Questions tagged [creative-writing]
"Creative writing" is a vague term, but generally means fiction, or writing that's not non-fiction, technical, or business writing. This tag should be used when asking questions that apply to multiple categories of creative writing, such as when asking questions that could apply to fiction or poetry alike.
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How to stop rewriting?
My main problem for the last six years has absolutely been rewriting. I write a lot, I can sit down and in hour thirty pump out a 4 thousand word chapter. My problem has always been rewriting, and ...
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How long should it take to write a book for children (early middle grade)?
I am writing a book for middle-grade children (as a first-time author) and I need some advice from other fellow writers on how long should I work on a novel.
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What methods can I use to pinpoint my own stylistic choices?
I will admit that I am years out of practice in consistent writing on a personal, professional and academic level. Even even when that wasn't the case, I have always had difficulty understanding what ...
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How can I have two plots progress on different rates of time?
My story starts with a bunch of characters in a group, and relatively early on they split into two sub-groups who go on their independent adventures, there's geography separating them. So Group A has ...
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What's the literary term for saying you "see fireworks" when there are no fireworks?
So, like the question says, basically. Say a character kisses someone and the writing says "she saw fireworks exploding behind her closed eyes", what is that? Because it seems like it comes ...
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Character is called by their initials. Do I spell it out?
I have a character who is referred to by another character by their initials TP, do I spell it out (teepee/tepee/tipi) or just use the initials TP. It is supposed to add humour and show their fun ...
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If I was sexually assaulted but didn't tell anyone, how do I go about writing this in my book?
I'm writing a book based on stuff that happened. I've changed names but want to keep the characters authentic to my life. I was assaulted but never reported it. I want to write about it, but I don't ...
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Is it okay to have a children's picture book with 100 illustrated pages? Are there any examples of such books?
Recently, I had commissioned illustrations for a children's picture book that I had written. I had outlined what type of illustrations I wanted and the whole thing ended up being 100 pages worth of ...
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Tropes to prove a character loyalty and make them in a position to become a leader
I have a problem bridging two parts of the book. I need to make a character some kind of hero that has admiration of the country.
In my story, the character is a "wizard". Wizards are meant ...
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Creating a fictional town - working around real-world limitations for TV show script?
I have been working on a script for a television company who accepts scripts from new writers and members of the public, and the setting is fictional, but in a real-world location.
The issues of it ...
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Is it a bad idea to design a purposefully inconsistent magic system?
I am working on a magic system for my fantasy world. The basic constraints are that most magic occurs naturally and at random. However, some people (sometimes) can channel and use magic. One of the ...
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Using unusual grammatical wording to refer to people
All that will die tomorrow
Is whom I loved and will still love
So I was wondering if this is a common thing in poetry. You refer to people as "all that", and then use whom, which creates a ...
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How to get over a long break from writing?
I'm wanting to get back into writing and work on a novel or a collection of short stories. In the past, I've done creative writing and I've written a full-length novel, however it's been over a year ...
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How to Write an Involuntary Secret Reveal
I am trying to have my character's secret discovered, they are currently in a hospital, and hiding injuries under their clothes, a couple of which have reopened. They are underaged so they are at ...
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Is stating a completely false fact something many writers do?
Is stating a completely false fact something many writers do? I heard that doing so is considered to be poetic license and it allows poets to deviate from strict adherence to factual accuracy in order ...
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