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Sometimes our team has a title before we start drafting and other times we get pretty far into development before a title presents itself. We are actually in a place now where we know the titles for book 6 and 7, but book 4's title is eluding us. My advice would be to keep working on the draft...

Wow, there is a lot of worldbuilding in this pdf. Your world seems very richly detailed, especially in its history. I can understand how lack of confidence can hold you back from completing a project, but the best advice I can give you is to finish the draft of episode one. It doesn't have to...

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It's nice to meet you, Bundydoc!

I write because I can't not hear stories in my head. If I go too long without writing, my brain starts narrating for me. She crept though the dark, keeping her breath shallow and her footfalls light. The least sound would give her away, and they would come. They always came. Demanding their...

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Nice to meet you Roebie and welcome to the site!

Absolutely.

I am guilty of this particularly when reading a book that tries very hard to make the names sound "fantasy enough." I am dyslexic and try as I might to keep the character named what the author intended, eventually I end up mixing them up with sight words and poor Tylendel forever becomes Tylenol...

We ironically consider ourselves Method writers because during the development and outlining phase we have been known to roleplay as the characters to nail down the dialogue and our house has two big open spaces because we physically block out important choreography to make sure we don't leave...

We try to do most of the big research during the development and outlining stage, but that hasn't stopped us from stopping production to research things on the fly like the invention of the BLT.

One of our upcoming projects has a character who is beginning his college journey, so I spent most of last night delving into the University of Washington's admissions information to make sure that we know the steps and deadlines for getting him into our fictitious University of...

We sort of did that in reverse. Beneath a Stone Sky is three novels that share a third act that had to be written separately, then braided together into one giant novel that you wouldn't want to drop on your foot.

It comes with its own set of challenges, definitely, but also a lot of fun to be had.

This made me smile this morning.