- Using the Familiar or Creating?
I would like some opinions on the subject of using real-world terms versus creating new ones. Does using standard military titles such…
- “How do you spell your name, anyway?”
Just thought I’d make a thread asking about this issue in case it ever comes up in my stories (which it likely will, given the sheer amount of…
- Watching Characters Mature vs. Skipping to Adulthood
I’m nearing a point in my current WIP where I have a decision to make. I can either continue chronologically as characters mature at a natural rate…
- What’s the Real Reason for Revising?
True that writers revise to make the story better. Tighten it up here, quicken the pace, slow the pace, clarify the description, whatever. But how…
- When even evil has standards …what do you do with them? The villain in my vampire novel, Conall, has a very strict rule in his city: vampires are not allowed under any..
- How to stop the Gender from changing on you.
Some advice would be very helpful. At some points of the story my protagonist is a girl, then suddenly a boy, then girl, boy, girl, boy back and forth so…
- What do you do when the character demands an infodump?
So in my new story, the main character thinks she’s a normal teenager, but then gets thrown into a hidden world of magic. Turns out she has magic…
- Images in ebooks?
Does anyone know what the situation is regarding images in ebooks? Presumably it is possible – I’ve heard of illustrated children’s ebooks – but I’ve…
