- The feeling that it’s pointless
Hello everyone, browsing through the threads here I don’t believe that I’m the only on who sometimes feels this way. Who else feels from time to…
- Best Writing Tips
What is the most valuable writing tip that you’ve received? Let’s share. Mine is this: Don’t edit as you write. Keep pushing forward, and…
- Is traditional publishing endangered?
When I was growing up music stores were everywhere. I remember saving up my allowance to buy the latest cassettes (later CDs) from my favorite…
- Switching main characters
Have you ever tried writing a novel in which the main character changes halfway through? An example of this in film would be The Village, in which…
- Problems with POV
I believe this is the correct forum for this, please move if not and sorry. I’m a little over 10k words into my current project, and am still…
- Thanks Button Added
A “thanks” button has been added to the forums. You can use it to show appreciation to another member for a useful post. Whenever you thank a…
- Is there a Dickens of Fantasy?
I have always wondered what the title asks. Is there a Charles Dickens of fantasy? To put it in other words, someone who uses fantasy to reflect real…
- Terragen
There’s a little piece of software I play around with every now again in dull moments. It generates a piece of terrain and allows you to render it…
- Reloading
The piece I am working on now contains some heavy gun battles, the main characters do not normally carry weapons of their own. Instead they pick up…
- Waterproof clothes?
I was wondering what waterproof clothes a character could wear in my story. (They’re sailing aboard a small sailboat and it’s raining) What did…
- Writing the freakin story
I have always loved writing but never really been able to do it if that makes any sense. I can make the story, I can develop characters and evolve…
- Splitting a novel
I’ve written a novel which is about 220,000 words in length. After asking advice from members of this forum and Writing Forums, I’ve been advised…


