Recent content by KRHolbrook

As many have suggested already, it really depends on the author. Do you feel it's good enough? Does it capture attention the whole way through and hold onto it? Is everything a detail that moves the story forward? Are all the tenses and grammatical problems gone? I've got a problem where I focus...

I'm pretty sure all I did was google "writing forums" and it popped up somewhere along the list.

Seems like a good idea if you're feeling like you're getting burnt out on writing. I myself have had that problem and it actually took me more than a year to start writing again. If the writing comes to you, use it, but don't force it to come when it's unwilling. During the time I didn't write I...

Hm, I'll take a shot at this, I think. 1.) Rick Balder experiences a nightmare controlled by gods, then escapes a mental institute. 5.) You could say Rick is a magical artifact, but he's certainly not going to be saving the world. 6.) Not necessarily destroy the world, no. 8.) Nope, but a few...

I thoroughly enjoyed the movie as well as the book, and I'll admit it makes me roll my eyes when I hear people who watch a movie from a book they've read say it was horrible and strayed from the story of the book, because the book is usually going to be the winner. It adds more information than...

I'm not sure if I read the OP's post correctly, so if not I apologize in advance. When it comes to writing something, we don't often read it as a reader outside of our brain would. We know (almost) everything that's going on, thus it's hard to step back and read it as another person who knows...

I've tried creating an outline for my book. It contained character biographies, plot, chapter information and everything. And then as I started writing everything completely derailed from the outline I'd created. After that, I figured outlines just weren't for me, but provided a good base. Now I...

Never played D&D, but have known others to play it. In fact, this week there's going to be a game night at my friend's house and they're all going to be playing D&D that night. Perhaps I'll see a character that intrigues me enough to want to write a story on. I have roleplayed different...

The green mile is a good one, but the other movie didn't interest me.

Urgh, Stephen King is one of those authors whose books I just can't get into. Five books I've got from him and I've only liked one, and haven't finished two of them, including the On Writing. :(

Hullo Sara, I'm new to here as well, but it's definitely a nice little community to be in. Looking forward to reading some of your work. Hope you enjoy your stay. - KRHolbrook

Standing alone, I'd cut it, but I don't know how it moves the story forward. I don't know if the imaginary friend is something to do with the plot or not, or if it's building character. I don't know who the prince is and why they moved on to live in New York, and why "somewhere" instead of a...

Ah, Mockingjay is the second book then? I honestly don't recall much of anything from the second book, because it didn't hold my attention like the first and third did. I'm kind of leery about watching the second movie, because if the book didn't do it for me, I doubt the movie will either.

Uh, yeah. I live in a strange world with sometimes strange creatures. One of these creatures is the Bak'toroug. It was initially going to be an experimental creature for the book I was working on, however the book's been changed since then. I'll find a home for him eventually. That's its...

A creature I drew back in '08.