Steven Drennon‭

I have the same problem. What I did to handle it was to start writing down an outline or synopsis of the new story ideas as they came to me. This allowed me to get them out of my head and store the...

posted 13y ago by Steven Drennon‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

I have a setting in one of my stories where a character has to describe a very long series of events, giving the history of an object so that others know more about it. This not only provides the r...

3 answers  ·  posted 13y ago by Steven Drennon‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

Lauren has some very good advice there, but the one thing I would add would be a timeline. If the stories you already have are tied together in any way, then try to lay them out on a timeline to sh...

posted 13y ago by Steven Drennon‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

This is one of those questions where everyone is going to have a different opinion, so ultimately the final answer is up to you. We can help you consider options, but you have to make the final cho...

posted 13y ago by Steven Drennon‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

There are a lot of different ways that people can invoke fear or intimidation tactics, but ultimately you will have to decide what works best for your story. A lot of times a group or individual wi...

posted 13y ago by Steven Drennon‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

If you create a user account at Critique Circle, you can gain access to a number of online tools they have available specifically for writers. Below are some examples and the description they provi...

posted 13y ago by Steven Drennon‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

This is one of those questions where everybody just has to go with their own personal preferences. My last choice would be trying to dictate. I tried Dragon Diction as well, but as you have already...

posted 13y ago by Steven Drennon‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

One of the things that first came to mind on this is to address it the same as any research you would do for any other novel. If you write a book about a French character, you may have to look up c...

posted 13y ago by Steven Drennon‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

Publishers can do all of the things you identified in your list for you, but the degree of commitment that they apply to each will vary based on a number of factors. If they believe that you have a...

posted 12y ago by Steven Drennon‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

As mentioned previously, if two or more contributors are considered as co-authors, they share in all revenue generated from the work. The exception would be if they had signed some form of agreemen...

posted 12y ago by Steven Drennon‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

To expand on the comment by John Smithers, one of the advantages of an epic fantasy is the grand scale upon which your story is built. Usually an epic fantasy either contains a lot of characters or...

posted 13y ago by Steven Drennon‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

One thing to consider is just how important the setting is to the story. If there are key aspects of the setting that factor into the story, then that could enhance the actual story. For example, "...

posted 11y ago by Steven Drennon‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

One of the first things you should consider is whether or not you are going to have to pay anything to this local printer in order to get your book "published". If so, then you may want to consider...

posted 9y ago by Steven Drennon‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

"Don't judge a book by it's cover." We've all heard that, but how many of us actually adhere to it? I believe that is a totally antiquated statement, especially these days when more and more books ...

posted 9y ago by Steven Drennon‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

I don't believe there is any way that anyone outside of Amazon could truly answer this. The best anyone could hope for would be to guess or speculate, and that's not what this site is about. As fo...

posted 10y ago by Steven Drennon‭