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That feeling doesn't ever really go away completely. God knows, I've been posting in online forums/critique sites for several years now, and I still always get that "oh, crap" moment ...

Skill. You can have all the soul in the world, but if you don't have the skill to craft it into a good story, no one's going to even give ...

Have you posted anything in the review forums yet? It's kinda hard to help without meeting your writing style in person. ~Annie

Either Owen Meany or Garp. Garp's great if you want to get into a writer's head, but personally, I think Owen Meany is his masterpiece. Book made me cry. Seriously. ...

if they're meant to mirror the nine good characters, it might help to look at the good guys as well. That way you can set up each villain as a ...

I don't usually like about, but I read this article somewhere else a while ago, and I think it's pretty accurate. The especially important one, at least to me in ...

give all your minor characters complex backgrounds, and work them into the story every time you mention them. :) It's actually quite fun. ~Annie

Why would there be any problem with a character smoking? People smoke in real life. In my opinion, a novel world in which nobody smokes at all (even when their ...

Jesus, I thought I was doing well until I came back here. Halfway done on day five - Are you trying to finish within the week? Or planning on writing ...

cheater! :P Anyways, one hour in, 1212 words, and I'm calling it a night. God, I've got so much homework... ~Annie

45 minutes left and counting. Current word count: 0. god, this is worse than new year's. ~Annie

Oh, Paolini. So young, so naive. Honestly, i hate it when people bring up Paolini's age. There are writers on here younger and better than he. Bottom line is: he ...

It's the first year that I'm planning on participating in NaNo, and I am so excited! I've got my story set up, and the first third of it planned out, ...

OMG YES. I just started reading Inkheart and OMG YEEEEESSSSSS. Can you tell I like it? Course I'm partial to books about book lovers. Thirteenth Tale also became one of ...