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music broke my last writer's block. call me cliche, but the emotion in many of adele's songs really inspired me to creativity. with all the anger, sadness, greif and hope, ...

there are three qualities that make any monster way scarier to me personally. first, if it's smart. if it can think three steps ahead and find some clever way to ...

I also get inspiration at random times. when I hear somone say something, often times my mind automatically creates stories for me. I will often zone out, and when I ...

so judging by the poll, it seems somewhere around 75 percent of people here on YWS write fantasy... I was wondering, since there are so many of you, if one ...

this is cliche, but definately show don't tell.

if you're charecter swears, then he swears, but it is vital that you make sure it doesn't sound forced. if it sounds like you purposefully put those words there just ...

if you want to write a good story you should start by identifying what your plot is. most plots follow a three act structure, where the first act shows your ...

I'm listening to sinatra right now! I love music while I work, especially if it matches the story. in fact, most of the time, I get inspired by song lyrics ...

concepts is what does it for me. and characters. characters are a good source of inspiration because interseting ones really color your story. think of a drill sergeant, or a ...

so I'm just spittballing, and you can use as many of these as you want, or none of them. possible races: gnomes: short intelligent creature who are always scheming druids: ...

making names is my favorite part of writing, but it's also the hardest. a system that works for me (I don't know if it will work for you) is constanly ...

I don't mean to crush your hopes and dreams of writing a fantasy story or anything like that, but the best storys are the ones backed by personal experience. I ...

so I am writing a novel in which the main character is an american who has been assimilated into communism. there is a war going on, and he is seperated ...