I once wrote part of a short story and never finished. Then a writer friend was putting together an anthology and asked me to contribute. I pulled...
Unless those first projects are critical to the completion of your current and future projects why would you want to spend the time rewriting them...
The antagonist is the hero of their own story, that also means they can be moral and not cold blooded killers. Morals are flexible and not rigid....
If you really get the details right for instance how does the regular populace perceive and react to dragons?, then you might have a winner on...
On a train returning from Eastern China to my home in the North of China when I saw kilometers and kilometers of farmers burning their fields...
Are you talking about that many POV characters? Or just characters? You probably should cut your POV characters down to about 3 if this is your...
I think you've got a good idea. If you ramp the tension of her solo attack up by using mini try-fail cycles it should make for an exciting climax.
I replied to a thread similar to this and will repeat the advice I gave before. Michael Stackpole has an excellent podcast on his free (last I...
A well done prologue adds something important to the story that a POV or secondary character doesn't or can't but we the audience need to know....
Daily goals work well for me... 500 to 1000 words a day is a managable task that I can do in under 30 minutes discovery writing or following an...
Filk covered what I think most would say. I would add that maybe it's not the mountain that breaks the character but maybe an event or encounter...
Nothing wrong with discovery writing I think my first drafts no matter how well outlined end up discovery written in certain places. An outline is...
I did know about Penguin buying Author Solutions. I'm not sure what was behind the decision. My previous and current experience working in large...
Some other new writers - Mazarkis Williams - Emperor's Knife Jonathan Wood - No Hero (it was good but not great) Michael J Sullivan (fellow...
I work for a company owned by the same parent company as Penguin, so I have *some* bias (it's not a publishing company though). The folks at...
I loved the entire series Michael!! I read them back to back in just under a month. I'm looking forward to the 2 new books! Your wife is great...
Thank you very much Brian, this is great stuff!
I love Scrivener because of the tools it gives a writer to organize. The scene list is a great outlining tool and you can drag and move them...
I don't think it's a good idea either. I read about 1 or 2 thrillers a month between fantasy and historical novels and I've yet to see a thriller...
If you're reserving warband for larger groups then I'd recommend going with "fist". I am Mugog and this is my fist of battle brothers, we are...
