Recent content by Whimsical

I've used yWriter for note taking and story organizing. It's free. yWriter5 - Free writing software designed by an author, not a salesman For brainstorming, I like FreeMind Main Page - FreeMind

I'm happy just to be able to make the time to write. I write for me. I write because I enjoy the process and benefit from it emotionally. Reaching this point and giving myself permission to make the time to write has been a huge success by itself. I don't expect to be published in a traditional...

Ah, my fifth post. Greetings! I've enjoyed reading the threads here, though, I'm finding I don't have much to contribute at this time because I am just starting this adventure. I'm looking forward to learning from the group. Finally, after nearly two decades of false starts and wishful...

I have read Twilight and I have read the Nook sample for Fifty Shades.... I think Twilight was better written. Accessibility, word of mouth (heck, we're talking about it here), and a lead character that is easily substituted by the reader is are the keys. Bella is barely average in every way...

It's at the climax. Been awhile since I read it so I can't give you a specific scene. (Sorry. My memory isn't very good for those details.) I just remember being yanked out of his normally stately pacing to be thrown fast-forward into a headlong slide.

If you're interested in reading a novel where this is done, try something recent by Guy Gavriel Kay. I noticed it first in Lord of Emperors, the second book of The Sarantine Mosaic. Personally, I don't care for it. While I love Kay's writing, I find the shift in tense to be disorienting. It...

Fear. Perfectionism. Time. I fear my Critic when I can't write perfect prose so I convince my self I don't have time to start anyway.