Recent content by DPayne

Hello Everyone, I was curious as to how some of you overcome any sort of writer's block. I've had an epic tale in the development process for the better part of 16 years but I find it so hard to get it started. Not for lack of motivation but the difficulty of creating a hook in the prologue...

Thank for the information. Not even sure what to call it other than "Science Fantasy" since it has elements of both.

Greetings Everyone, I've been having a problem with my writing. I've been hitting a series of writers' block trying to figure out how to tie different plot points to my story. I have this colossal over-all story-arch that I know the details of (beginning, plot twists, key character...

Awesome, thanks for the advice. I always worry about this. But getting your input has at least put my mind at ease. Now I get to deal with the mess of constantly updating chapters lol.

Yeah, I figured as much. As of today I have rewritten the first chapter twice trying to get the flow down. But perhaps I will just write it out and not make it a first chapter but another one of the earlier ones.

Hey Guys, So I am starting one of my books, a scary endeavor in and of itself. But I'm havign a really hard time trying to get a good start that could grasp the reader. I was wondering if anyone had any pointers or knew any good resources for the starter-writer's-block? I have a start and...

I've been trying to learn Gaelic. Mostly to help my story out just difficult due to the fact that it is more difficult to learn a language when older than when younger and more easily influenced. Thanks for the information, though. I will be sure to put it to good use :)

Thanks guys :)

Thank you for the information. -D

For some reason when I read the part about the town being known for it's lawn gnome producing factory; I was looking for a way to use the term "Gnome-land Security".

Hello, I was wondering what would be a good source for Celtic names when it comes to people and places. Having read The Witcher and comes Celtic lore I was wondering what certain ones meant and such. For instance the word Caer goes before the names of some settlements. What does that word...

Greetings, I am new here and new-ish to writing. I've been looking for an agent/publisher to get things rolling. I recently came in contact from a company but what struck me as odd was that I had yet to start my book. When I went to the website I saw that they offered publishing packages...

Thank you all for the welcomes. I think I'm going to start posting short stories that take place in the same time and area my largest story arc resides. This way I can get a little practice in as well as give people an insight into my fantasy world. There may be others since I essentially...

Greetings Everyone, I am new here, probably why you're reading this on the intro forums. Anyway, I am an aspiring fantasy writer. I mostly do it as a hobby and to pass the time but hopefully one day get published...as soon as I get over that writers block called "starting the book". I have...