Posts by kikirex
Make sure the reader know who the murderer is from the beginning, and then introduce Columbo. Let's take my joke as a serious answer: assume we know the murderer from the very start of the story...
I have no real answer, but a few questions that you can reflect upon yourself to help you deciding: If the narrators' name is irrelevant, why not giving him a standard one? Like, "John". If the n...
You can give hints of cartography through the words you choose. As for an example, let's call country A the Holy Empire of Highmarch, and country B the Duchy of Hillsberry. I just made up these na...
Disclaimer: this answer relies on my own experience and may not fit your needs. If you story starts with someone running, then there must be a lot of action later. Even if it's wrong, this will b...
I am not sure of what you expect from a travel story, but after what you described I would think of a coming of age story: characters are naive and learn valuable life lessons throughout their adve...
For pacing: try subdividing your three acts in more sub-points. Are you familiar with the Seven-point Story Structure? Dan Wells explains it pretty well in this series of short videos. Basically, ...
Jokes happen when someone is missing the point. Most of the time, a joke happen when the answer (payoff) to a question (setup) is unexpected or out of place. Bonus point if the joke answer is a co...
