Creative Writing

First - get the latest copy of Writers' Market to find out who all the publishers, magazine editors, agents are -- and what the...

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Well, I used to have lots of pieces of advice for writers, and these days, I've whittled them down to two pieces of advice. Which...

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There are no specific age qualifications for becoming a creative writer. If you can complete a book, send it to a publisher and...

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Wow! This is one of those things known as "loaded questions!" Nobody can tell you what to write about! If I write a list of...

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Reshaping your ideas means to give a newer look to old ideas, and the best trick to do this is to sit alone for a while in a...

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Rawwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwrrrrrrrrrrrrrr... Too long!!! Just write that the tiger growled -- people know what it means.

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Surreal stories come from the imagination of the individual. Some people can write surreal stories based from their life or a...

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Only you can come up with a good name! Book Titles come from the story, not from some anonymous person on the internet! Think...

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First, you need to do a LOT of research so that you can portray the world of ballet accurately. Dancing is hard work, and most...

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Every author has different ways of choosing titles. Here are some ideas: Describe the story. Examples of this sort of title...

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Here are some pointers: Read, read, read. Read as much as you can get your hands on. Read all types of literature and writing...

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The title should intrigue people into cracking open the cover of a book; it should create curiosity. That said - titles are not...

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You can come up with good character names in an assortment of ways. You can use a name generating website (see Related Links...

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The usual categories of fiction (called genres) include the following: Adventure - stories where there is an element of danger...

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To become a writer, you have to write... every day. That's all it takes. You don't need a degree; you don't have to go to a...

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Don't listen to any advice, that's what I'd say. Write only what you want to write. Please yourself. YOU are the genius, they're...

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Any idea that is interesting enough to you will be a good idea. You cannot write a story or novel based on ideas that someone...

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Check out the links below for original fiction - for fanfiction, try the related question! If you don't want to use one of those...

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Post-apocalyptic fiction is just a fancy term for a story that takes place after some major world-ending catastrophe has...

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Expression through Written WordWrite from the heart always! Even if it is non-fiction, a writer must put him/herself in the shoes...

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Visit your local porn novel store and record the names of the publishers of the books there. Take a good sample from your book,...

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Only you can come up with a good name! Titles come from the story, not from some anonymous person on the internet! Titles are not...

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BrainstormingBrainstorming is coming up with ideas of things to write about. A good way to do this is just to take a sheet of...

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Children's writing coursesThere are a variety of formats for courses in children's writing. There are children's writing courses...

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It is often not easy to get rid of a character. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle tried to get rid of his character Sherlock Holmes by...

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Usually the person who has a book dedicated to them from the author is a friend, family member, or someone who helped a great...

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Supervisors - this question is part of a learning hub that teaches how to write better paragraphs - please do not delete...

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Ask around! Post "wanted" ads on the bulletin boards at work or at the local grocery store or newspaper. If there's a college in...

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Each screenwriter's process is unique, but the end result must always meet specific formatting requirements. In getting from...

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If you read writing magazines such as "Writer's Digest" and "The Writer," there may be an advertisement about becoming a...

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punctuation can create easily.for example continuous exclamation marks help show the surprise or a strong feeling for something...

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Only you can come up with a good name! Titles come from the story, not from some anonymous person on the internet! You're getting...

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Only you can come up with a good name! Titles come from the story, not from some anonymous person on the internet! Titles are not...

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Authors get story ideas from their brains. Writers are observant people, and observant people come up with ideas. If you would...

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WikiAnswers will not write your homework for you, but we WILL help you learn how to do it yourself! Click on the Related...

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Newsletters about how to write for children can come from a variety of resources. Newsletters are shorter then magazines and can...

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Write about whatever is interesting enough to make you want to write about it! If you try to write about what other people think...

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This is copied from a teaching syllabus -- I can't remember the author because I copied it down quite awhile ago! Characters and...

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Only you can come up with a good name! Titles come from the story, not from some anonymous person on the internet! Titles are not...

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One Warning Remember that anything you put online is hard to control - unless you have already sold the material, I would be wary...

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We write because it's the way we express ourselves best. Everyone has their best method of expression. With writers, it's words...

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This is a LONG list which DOES include most areas of the world - just keep reading!* According to a recent study in the U.S....

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It would be extremely hard. How many people speak Esperanto?It's not necessary to be able to speak the invented language in order...

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Here are some ways that professional writers motivate themselves to get started: Set a goal for your daily writing - decide how...

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I believe it was George Bernard Shaw who said write everyday even if you throw it away, but write every day. Just get started...

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Any idea that is interesting enough to you will be a good idea. You cannot write a story or novel based on ideas that someone...

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Only you can come up with a good name! Titles come from the story, not from some anonymous person on the internet! Titles are not...

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You should write your book first and then make it into a script. If you can, try to get a copy of an old script. I am lucky...

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Dialogue means writing down the way that people speak and communicate. Dialogue does several things in writing: it gives the...

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Classification of Writing by Length: A Drabble is an extremely short work of fiction with a length of exactly 100 words A short...

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There are many synonyms of said - however, you don't need any of them! A professional writer does not clutter up the writing by...

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Writing an assignment is the same as any other sort of writing. Decide what topic you will use - or use the one assigned to you -...

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For material, nothing inappropriate. No children's book can have anything offensive or restricted. As for for writing materials,...

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Start where the action begins. You can always add a flashback or have one character explain to another what happened before -...

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if you think you can be a great novelist then you can start small. eventually you will get better. the website that i am using is...

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Any idea that is interesting enough to you will be a good idea. You cannot write a story or novel based on ideas that someone...

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This depends. You could either have the story have another tragedy, or you could somehow make the story resolve. There are so...

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There is no rule on how to write. Sometimes it comes easily and perfectly: sometimes it's like drilling rock and then blasting it...

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WikiAnswers cannot give you ideas - writers must come up with their own ideas in order to be writers - click the Related...

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Keep the descriptions simple. It has to be easily visualized. Think about that!

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Anything that is a crime -- pick whatever crime you think is the most interesting. If you don't know anything about crime, read a...

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You must start your story however you want to. You cannot write a story that some anonymous person on the internet decides is a...

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Many new authors think they have to have some kind of "catchy" beginning to "hook" the reader. This is true to a certain extent -...

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For a story, you need a slightly different sort of opening than you do for an academic paper, where you introduce your topic.In a...

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A great site for creative writing is one that has a decent size of writers within the community to offer you feedback, help, and...

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Here are some elements you need to think about when writing: Character - the people, animals, and background of your story...

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The three levels of comprehension, or sophistication of thinking, are presented in the following hierarchy from the least to the...

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HOW TO WRITE A COMIC QUICKLY 1. Brainstorm and think of a plot for your story. Don't make it too intricate, as you want to be...

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Coming up with names for places, especially magical ones are tricky. It really depends on what the Forest is like. If it is dark...

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Description is a key part of writing. You have to be able to describe what you are thinking about in such a way that your readers...

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Any idea that is interesting enough to you will be a good idea. You cannot write a story or novel based on ideas that someone...

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You hear many different answers: 1, 3, 7, 20, etc. The fact is, you can divide the types of stories down in so many different...

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Can I give you some writing prompts?! Is Bono loud? (The answer to both questions is Yes, of course!)WikiAnswers will not do your...

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There are several ways to tell if your writing is good or not: Your own opinion. If you are honest, you know whether this piece...

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Here are some things that teens might deal with: Coming of age first love a significant achievement fitting in making friends...

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You get the latest copy of Writers' Market and start looking! They list every publisher, from magazines to books, and how to...

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You should spend less time trying to copy someone else's work and just get your own homework done. Writing dialogue is not as...

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Sometimes it is the dramatic things in life that inspire us. The dramatic things are not always bad... marriage, birth, a great...

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Everyone writes at their own pace! You will take as long as you take to write, so don't worry about it. Nora Roberts is a very...

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To make a boring sentence more interesting, add descriptive adjectives to the subject or other nouns, and use a verb that conveys...

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You can obtain this information by clicking on the related links below which will take you directly to the site. You can research...

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Nobody can answer this question except you! You have to write about something that is interesting to you, or you won't be able...

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WikiAnswers cannot give you ideas - writers must come up with their own ideas in order to be writers - click the Related...

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You can find good names for the places in your story in many ways: look in an atlas, or a book of maps look in a phone book at...

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You may use any gemstone to describe a person. Here are some ideas: Use the colors - does your character have eyes green as...

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Only you can come up with a good name! Titles come from the story, not from some anonymous person on the internet! You're getting...

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I think good story is like a good film. It should make you laugh and it should make you cry. It should pull at your heartstrings....

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Nobody can tell you what to write - you must write what is in your own heart and mind. Copying what someone else has written...

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Plot! Characters, setting, and research! Look back to our old favorite detective books for ideas and examples, such as Nancy Drew...

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Whatever they have. I've written in Lotus WordPro, Microsoft Word, Wordpad, even Notepad... whatever comes up first on the menu,...

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It depends. Mostly, to entertain you. Sometimes it may be to inform you of real life situations or even get a message across. It...

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AnswerIt is a personal choice but you can use either.  AnswerAs a published author, I would highly recommend using a PC....

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The most reliable avenue to find an agent is through the Association of Authors' Representatives -- see link below. They don't...

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You write the same as an adult writes --- plant your butt in a chair and get started! Click on the links for more help writing.

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The basic answer is ... whenever you want to. The more techical answer is whenever the topic changes. Paragraphs are like little...

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Short stories are traditionally defined as between 2,000 and 7.500 words. A short story should be only long enough for an...

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Self publish, or approach publishers? There are only 2 ways to publishing. You either self publish, market and sell your book...

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