F.C. Tait

@skye I liked it! The description and action are really well-balanced.

It’s short, but here’s mine:

It takes my eyes a moment to adjust to the dim light, and for several seconds I see nothing. I lean against the wooden door, breathing hard.

Except for me, nothing moves or makes a sound. As my vision adjusts, I can make out low piles of straw along the walls, and a thick layer of it covering the floor. Light leaks…[Read more]

Okay! This is a completely random scene that’s still kinda rough-draft-ish.

Trains were late, queues were long, and tempers were short.

Sarah tried to ignore the crowd of irritable commuters and listen to the music blaring from her earphones: a heavy drumbeat and a warm voice as rich and smooth as melted caramel. All too often, the song was…[Read more]

@jane-maree A late happy birthday to you! Hope it was a great day.

I’m blaming time zones for my lateness. 😛

Thanks guys!

@a_small_mousepad I love that idea! Everything could seem fine to start off with then as it progresses there could be more and more details that show there’s something wrong.

Welcome! Nice to meet ya!

@jane-maree @faith_blum @parker I won’t be taking part because I’m editing at the moment and I don’t find Camp NaNo so helpful for that, but I’ll be cheering you guys on! 🙂

@r-m-archer I’ve been studying flat arcs recently because I’m planning to write one myself. Basically a positive arc character learns a truth, but a flat arc character knows that truth already and has to stick to it throughout the story even when it’s difficult. The character doesn’t necessarily have to be noble, but they need a principle to stick…[Read more]

@jane-maree @faith_blum thanks!

Mine is giving my characters unique voices (but I think we already covered that?). Also describing settings, since I’m more interested in action and dialogue.

@carolyn-matthews hello and welcome from a fellow murderer of characters!

Done it! My story is in (eek!)

@thewirelessblade sometimes if my story moves along too fast it’s actually a show vs. tell problem. If I’m more interested in the action scenes than what’s happening in between, I have a bad habit of summarising characterisation and scene-setting so I can get to the interesting parts more quickly. It actually just makes the story confusing and…[Read more]

@jane-maree it’s this Saturday.

Hey guys! I just wanted to say thanks for the great advice. 🙂

Amazingly, I got to meet two publishers today at a writing workshop! I had no idea they were going to be there and wasn’t even sure if I was going, so it was completely unforeseen. I got to talk to them about platforming. Thanks to them and to all your advice, I’ve rethought my…[Read more]

Everyone else just fails to recognise true greatness, apparently 😛 😀