Posts by Thomo
Presenting an antithesis well, in a story, can be difficult. Most people tend to think in terms of protagonist and antagonist, or even two opposing forces. While this is correct to a certain degr...
This is a bit of a Your Mileage May Vary questions as it's based solely upon the story and the protagonist, and you as an author. As such, the answer is firmly "It Depends" In the end though, the ...
Honestly, I don't think so. A characters voice is as much how they act, perceive things and present themselves as the words/accent they have. I feel that it would soon become trite, repetitive and...
Without reading the scene in question, there are a couple of things I feel need to be taken into consideration when writing a fight scene, and something that a lot of authors (particularly new or y...
It depends largely on context. White girl can definitely be seen as a derogatory term, and is quite often used as such. No one, outside of bad American police drama, refers to people in conversati...
This is one of those instances where Show Don't Tell comes into play quite strongly. Not everyone likes Benedict Cumberbatch, and there are readers out there who won't recognize who he is straight...
