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The main character has to relinquish his old life. His boyfriend is just one part of that. What else is the MC giving up? His friends His family (they will stay his family but he can't see th...
I think it may be a good idea to first look generically to the possible types of conflict, to then look how well they fit to your definition of a purely erotic novel. I think the most important di...
(1) from the first desire to consummation or (2) from loveless sex to romantic love or (3) from a lack of sexual experience to sexual empowerment – what can cause conflict? I th...
I agree with bruglesco's answer about keeping the same word count. I'll add that it depends on the situation and on the given roleplay session. If it's a large group of people, your best bet is i...
+1 to DPT for the rhythm notes. Do long sentences have a defined emotional impact in fiction writing? Often it is just the opposite of building tension, it is the relief of tension. Long sent...
Setups are most rewarding when the reader realizes after the fact that that detail was important but doesn't figure it out too early (i.e. it's not more obvious than you wanted it to be). If a rea...
Do you think teenage girls are too stupid to know when they're being pandered to? Do you think publishers of young adult fiction would not notice that an author is not familiar with the genre and ...
As a frequent beta-reader, often for friends, I struggled with this question -- and I'm pretty happy with the answers I've figured out. Don't pronounce judgment; help the author level up It makes...
It depends on your real problem. Does it hurt for the guard to just know him? If it doesn't hurt for the guard to know the psychiatrist, then in third person omniscient, you can have the guard ref...
A most unwelcome answer 'Tis too late, said one. Not here, said another. Then silence, or rather Mystery not yet undone. There is an unspoken thought, an obvious sky-ridden star: absolute, ear...
It's a good idea to decide early on on a naming scheme. That is, do you want names that sound like they belong to a particular time and place? Particular times and places (plural) for various group...
The idea that inspired you has a Wikipedia page! Let me narrow down your question from (basically): Can I take another author's idea and base a book on it? to Can I use a well-known sett...
One more option is to write them as hypotheticals. "If I had known that..." If I had known what terrifying events were unfolding while I sat in the cafè! Twenty miles from Pittsburgh, on the o...
This is why you get an agent; she knows lots of publishers and knows how to pitch different genres to the same publisher. If she represented you for your first book and sold it, then she will alm...
I suggest you find, buy and read the book "Get a Literary Agent" by Chuck Sambuchino; (on Amazon or Barnes & Noble) it is a good start and also a good antidote to much online advice. If your qu...
I agree with Chris Sunami; ditch the prologue. If Andy is in the past and prevents some disaster, and the world is reset with him in it, I imagine he still retains all his memories of the prior wo...
I would check with your department on the standard structure of a thesis. Typically these questions are addressed in the relative documentation. If your thesis includes a methods section, then, by...
For me, if I can't think of a good name for a character (or for that matter any other world element), I hold off on naming it. Instead, I give it a temporary name. Anything that is reasonably easy ...
Your characters are too nice. You can also argue, disagree (politely, rudely, friendly-rudely). You can misunderstand. You can interrupt. You can complain and ask them to get to the point. You can...
OK, I'm going to rephrase your question a little. Your problem is this: You have information to impart, which is (a) interesting and (b) important. However, the act of imparting that information is...
It's an unhappy ending if good does not triumph over evil. Books and movies with unhappy endings are generally frowned upon, they tend to do poorly commercially. The successes amongst unhappy endi...
Yes! Change it! When I saw the title my first thought was, do whatever you want, as long as it works. Then I read the question...and...it doesn't work. It's very distracting. If you use it...
Identify your situation with the plight of other workers deserving of tips People don't tip because they think you need the money. They tip because they understand your employer is not paying you...
I think it is too convenient, and an implausible motivation. At least in my culture (USA) great uncles don't get any particular respect, heck I didn't have any particular respect for all of my own ...
Yes, the goal is to make them want to read the whole novel at a sitting. You may be tiring because you are reading analytically to find words to smith, and because you already know the story and h...
