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This kind of relates to Mary sue/ Gary Stu characters; since boring usually equals generic and generic can some times equate to perfect... kind of. You get the idea. Don't ...

I'm not quite understanding why you should date your work; it sounds nice and neat but I don't see why it would be worth loss of hair and brain cells. ...

This was really wonderful; but you talked about a character like the joker "who just wanted to watch the world burn." I don't think that can be labeled under the ...

I was wondering when research came into play in non science-fiction historical-fiction or fantasy genres? If I'm writing and Indie Romance (not sure if that's real or contrived) should I ...

This is how I've planned my first nano so far: Got inspiration for the climax/pivotal scene Thought about cause and effect; loosely plotted the ending. Thought of a couple cool ...

Reason for writing: Selfishness and mind control. You ever read a book where you felt so swayed by the characters' philosophies you actually woke up the next morning and changed, ...

Reason for writing: Selfishness and mind control. You ever read a book where you felt so swayed by the characters' philosophies you actually woke up the next morning and changed, ...

rate how, like on a scale of one to ten? I don't believe in numbers so I give your character five fluffy kittens. Oh, rotten rhubarb. Now I have to ...

It's not on the website yet, but... I was wondering if I could get a raincheck I have a (very not scary and probably pg rated) horror story that I ...

I know they always say that critiques that just gush aren't helpful, but wow. That was good. The only thing I would say is to put paragraph one after paragraph ...

Mkay, I'll go look at it. I love the idea of P.O.C. fanfiction. Your nanowrimo user name sounds clever; does it have a special meaning? ps I befriended you. aps ...

I kind of disagree with both the people above me; I think you're getting at a parallel universe, right? Which we usually just except without too much question. Parallel universe=free ...

the golden number for a beginning author is 90,000, I've heard. The other numbers are like the wider circles on a dart board; 90,000 is the bulls-eye. For specifics, here's ...

I am so for self-publishing. I bought the book Person Effects because J.C. Hutchins was known well in the podcasting world (which is considered a form of self-publishing) and Mur ...

I haven't done nano but I did fail scriptfrenzy, which makes me slightly worthy of posting... not really. But I'm giving you my advice anyways. Don't believe in your cushion. ...