robertcday‭

One of my bugbears about writing is the editing process. I'd much rather get it right first time, rather than chop this and change that afterwards. Other industries would not tolerate the rather c...

5 answers  ·  posted 6y ago by robertcday‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by Kevin‭

The classic approach is to go into the events leading up to the volcano eruption via a 'one year (moth/week/day/hour) earlier' chapter. Make sure that you are not merely describing the events but ...

posted 6y ago by robertcday‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

Two things: There is a term in Philosophy called Fallacy Philosophers and Creative Writers don't always see eye to eye. To address the first matter: I'm not a professional philosopher, but I'm ...

posted 6y ago by robertcday‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

Think what you would do the other way around. If the entire book were in Mandarin Chinese and you had an English speaking character - would you print their English in Latin-based script, it would y...

posted 6y ago by robertcday‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

Fan fiction is fiction about characters or settings from an original work of fiction, created by fans of that work rather than by its creator. Therefore, so long as you steer away from using the s...

posted 6y ago by robertcday‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

I sometime express my personality too much in my more creative fiction. When I get going, I include slang words and phrases that sound fascinating and are comprehensible to me, but may not be inter...

4 answers  ·  posted 6y ago by robertcday‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

I've written many stories and have received some good feedback but have never tried to compete with others. I've been thinking recently that it would be nice to enter a piece of my flash-fiction in...

2 answers  ·  posted 6y ago by robertcday‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

It's essential that you tell us more about the characters or the context in order for us (as readers) to know who to cheer for. Consider a scene ripped from the middle of a(ny) Wolverine story. If...

posted 6y ago by robertcday‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

You can make your tale less similar by changing the characters, plot, location and/or theme but please don't. The world needs more Harry Potter (HP) type books where good triumphs over evil over a ...

posted 6y ago by robertcday‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

Just by coincidence I starting reading a book this morning that could be of interest to you: The Tipping Point, by Malcolm Gladwell. I'm only on the first chapter, but it seems to speak to your sit...

posted 6y ago by robertcday‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

If you feel that choosing an opening is the only obstacle to writing a story that will just flow quickly and easily once you have done it, then just write some placeholder text and move onward with...

posted 6y ago by robertcday‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

I have experience of a similar situation - not Chinese or Korean, but Indian. I married into a family that has Indian ancestry but now live in the Caribbean and in addition I have a large number of...

posted 6y ago by robertcday‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

I heard an ingenious little explanation for why characters always seem to have either a best friend or many strong friends around them. This applies primarily to movies or TV shows but also to book...

posted 6y ago by robertcday‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

I struggle with metaphors. My attempts are either so wild that no-one understands them, so lame that they break down really easily or so normal that they are indistinguishable from cliché. I read ...

2 answers  ·  posted 6y ago by robertcday‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

If a newspaper/magazine were to receive information relating about a crime committed by a member of the public and are considering publishing this information, then the section on Privacy in the BB...

posted 6y ago by robertcday‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭