thunder_dude7

I have some trouble with this too. W is right in one way, you can't wait for inspiraton. You have to seek it out. My best tip is to think ...

Trust me. I hate cliche plots just as much as you do. We all want to come up with plots that are completely new to the world and haven't been ...

I think this has real potential. My main concern at the moment is that you might end up focusing too much on the war and the brain wiping and everything ...

"Another thing to remember," DX said, walking in. "Is how to split a line of dialouge with a statement. Just write normally, and if the first part ends in a ...

I name all my stories and chapters before writing them. I usually think breifly about what will happen in the chapter, try and come up with a snappy title, then ...

I usually use Comic Sans, size 14. I started using it in my English class in 5th grade, because we had to write a report or something, forgot what it ...

Here's my advice: Outline all the little tricks in the trilogy and know them inside and out. Then you can drop little hints all around.

^Sounds like an excuse that Chirstopher Paolini would use. But that wouldn't really work. You could only use that once a month. So unless your book is really long...eh.

Oh, yes. It VERY hard to figure out girls. I have figured one thing out: Let's say that person X is basically being a jerk. His male friends would tell ...

Guys typically think more generally. Deafwriter's example is spot on for the male, though I'm a little unsure about the female. The female one is still funny, though. Guys are ...

So the kids are in some sort of foster home together and they battle evil in monocramatic suits?

Hmm... Abandoned Savoir or Abandoned Hero , perhaps? Anyway, I actually have some plot related questions: Why did her family leave her behind? Why is she a hero if there ...

It does look neat. Congrats on getting published! It must be a really exciting feeling, knowing that your book is out there and people can read it and...wow. I want ...

Oh, here's the little flow thingy... 1. Write 1st draft 2. Edit 1st chapter 3. Look over again 4. Edit 5. Repeat until no mistakes are found 6. Repeat steps ...

I plan to revise my novel after I complete the first draft, and I plan to read over each individual chapter and edit little mistakes until it flows and, as ...