should basically coincide. The lead character should achieve their full potential as the story is coming to that big moment. And so, when writing stories in any sort of magical setting, I like to have my protagonist’s magic fail them in the final “battle,” forcing them to draw instead...
I run games because there’s stuff I want to get out of my hobbies and running games provides them. I’m a self-serving GM. But that doesn’t mean I can afford to run games selfishly. If I run games that don’t give other people the fun they want, they’ll stop showing up. An...
The first thing to be aware of is simply that our culture obsesses over the appearance of women much more than it does men. This means that women are held to a higher standard when it comes to their looks, they are expected toinvest more time and moneyinto looking good, and the public...
I've been there before myself, but don't you worry. WordPress has made it simpler than ever to embed YouTube videos and images from Flickr by simply adding the unlinked URL in your post editor. I'm going to show you how easy it is to do. For example, here's a short list of th...
I’ve been thinking about what makes some books so easy to put down and what makes others impossible to let go of. After readingThe Catcher in the Rye, for example, I had the strangest feeling that Holden Caulfield was a real person. I expected him to come walking around some corner an...
In the newspaper business, there was no time to hand write our stuff and then type it for the layout guys. So I have always written at a keyboard and still write my books that way. Most authors do, though some hand write their first drafts and then keyboard them onto a computer or ...
Users don’t visit your FAQ section to read another Harry Potter volume. They strive for plain structures and readable texts. That’s why you should keep stuff to the point and as brief as possible. It can lop off wordy sentences, break up long answers, and create small paragraphs. By ...
everyone's personal lives. The characters are alike in many ways, but also very unique. You get to see the relationships between the students, between the adults - and of course, between the students and adults. I have always been a big fan of Shonda, she will continue to do great ...
How to Write a Book –Build up tension To keep the pages turning, reading must be an easy experience. Thumb through any copy of Harry Potter and you will discover that 70% of it is dialogue. This is no accident. Dialogue is easy to read and increases the pace. I wouldn’t suggest ...
5 The New Rules of Viral Marketing :: How word-of-mouse spreads your ideas for free DAVID MEERMAN SCOTT 6 When 7 = 350,000,000 Recognizing that millions of fans around the world are passionate about all things Harry Potter, Gordon knew she could rely on word-of-mouse to spread her ...