Hi Vicki, nice to meet you. Very much in the same boat, I'm writing my first novel as well and I, too am finding that finding a kind of community...
There were parts of this design I thought were interesting, and other parts that did not "grab me" at all. I was drawn more to the corpse or...
I don’t know if it’s been overdone, but it’s hard to pull off. It’s a challenge to get your reader to root for a guy who spends a lot of time...
As far as adults being “ignorant” in stories- a lot of the time it’s an extension of the trope of adults no longer being able to access the world...
I started writing as a teenager because I was inspired by stories that I read; the worlds in those books not only sparked my imagination, they...
Two of my favorite authors had book releases right as covid was starting to knock out most people's travel plans and it caused them (as well as...
Thanks for the post Alex, that's more or less what I was trying to say—that only known names get away with using prologues in traditional...
Thanks for sharing all of these lateral groups to visit. I'm new to this forum and finding it extremely welcoming and helpful so far. I am,...
I'm new to the writing community and am just learning that if your book has a prologue, you're asking to have your manuscript tossed in the bin by...
Make a cup of tea (matcha or something herbal) Start the music (these days we’re listening to Zoe Keating or Phillip Glass) Open up what I’m...
I think that we’ll see more stories on the lines of the show The Leftovers (Damen Lindelof), which is One of the better dystopian stories for...
