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  • Fiction Discussion Re: Genre Shift

    I don't think it matters that much. If you first book is really good, than the readers will continue to read the series to see what happens next. You shouldn't ...

    Sep 15, 2008
  • Fiction Discussion Re: Help please!

    It looks like the two other people got you convinced not to restart it, and that's exactly what I was about to do. But yeah, that happened to me a ...

    Sep 15, 2008
  • Fiction Discussion Re: my writing needs more creativity

    Well, first of all, you can't ask to be creative. Everyone is, and it shows in different ways. But writing better, that's an easy one. Read. I know, I know, ...

    Sep 15, 2008
  • Fiction Discussion Re: Writer's Temperament

    I wouldn't say that I'm a writer. Just because I write, doesn't make me a writer. I think a writer is someone who writes for the sake of writing, but ...

    Aug 26, 2008
  • Fiction Discussion Re: Drawing out short stories into novels.

    Alright, well, as the title says, I have a small problem. Or rather, a long problem (Pun intended.) I drag ou all my short stories into novels. Which is fine, ...

    Aug 22, 2008
  • Fiction Discussion Re: trying to find a good plot for this setting (dude ranch)

    That sounds like a very interesting soap opera. Not to be offensive, but I'm serious. That could be a really good dramatic novel, and I would read it. You know, ...

    Aug 22, 2008
  • Fiction Discussion Re: Paranormal Romance?

    No offense, but a paranormal romance doesn't sound all that great. Maybe its the fact that I relate the word "paranormal" with the word "ghosts" and the word "romance" with ...

    Aug 22, 2008
  • Fiction Discussion Re: diaries

    I'm confused. Are you talking about writing a diary in your character's view, or a real life diary of yourself? Character's view: I've never actually thought about it, but it ...

    Aug 22, 2008
  • Fiction Discussion Re: At what age did you start writing and

    Writing? I guess since I could. But telling stories? Since I could talk. I don't exactly remember what they were about, since they varied every day, and I was so ...

    Aug 22, 2008
  • Fiction Discussion Re: Swearing In Stories

    Swearing all depends on the character. If you've got a goody-two-shoes who swears in dialogue, how is she a goody-two-shoes? But if she's BEEN a goody-two-shoes all her life, and ...

    Aug 21, 2008
  • Fiction Discussion Re: How Much Planning

    My mind works in the most insane way possible. I don't plan anything, I end up losing a page of my story, my plot doesn't make sense (or rather, lack ...

    Aug 21, 2008
  • Fiction Discussion Re: Emotion

    I'm not sure I could do that, but I have an example that might help: I was writing about a scene where the male character cheats on the female character. ...

    Aug 21, 2008
  • Fiction Discussion Re: List of taboo writing words

    My earliest teachers hated the word "pretty" and "nice." Therefore, I used them an obscene amount for FREAK. XD The word "ejaculated" should never be used to indicate dialogue. Ever. ...

    Aug 21, 2008
  • Fiction Discussion Re: Where do you write?

    Normally, by hand. I feel so retro sitting in my room, at my desk, with a black and white notebook, scribbling down everything. People always say, "Well, why don't you ...

    Aug 21, 2008
  • Fiction Discussion Re: When is the perfect weather?

    Not when it's storming really bad, because then I have to watch the lightning and listen to the rain on the grass. And when it's nice out, I want to ...

    Aug 21, 2008


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