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Well, after reading through that, here's my advice: 1) Be sure that there is some sort of central conflict present throughout the book. Otherwise, it would work better as a ...

I've come up with some more ideas. First, some of his peers make fun of him for his strange mix of types, and he finally decides to go to the ...

That's true as well. You just made me think of the Bourne Identity series...I'll do what I can to try and avoid that. I think this is turning out a ...

For physical items, you've got it just about right. I have both notebooks where I write down little ideas that come to me, and binders, where I store chapters of ...

Hmm...thanks. Your right, it could get boring without actual conflict. As for the fire shield thing, I came up with an idea to expand it into a series, and that ...

There are a ton of different ways to go about handling it. I'm not fond of writing short stories because I just love the characters so much, I HAVE to ...

Hehe. Whoops. Didn't think about the locket thing. I'll have to switch that up a bit. See? Your thread was useful! Doesn't accomplishing something feel good?

OK, I was suddenly inspired while I was going through the threads in the fatasy fools usergroup, and I came across a thread explaining things about elves, when I came ...

The first chapter is rather hard, and the first sentence...ugh. My advice would be to try and introduce the basic characters quickly. If you read the short story "Wine on ...

Sometimes, I think about writing a band story, but I keep thinking that it'll be too boring. Remember to actually have a conflict that is present throughout the book, like ...

I can tell you, character development is one of the hardest, but most important parts of your story. Good, realistic, and relatable characters can sell your story in an instant ...

Thanks, I'll have to buy that book when i start publishing. Thansk for the help!

Oh, I'm nowhere close to finishing either of my novels, but I will buy it when I get one of my first drafts done. One more thing: Do I need ...

The title/subtitle pretty much sum it up: How does one get published? I am aware that you send a manuscript to somebody who becomes your agent, then they send your ...

OMG BRAD'S GETTING PUBLISHED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!111111111111oneoneone If only I had seen you before this thread. Hope everything goes well!