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*has a second question* How can I explain that my character was adopted without telling it outright? It depends on why it's important to the story, really. I have a ...

Hi! Like Rosey said, permanent discoloration from a dye would be pretty unlikely. You said fur, so I'm assuming some kind of animal. She could have a hereditary disease that ...

Oh, ok then. For the 1800s, Shakespeare would be too old. :D Generally, it was probably pretty similar--perhaps a bit more formal, and definitely there are modern words that hadn't ...

What time period are you talking about? You could always read Shakespeare. ;) Also, you might want to avoid too many old words. Whenever I try to write with them ...

Is jungle/rainforest missing, or did I just not see it? Anyway, this seems helpful and inspiring. Thanks. :D

Well, I can't say I have much experience with mystery, but from reading it, it seems like the hardest thing would be keeping things hidden. Other genres have complicated plots ...

They talk until a guard comes in and asks about a human. He leaves after Ivy declines but not before Ivy notices a pair of eyes disappear from her window. ...

The way I figure out sources of conflict is like so: Take any character. What do they want, more than anything else? What prevents them from getting it? I love ...

Here´s another idea: Don´t worry about the length till after you´re done editing it. Definitely not before you finish a first draft. :D

I do find that reading it aloud helps--it's easier on short stories and poetry (because really, who want to sit around for ten hours reading a novel?) but with sections ...

Have you ever been camping? Sometimes the flames will catch the pitch suddenly, and whooom! Haha. I believe it was also used to coat the heads of torches. Then again, ...

Heh, that's called "research"...... (Ironically, I read this whilst I'm trying to write. XD)

In the past, every time I finished a “novel”(quotes intentional), I seemed to be left with a giant mass of completely unusable material. Which would have been ok if the ...

Well, it seems like you're still looking for something human-like (or at least something with human-like behavoral patterns) so I'd actually vote no to the wolves and cats--they exist on ...

Ah, no, I didn't mean remove odd associations. ^^; Those can be wonderful to read about, and I love making odd associations. However, once those odd associations are made and ...