fading-dream

It really comes down to if you care about your characters. If you are intrigued with them, your readers will be too, at least, if you've written the character correctly.

My honest opinion, and that's all I can give, is don't go with the time travel aspect if you can avoid it. It brings up many questions and inconsistencies. Unless ...

Lately, I've been working on a novel I'd love to get published. It is currently 15,000 words and developing quickly. Events are happening at the right word count (surprisingly) and ...

If you're anything like me, you've planned novels, started them, then realized you didn't feel like writing it. You feel that you know the story, so what's the point. Then, ...

This was from a departmental type school exam: "I opened my eyes and suddenly realized I had time traveled to..." We had to write a story with this opening line. ...

Well, if you really are sick of it, then add some quick resolution. Even if not everything is tied up, at least you will get the satisfaction of finishing. Plus, ...

Woah, I forgot I posted this. I'm glad you all enjoyed it. I personally consider myself to be an awful person because this is what happy things make me think ...

^ But Fitzgerald is my favorite :O Anyway, my favorite advice, and this is my own, is to not think of a novel as a novel. Think of it as ...

Some just don't make sense. I personally see nothing wrong with using words other than said for dialogue. These are just what they like. I do have the agree about ...

Why not? Isn't a novel just a bunch of short stories anyway? The difference is that in a novel, people already know some info from short to short.

The beginning is usually the hardest? Wow... I'm really envious of those people. I find the part directly after the narrative hook to be difficult. That transition from the first ...

Dear Santa; This year for Christmas, I don’t want anything. There are a few reasons for my request which I will go into soon. I hope you don’t find me ...

Great article. One thing that I have found helpful is to breed the bunnies. Take one great idea and mix it with another and take the traits of them and ...

Please don't think of this as a continuation of another story. I think it deserves to be classified as its own. While the previous story set up characters and events, ...

I have to disagree with making dreams obvious immediately. Don't go out of your way to make it appear real, but don't go and spill the beans immediately either. It ...