Posts by Erdrik Ironrose
Although the other answers here are great, I feel a more direct answer to your question is important. Should you write, even if you have not read many books? Absolutely! Write to your heart's co...
Ask yourself how you want the reader to feel about the routine. If it's monotonous, try being repetitive. List a bunch of boring tasks. So once Bob returned from work, he hit the gym. He ate ch...
Racism is a common flaw, both real and imaginary. In The Lord of the Rings there are plenty of "racist" comments, particularly between the elves and dwarves. In the game Valkyria Chronicles the...
Isolate Distance Identify Feedback Isolate: Pick something you want to isolate, such as a particular plot point or a character or location's description. Then copy-and-paste any reference to it...
To recommend a second option without favouring either one, you need to refer to them equally. That means avoiding negative language and being quite explicit with what you are implying Your quote (...
I feel like this question is very broad. The majority of writing (especially fiction) is about writing things you've never experienced. I would say the majority of answers will be the same thing: ...
To me, hate has always been an intense desire for something to change, while believing it is resistant to that change. Good people can hate many things. They hate the villain. They hate their past...
I feel that Cyn and Sara Costa have explained how to avoid using stereotypes in the design of your story. My answer is to explore how to avoid using stereotypes in your prose itself: Don't tell me...
I am writing a fantasy novel with multiple points of view throughout. I plan to have the narrator sound differently for each character's perspective. For example, one character will focus more on d...
In the story I am writing, I have a character who is working on a project and will present it to a group of judges who will mark it in a sort of examination. The project is a source of stress for t...
