No great deed, invention, theory, came about by sticking to what's safe. The memorable and the best come from thinking outside the box at all...
This entire thread got me thinking of the show I really miss. House. He was the definition of a dick. He was crude, rude, arrogant, yadi yadi but...
I can't think of any books but 'Public enemies' and 'Lawless' both are great anit-hero movies. This form of writing is rarer to see and so it...
I didn't want to give too much away in my first post so I gave a pretty lackluster generalization. My MC essentially grows up with a brother and a...
The idea works in my opinion. If your character is that kind of person then it shouldn't leave readers dissatisfied especially if they stuck it...
I've been trying out a couple different settings for where my MC/story starts off and I really don't want to be cliche. Even though the most...
Every story has a protaganist/Antagonist in some shape or form that have conflict. Therefor, it can be argued that your protaganist always goes...
In short Prologues are lazy. I never read LOTR or GOT prologues. They are a snooze fest. I would have been so much more interested in LOTR if I...
You say your warrior was in a slumber. The most obvious course of action you could take is talking to the locals that were present when this all...
A few questions you should ask yourself. 1. Have I given the reader something interesting at the beginning that makes them want to read about...
I love stories. Doesn't matter if I get them through books, movies, games. I enjoy epic scale tales. There is just one problem. Not many live up...
First and foremost, the most important thing you need to do is find out what your personal style is. You listed a few books but each one has a...
I would just stick with numbers. Titles run the risk of spoilers or sounding juvenile. A method I've seen and would probably try myself is using a...
If it was a comedy I'd do something like his limbs randomly twitch in odd directions while fighting. How he mastered it to work in his favor and...
In response to Grimold... You made your work sound incomplete even for a rough draft and you don't seem to take criticism well unless people say...
This doesn't sound like a finished rough draft to me. Sounds like a work in progress. There are people out there that write parts at random but a...
So here's the thing. I suck at remembering what names are for high fashion, peasant clothing, armor etc.. I'm asking for help in finding some...
I normally take syllables I like the sound of and try adding a variety of different starters or enders and see if i like what comes out. Or if...
I wouldn't worry too much about letting someone read your plots. The odds of both of you doing the same story or even coming to the same...
There are many ways to redemption but my favorite of them is Sacrifice. You have so many different ways to take this. Death is the most popular...
