Shantnu Tiwari‭

With realistic novels- I assume you mean thrillers. And not 200 pages on how Betty goes to work and comes home everyday. :) All selling novels have an element of fantasy and make believe. In thril...

posted 13y ago by Shantnu Tiwari‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

I just finished the first draft of my novel, and Im going to put it away for at least a month. The book has a lot of spelling / grammatical errors, as in true Nanowrimo style, I kept typing withou...

0 answers  ·  posted 13y ago by Shantnu Tiwari‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

It varies for each reader, but the majority(at least the vocal majority) say that if I pay for a book, I should own it fully. It should be mine to move to another e-reader, another PC/laptop, or an...

posted 13y ago by Shantnu Tiwari‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

I personally don't like books that force me to buy another 2 books to get the whole story (and maybe wait months or years if the books haven't been published yet). More and more, whenever I see so...

posted 13y ago by Shantnu Tiwari‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

For those who don't know what a Mary Sue is: see here. The problem is, there are far too many ways a character can be a Mary Sue, as seen here. Many websites that offer tests to see if your chara...

2 answers  ·  posted 13y ago by Shantnu Tiwari‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

Stephen King, by my understanding, was a discovery writer. I will paraphrase what he wrote in his book On Writing. You create some real, believable characters, put them in a challenging situation...

posted 13y ago by Shantnu Tiwari‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

I would like something in which I can set targets - like write/edit 10,000 words a week, set a final end date for the project, set mini targets, track any lag etc. The only PM software I've used i...

4 answers  ·  posted 13y ago by Shantnu Tiwari‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

There is no harm in starting Nanowrimo with a basic plot outline. Writing without plotting is very hard, and few people other than Stephen King can pull it off, as I said in another answer. The re...

posted 13y ago by Shantnu Tiwari‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

What you are talking about isn't "voice", but a scene change. If something is important to your to your scene, you need to describe it in detail. This is especially true in scenes with danger or s...

posted 12y ago by Shantnu Tiwari‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

So I have this great character( not the main protagonist), who is funny and intelligent. Each scene I write for him is a delight. But the problem is, he is doing nothing for the plot. I have tried...

4 answers  ·  posted 12y ago by Shantnu Tiwari‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

I am thinking of going down the self publishing path. Now looking at most agents and publishers websites, it seems the expected word count for most novels is around 70-90K. Now these word counts m...

3 answers  ·  posted 12y ago by Shantnu Tiwari‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

This will always be a matter of preference, but I'd err on the side on little exposition. As a reader, I get bored by an info dump and usually stop reading. The only exception is humour, like the H...

posted 12y ago by Shantnu Tiwari‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

I have written mainly novels in Scrivener, and am now thinking of writing a small non-fiction work (which I will self publish). When writing a novel, you just keep typing til you reach the end, bu...

1 answer  ·  posted 12y ago by Shantnu Tiwari‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

There is no standard definition. And not just for historical fantasy. Give me a definition, and I will show you a best selling book that doesn't follow it. If your book has both historical and fan...

posted 12y ago by Shantnu Tiwari‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

So I want to write a Sci-Fi where humans have spread across the solar system and into the galaxy. There are multiple stories going across at several different times. E.g.: Aliens attack Pluto 3 w...

2 answers  ·  posted 12y ago by Shantnu Tiwari‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭