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For me a lot of my inspiration comes from songs, I tend to imagine a scene that fits the song or a metaphorical meaning to the lyrics etc. I dont tend to do this consciously it's just the way my brain works, and when an image or an idea comes along that interests me, the plotting section of my...

I like a bit of everything tbh, but I always have to have my earphones in to write, if I ever find I'm listening to the music more than concentrating on the writing though I listen to the album 'A Fever You Can't Sweat Out' by Panic! At the Disco. I've listened to it that many times that it lets...

Anybody got any wierd and wonderful writing processes to share? Personally I don a stetson whilst I write, not because I particularly like cowboys, just because stetson's are cool and I feel I should be at my coolest when I enter an epic battle against the ancient foe of a blank MS Word...

Welcome, I'm a noob too! Look forward to reading some of your work sometime!

You have to be very careful with long sentences, I think when you can and cant use them can depend mostly on the narrative, or more specifically the part of the narrative where it appears. For example if you were writing a long descriptive paragraph about setting or suchlike, then I think you...

thanks guys, this is a great help.

A long time ago I wrote a short story with a similar problem, in the end I wound up creating my own creatures. I made a concept that when a 'being' died on the planet, it's soul was returned into the earth and when it was reborn, it's body was shaped from natural matter. On the birth of these...

Hi all, The novel I'm working on at the moment is about a young lad at college striving to learn magic at 'The Academy', I always find it helps to be reading something of a similar nature whilst writing, and I just wondered if any of you could recommend something that comes under the...

Hi all, I'm a relatively new fantasy writer, fresh out of university and missing the company of fellow writers. I have a bachelor's and a masters in creative writing, but as we all know thats just two pretty little pieces of paper our parents like to keep in a frame on the wall. My dream...