When I was younger, I could belt out 1000 words in an hour, easy. My focus was better; I could write whenever, wherever, for hours at a time. I...
I did look on my profile page but I couldn't find anywhere that I could view all the questions I've asked in my time here. I got some good advice...
So I love both History and Fantasy, so decided to combined the two, it has been done before. After writing a brief summary for my plot, being a...
Hello ^^ Me and my roommate have been working on a fantasy world on Discord that we would like to use for roleplaying. We are in search for new...
I don't have much experience and it all sounded a lot easier than what it is. I'm really stuck on my current book. I started with my plot and got...
[ATTACH] Writing Date 9260.6 (pm) Hi gang - welcome to the Captain’s Log. This journal’s been running since October 1998, but I’ve never gone...
From Here to Publicity - the trials and tribulations of a fantasy writer trying to finish off and publish his first novel.[ATTACH]
'A strong female character' I have been hearing this phrase a lot lately on the other writing forums I use and I don't really understand it. I...
I recently finished every episode of the Writing Excuses podcast (for anyone who hasn't given it a go, you're really missing out). Can anyone...
I'm going to try to do nanowrimo, hopefully it will give me the discipline I need to actually finish something. I was wondering if anybody on here...
First I'm new to reading Fantasy and and so far the few books I've read None of them have really answered these questions. Ageing - So they don't...
In school, my teachers always discouraged the words 'but', 'big', 'good' and 'said'. I know now that those teachers were just reading from a lame...
Character goal always seems to be something that's lacking in all my novels, so I'm spending time learning about it for my next novel. This...
The Name (Dana Dearing) was given by her Dad because it’s sound like a superhero. (Bruce Banner; Peter Parker; Clark Kent) She has no nickname....
I chose the hero’s journey to outline my novel idea. I need a character for the next step. However, I decided that the character is female and...
Yeah! I know, what you are going to say, “Write! Read! And practice!”. I did it, and I didn’t stop to do it yet. But it doesn’t work. However, a...
I don’t know if you know this problem. But at the moment I have just the logline of two projects, which I’m planning. And I don’t know how to find...
Here's the cover for the upcoming Mythic Guide to Characters.
