- The Lovable Sociopath
One of my protagonists is turning into a right evil bastard as I edit his chapters. This has always been my intent, as redemption lies in his future…
- Motivating a perpetual war
How can I set things up so that various factions of demons constantly fight each other, preventing a proper government from forming in Hell? I’ve…
- Writers respond: Define offensive
Now when I say offensive, I have no desire to be shot down in flames as the next Nick Griffin. I hold no apology to those who follow his views, but I…
- Simultaneous submissions
I have a question about this, but it comes in the form of a dilemma. I have not have this happen, but what should one do if the were to have submit a…
- What Do You Like As a Reader?
I know this technically isn’t a writing question, but I think it somehow ties into how we write. I know others have mentioned before “don’t write…
- Unicorns?
In my WIP Summer’s Blood, the protagonists come across multiple unicorns at various points on their quest through Faerie. The first two they…
- Prologues?
My current story needs a prologue to concisely explain events that happened twenty-some years earlier. The information is important and, while I do…
- GOT IT. Way of Kings
So after months of looking for Brandon Sanderson’s The Way of Kings I suddenly and unexpectedly found it as i was search for midnight sun in barnes…
- Character Voice
Dialogue for some people is the easiest thing to write. I’ve always found it more difficult than other aspects of writing.One thing I constantly…
- Why I’m interested in self-publishing
Once I really wanted to publish a story traditionally, as I believed it would lead me to greater success than self-publishing, but now my ambitions…
- Interrogation sequence
Thank you for helping me work through these scenes and maximize their impact. For anyone viewing this thread without the background info, it is here…


