Recent content by Rebekkah V.

I'd like to join you, too. Hope that helps to get to know you all better :) Name's Rebekkah Shadowdancer.

Same here. Worse, I was convinced that it was absolutely cool to write like this. LOL. Fortunately, after a while, I grew annoyed with certain phrases the writer I copied used a lot, and my voice developed a life of its own. Yes it is. And it's always encouraging to see that other writers are...

I find it helpful to read your text aloud. You notice the flow of your sentences, identify wordy passages and passages you can cut without remorse because they just don't fit in the flow. But that's for revision. Until then, I would stick to the advice the others have given you. Finding your...

Fiction: Brent Weeks, The Black Prism (for the 3rd time) Non-fiction: Paul Kriwaczek, Babylon: Mesopotamia and the Birth of Civilization Craig A. Williams, Roman Homosexuality

Nasty topic because I’m biased here. A few years ago, I had a really bad reading experience that heavily impacted how I feel about killing main characters. Though I do a lot of killing when it comes to minor characters, I’m a little hesitant about the major ones. I prefer going for their...

There’s already been a lot of great advice been given here! I don’t really feel I’ve much to add, but there is something you can do in addition to make a dialogue more authentic without losing track and avoiding meandering discussions: Give each character an individual style of speech based on...

I’m a 35-year-old socially awkward fantasy writer from Germany close to finishing the second draft of my debut. So I decided it’s about time to connect to other fantasy writers. I’ve been writing fantasy for quite a while now, but it wasn’t until last year that I’ve started to write the kind of...