- Possessive apostrophe and names ending in s. - Writing Forums
Based on what I had in school, there are two ways of writing the possessive form using "James" First, add apostrophe and s to the word because it is singular in form whether it ends in s or not ending in s
- First person talking to reader? - Writing Forums
Discussion in ' Word Mechanics ' started by James E, Jan 24, 2019 Hi guys and girls, I'm new here, so hello I have an introduction I would like to be in the first person but with the narrator talking directly to the reader The feel being as though the reader is sat talking to the narrator at a bar, so all dialogue but without any description
- When does Romance become Erotica? - Writing Forums
I've never read anything by E L James or watched the movies, but from what everyone else says, its not "romance" at all I have read Avon romances before with a few steamy scenes here and there My question is, when does "Steamy romance" become "erotica?" In my view, it's when the sex scenes are the focus of the book
- Musical Prose: Rhythm, Cadence, and how?
Even James Joyce, an acknowledged genius who wrote probably the most advanced and considered prose in English in modern history, worked so slowly and carefully that some days he'd only produce two sentences
- Do you believe white authors should be able to make black characters as . . .
James Patterson, Claire O'Dell, Edna O'Brien, Harriet Beacher Stowe Writing a black character shouldn't be anything different from writing a white character with the exception of color and hair If you think of it as different (how we talk and act) then you are writing stereotype And stereotype is wrong
- Short Horror Stories - Writing Forums
M R James is in my opinion the master of the short horror story, and Saki (O Henry) also has a few chillers, and you'll find the odd ghost story by Dickens As for online readability, I imagine most of these would be in the public domain? Definitely try finding a list of an author's stories, then looking for the title plus 'read online'
- Illegal drugs in the 19th century - Writing Forums
Whilst cracking on with a short story today I hit a wall in my plot storyline The story is set in the 19th century and it involves a ship smuggling
- New Characters in Act 2 of a novel??? - Writing Forums
Using James Scott Bell's 3-Act structure it would be after the "First Doorway of No Return" (or First Turning Point) This would be after the 12,000-word mark of my 60,000-word novel I have a main villain, but simply don't have the room to explore him in the first 12,000 words
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