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Obviously as an author, you are going to wind up with 1) No girls, 2) Girl 1, 3) Girl 2, 4) Both girls. You have to decide. Probably, no matter the outcome, you should have him try with both girl...
Let's broaden the question. You have two paths down which the plot can proceed. You find both equally appealing. How do you choose? Consider, then, this: Which option offers more character growth...
I'm going to complicate this even more for you. Every printer is different! So, yes: More pages cost more. More copies costs less per copy. A larger page costs more. So you're going to have to...
This link at All Freelance Writers - Markets lists not only markets, but (when possible) their turnaround time on pay. https://allfreelancewriting.com/writers-markets/ With the "Fiction" limiter ...
The reason to have an agent is to get a publisher. The publisher may or may not do a lot of this marketing but they will take care of the release dates, getting the book into stores, number of cop...
One way of going "off the rails" not yet mentioned here is to actually embrace the predictable plot, and then go past it. With your setup, of course the hero is going to defeat the monster. Let tha...
I think this is VERY opinion based due to the situation, so here are my opinions. First, I agree with @Cyn, put the deal in writing and in detail and signed and dated. Contracts are simple, and if...
The crucial question, which will help you figure out how to write this, is: why is this detail important. And that question has two angles: Why is it important to your story? Why is it important ...
People can perceive poor people skills as being harsh or mean. "Cruel" is a word that carries a connotation of enjoying causing others pain, I wouldn't go quite that far. But some people have very...
Things are not as they seem. Time and again. What you present to the MC is not what it seems to be. It requires your imagination to figure why it isn't. You can conceive of a problem: Then try to ...
I would call this character building, both in practice and to the editor. The narrator is in Bilbo's mind (to know he is bewildered) and **Bilbo* considers himself "bewuthered", so this is a word h...
The problem with your plan is you are assuming every step of this works. What do you do when your (1) youtube videos get no views, or get bad ratings? Why do you think (2) critics and media perso...
Since everyone is saying "no", let me say "yes". To some extent. Even as a young teenager, I never had trouble to put myself in the shoes of d'Artagnan, or Jean Valjean, or El Cid, or Lancelot, or...
Sometimes a predictable plot is not a bad thing. If you choose to go ahead with it, you can still shake things up. Take something like the modern movie Titanic. We already know the boat is going...
This question borders on "what to write" instead of "how to write", so I will concentrate on the latter. If your character has masturbated, he has had erections. Probably every day, since teen age...
You could be vague and mention him feeling his trousers or pants "getting tighter", or something of the like. It's pretty much the standard imagery used to represent an erection without actually me...
Your thesis statement should express the main idea of your paper. So if you're discussing problems and solutions, the thesis statement should include both the problems and the solutions. The thesi...
I am pretty sure this isn't a proper question for this site, but I will answer. First, it's "I will argue" and not "I will arguing." Second, it's "cause unemployment" or "cause increasing numbe...
First, if English is not your mother tongue, you might find it easier to write the essay first in your mother tongue, and then translate it. That is the stage when you can take care of grammar etc....
Events will have less emotional impact on the reader if you write them in the background and not for specific characters, especially not your main characters. For example, compare a scene descri...
Should I touch on the aftermath of the battle, and the mass murder, rape, and enslavement of the army's 12,000 camp followers? Yes, you should. If this is something that happened in your world...
I think that the statement is very generic. It could be used on just any review in any topic. Make it more specific. Or remove it given that it is essentially content-free For instance, This chapt...
I personally only write in 3rd person limited (3PL), and recommend it. In 3PL the narrator can describe settings and feelings, thoughts and memories of the MC at considerable length, without seemi...
All Narrators have photographic memories! Unless you tell us they don't. Just write them as they happened. Readers are accustomed to narrators, first person or third, having effectively photograph...
You want to spend as little time as possible on "setup". Even one page of nothing but setup is too much. The reason for that is that the reader is not yet invested in your story. You'd be forcing ...
