- Seeing the Finishing Line
Hi, I’ve just recently joined the forum and have read many intersting and useful threads. One of particular note recently was active and passive…
- 2 Points from Elmore Leonard’s 10 Rules for Writing – Description
First, let’s not get bogged down in the discussion of rules vs. guidelines. This is part of a set of rules Leonard used for himself. 1) Avoid…
- How to Sort the Priests
So in one of my world’s religious systems, the Orthodoxy, they worship six gods, collectively called the Lagarach. These are:
- Creature Confusion
In my current WIP majority of the “intelligent” races are creature based off of creatures from the ancient mythologies of past cultures…
- Where to start?
I would like some feedback on what point in my story’s timeline to start from. The protagonist in my novel lives in our world, and is a fictional…
- It’s Hunting Season…and I’m Hunting Adverbs!
Alright so I am trying to improve my writing skills and be more efficient in my words. I’ve been told before I have trouble with redundancy and over…
- Romance And Gender.
Planning a love story from a female POV has made me start thinking about how women view romance. This had the side effect of making me think about…
- I need a simple test for magic ability.
My story requires my MC to perform a very simple, basic test to see if she has any talent as a magician. (Turns out she doesn’t.) So, I need a…
