb 3, 2016 -
Re: I need help choosing which story to go with!
While I somewhat agree with Hiraeth, that the second idea has more potential, when you just glance over it, I still really liked the concept of the first one. This ...
Feb 3, 2016 -
Re: Stuck On The Midpoint
Hah, your world kind of sounds similar to The Dresden Files. That's neat. Anyway, maybe there's another similar person to your main character in this gang, and he'll interact and ...
Feb 3, 2016 -
Re: need a scientific name
I find it somewhat difficult to figure out exactly what you're after. If you're just looking for a good name for shapeshifting into a dog, or animals in general, then ...
Jan 20, 2016 -
Re: Which Novel Idea Should I Stick With?
As with both Hiraeth and Lavvie, I'd agree that you should just pick one and write. Just have fun. The more you write, and the more you read, your personality ...
Jan 20, 2016 -
Re: Time lines and time skips
So you want to use a nonlinear narrative? That's always interesting! There's a fine point to it though, and it varies from what medium you're telling a story. Your example, ...
Dec 12, 2015 -
Re: Villains
Your magic system seems very confusing. If I were trying to write this, I would definitely scale it down a bit, just so my head could more easily wrap around ...
Jun 25, 2015 -
Re: Orphaneges/ Children Homes
What time period are you looking for here? Because there are extremely few traditional orphanages left in the US. Over time, they have been replaced with other means. Such as ...
Jun 22, 2015 -
Re: Villains
Reading through your previous posts concerning 'Fantasy Writing' and 'Magic Systems', I'm struggling to understand what kind of world you are trying to create here. Is this an older society ...
Jun 21, 2015 -
Re: Help with cabs and/or buses in Britain
Don't let her get into a cab! It's expensive and they'll rip her off. Especially when she could easily get on a bus, or even better, a train, which could ...
Jun 21, 2015 -
Re: Speaking to a real writer
Well, you happen to be on one of the largest websites catered to young writers. Unless you're only wanting to talk to authors to question them about why your favorite ...
Jun 1, 2015 -
Re: Faeries
I do like it when food in fantasy mirrors our own. For example, one I really like, from JRR Tolkien's 'The Lord of the Rings' : Lembas bread! It's easy ...
May 1, 2015
