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I'd consider it lazy and lacking. If these characters' only name characteristics come from stereotypical drugs, then I don't expect their characters themselves to show too much depth. I've read ...

I didn't really get into reading before late in my teens. And it was pretty much just this one book which I devoured and sparked my love for reading. Since ...

Hey Bearbear! Welcome to YWS. Seeing as you asked, I went ahead and moved your topic to a forum section we call 'Ask an Expert' , where, as you might ...

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There's actually already some threads around for this subject. Books on Writing Of the ones mentioned here, I would definitely recommend Stephen King's 'On Writing' . It's an interesting read, ...

When you say 'medieval' , that's a fairly broad timeframe. When I hear 'medieval times' , I immediately think of the rise of Islam, the black death, and the Crusades. ...

@r4p17, both The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings are high fantasy. The POV doesn't really need to define what kind of fantasy it is. I always thought of ...

There's a lot of ways to overcome writer's block. What I would do though, is to just write. If you can't write anything within what you're currently writing, then try ...

Right, screenplays. First off, I would definately advise you to stray away from writing something inconclusive. As in; a film trilogy. Right now I'm actually struggling to come up with ...

A while back, I was thinking about the medium of works written using the personal diary form. Turned out I didn't really know much about it. I wanted to learn ...

This has a really simple explanation. (And your mom might be some sort of cavewoman) In the times before computers, as well as writing processors such as Word and OpenOffice, ...

Hmm, in that case, I think I would have reworked the opening paragraph. It reads good, sure. But is it really necessary for your story? Especially if it creates this ...

Before honing your skills within developing good characters, I'd advise you to work on your grammar. I could read through a story with cardboard cutout characters, but I'd struggle through ...

Eight reasons. Eight reasons why I kissed Hayden Beaufort, eight reasons why I bailed on you, eight reasons why I sent that text, and eight reasons why I came home ...