Recent content by fshamas

Cheers. Plot not much of a problem with me. I often feel I won't do my plots the justice they deserve

In the story I am developing, afterlife is merely a limbo - a soul arrives there and passes on to the next life. However the lives are not based on rewards because "Why should be some souls created good forever and others bad forever" Souls are pure beings unlike characters which have a story.

You would want to watch a few documentaries on youtube. Krakatoa gives a good perspective

Hello, Swordfry. I would like to know about your worlds. I have always held that our imagination isn't completely free - but a rehash, a restructuring of reality. Not ex-nihilo.

Hi everyone, This is the second critique forum I have joined. The other one is related to poetry. i am an aspiring urban fantasy writer with a creative spark. I like to explore audacious ideas about the world around us, the possibilities and the dimensions. I am avid reader and writer of...

I would like to start a similar thread. Quotes you would like to us. They are all original and my count is already past 500 and I have deleted many unneccesary ones. I would like to share but I am a bit selfish. Somehow I still feel there might be a good novel in me. I have been only one year...

Personal experience. First person POV should always be character based, and I mean a strong appealing character whom the reader gets drawn to. I have tried but often struggled with opening in such cases. You need to lay out the whole basis of a character, at the opening. If your novel, is more...