Heh. This sounds very familiar, except the “made it to the end” bit. To be fair, I wrote 80k on that story—terrifyingly, that didn’t bring it...
Oooo-kay, that’s a wall of text about letting go of an old story. Hope it resonates and all—and based on your last post, I think it might. But...
Oof, oof, ouch. Dragon, I haven’t got any qualifications to give advice here—haven’t published anything yet, and I’m still plodding away at a...
I feel like honestly, knowing what you need to describe and what you’re trying to say by describing it will get you most of the way there. It’s...
I think you almost need to write the initial meander--until you get to the stage where you don't, I suppose. I have an example from my writing of...
Yes, thank you Fifth—you’ve explained something I didn’t know how to get across besides rewriting the passage and gesticulating hopefully... It’s...
This is precisely my issue with talking about description in general. I hesitated about whether even to post what I did in this thread or in...
Phew. You could say any number of things about writing description--and what's tough is that it may or may not be useful depending on the writer...
Hah! Isn't that the end-goal of fantasy readers, to find a character that we could get away with naming a kid after? Corwin is a lovely name. :D...
The funny thing is... I'm going to be completely honest with you here, Dem, and I hope this isn't unfair, but it's something that colored my...
The example was Devor's, not mine - not sure if that's clear. Intensifying may not be the right word - modifying, certainly. Adding detail when...
Well, it's "sat" for brevity when I introduce the concept, and "sat down" for emphasis at the end of the line. ;)
Helio, I'm writing medieval fantasy. Everything would sound hokey if I said it out loud I could argue about the merits of just saying "I sat"...
Recently tried Goodreads and had the worst run of recommendations - four very watery books, two trad pub and two indie. Interestingly, all of...
Obligatory counter-point time... Huh. When I use an adverb, it's often because I'm trying to say something very specific, that there is no other...
You may be thinking of the Peryton! So nearly, yes.
Getting feedback from other amateur writers/family and friends might not make your writing any better. Do it anyway. You know why? It's not...
Haha, I'm not so sure about being an inspiration - maybe save that for somebody who's finished drafts, edited their book, wonder of wonders? I'm...
Hello - I’m in the same boat, only a little down the rapids—on the other side of a 21k word outline, working on my...
Hey, know what? Calling something “just opinion” as though it hasn’t harmed millions of people is a political statement. It’s not inherently...
