In what way does the character's color matter *to the character in that story*? How does the character's color matter to others in the story?...
My first drafts of novels are usually huge and messy...I throw *everything* into them and sort it out later. Since I don't outline (anything but...
An aside to this conversation...I did not realize how often I vocalize or subvocalize while writing, mumbling along until something's "right"...
No matter what kind of villain you make, someone's going to find that character unbelievable. And someone's going to find that character just...
A very young point-of-view character can work well in a story that includes more mature POV characters...it gets around the "too young to have...
Oddly enough, the most important thing about creating names is to make them easy to pronounce. By anyone. When I started asking people why they...
Been gone from here and many other SF/F places for a few years, but I'm hoping to be around more in the future. What happened? Stuff. What...
You don't have to know that. When I started what turned into my first three books, I thought I was writing a short story. 75 pages in I knew it...
Hi, Simon. Self-doubt and procrastination are definitely writer traits, so you're on the right track. (It can help not to struggle with them,...
Wounds in fiction should have a specific purpose for both the character and the story arc, and then be chosen to fit that need. Why does the ogre...
Obligate carnivores can survive without vegetable food, and some obligate carnivores on our world are social and intelligent (differently than...
Funniest research question? Artificial insemination in dogs (if you want to make your vet fall over laughing when you call, ask the vet questions...
Armor needs to be considered in partnership with the weapons being used. Some materials are better protection against blows from blunt weapons,...
