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How To Prevent Prejudgment of Your Story

2008-03-27T18:01:44-08:00

Author: The Old Sam Garrett
Category: Essay
Language: English, Fiction Rated: T
Genres: General/Humor
Chapters: 1, Words: 2,366, Reviews: 14 Updated: 3-27-08, Published: 3-27-08
Status: Complete

Just another one of my essays, though this is more of a writing guide than anything. It's about how to start a story without running into overdone or unwanted elements.

Description: The hows, whens, and whys

2008-06-17T06:54:43-08:00

Author: The Mumbling Sage
Category: Essay
Language: English, Fiction Rated: K
Genres: General
Chapters: 2, Words: 3,694, Reviews: 21 Updated: 6-17-08, Published: 5-16-06
Status: Complete

Some thoughts on description in fiction and how to handle it.

Good Prose

2008-06-22T07:19:18-08:00

Author: The Mumbling Sage
Category: Essay
Language: English, Fiction Rated: K
Genres: General
Chapters: 1, Words: 1,874, Reviews: 7 Updated: 6-22-08, Published: 6-22-08
Status: Complete

Prose: Literally, anything written that is not poetry. The text, the words on the page, the stuff the reader is actually reading. Here’s what you need to make a reader want to read.

Tips for Writing Useful Reviews

2006-07-20T14:49:44-08:00

Author: elisefey
Category: Essay
Language: English, Fiction Rated: K
Genres: General
Chapters: 1, Words: 951, Reviews: 15 Updated: 7-20-06, Published: 7-20-06
Status: In-Progress

A barebones guide to writing an insightful and thorough critique.

Prose Mistakes that Amateurs Make

2008-05-15T18:01:54-08:00

Author: The Mumbling Sage
Category: Essay
Language: English, Fiction Rated: K
Genres: General
Chapters: 1, Words: 1,206, Reviews: 13 Updated: 5-15-08, Published: 5-15-08
Status: Complete

Want to make your writing sound more professional? View the nitpicks within--and learn to avoid them!

5 Steps To Writing a Deceivingly Good Article

2007-05-05T23:22:50-08:00

Author: papaya-mafia
Category: Essay
Language: English, Fiction Rated: K+
Genres: Humor/General
Chapters: 7, Words: 1,938, Reviews: 3 Updated: 5-5-07, Published: 5-5-07
Status: In-Progress

As an amatuer, I only have a little to offer in the steps of writing a good article, but if you are an amatuer as well . . . perhaps you will find them to be helpful. Inside are 5, painfully easy and simple steps on the how to's of writing a good article

The Art of Conlanging

2006-06-22T21:15:16-08:00

Author: Meldon
Category: Essay
Language: English, Fiction Rated: K
Genres: General
Chapters: 9, Words: 4,793, Reviews: 12 Updated: 6-22-06, Published: 8-27-05
Status: Complete

Fantasy worlds demand one thing: new names, words, and even languages! This essay will introduce you to the art of constructing new languages (conlanging)

Narc's Laws of Fictionpress

2008-01-10T13:50:32-08:00

Author: Narc
Category: Essay
Language: English, Fiction Rated: K
Genres: General/Tragedy
Chapters: 1, Words: 1,255, Reviews: 25 Updated: 1-10-08, Published: 1-10-08
Status: Complete

My thoughts on posting fiction on fictionpress. This is entirely my opinion, so please don't take too seriously.

The Subtle Strife

2007-09-21T10:10:41-08:00

Author: The Mumbling Sage
Category: Essay
Language: English, Fiction Rated: K
Genres: General/Humor
Chapters: 1, Words: 1,361, Reviews: 6 Updated: 9-21-07, Published: 9-21-07
Status: Complete

A discussion read: rant of subtlety and the lack thereof. I'd say more, but I don't want to clobber you over the head with it.

From My Little Black Heart

2008-06-02T18:07:42-08:00

Author: Winterfox
Category: Essay
Language: English, Fiction Rated: T
Genres: General
Chapters: 13, Words: 25,113, Reviews: 144 Updated: 6-2-08, Published: 6-19-04
Status: In-Progress

What: dos and don'ts, tricks and treats, and questions that aren't asked enough. How: with extreme prejudice, snark and heartless cruelty. Based on author's subjective opinions: not a friendly, patient guide. No, I don't hate fantasy.

A Guide to Action Scenes

2007-10-06T09:40:37-08:00

Author: Heatless Flame
Category: Essay
Language: English, Fiction Rated: K+
Genres: General
Chapters: 1, Words: 1,429, Reviews: 10 Updated: 10-6-07, Published: 10-6-07
Status: Complete

This is a basic guide to writing an action scene, may it be actual pbattle, verbal, or anything such. This is NOT a full guide, and I suggest several others that can be found in my C2, Helpful Writing Guides.

Science Fiction For Dummies

2008-08-27T23:32:14-08:00

Author: Jave Harron
Category: Essay
Language: English, Fiction Rated: K+
Genres: Sci-Fi/Humor
Chapters: 43, Words: 76,856, Reviews: 223 Updated: 8-27-08, Published: 3-10-04
Status: In-Progress

Tired of going into the scifi section and seeing nothing but trash? He's my attempt to help anyone that wants to write scifi, as well as even give the pros a few new ideas. Now, we go over a history of firearms, how to use them, and how to get guns right.

That Essay That Everyone Else Writes

2007-09-16T20:10:49-08:00

Author: JJSLAM2129
Category: Essay
Language: English, Fiction Rated: K
Genres: Tragedy/Humor
Chapters: 12, Words: 16,363, Reviews: 169 Updated: 9-16-07, Published: 10-5-06
Status: In-Progress

Mary Sues, Cliches, Stupid Villans, Reviewers, Bad Logic and anything else I can think of that bugs me about today's stories. If something's bugging you, chances are you'll find it here. Now with Worldbuilding. Topic suggestions welcome! Reviews returned.

How to Write a Fictionpress Summary

2007-03-29T18:51:47-08:00

Author: The Mumbling Sage
Category: Essay
Language: English, Fiction Rated: K
Genres: General
Chapters: 1, Words: 693, Reviews: 14 Updated: 3-29-07, Published: 3-29-07
Status: Complete

In this essay, I explain how a summary can me made to draw in the most attention with the most information about your story. You can use up to 255 characters in your summary--make them count!

Ruatha's Grammar Review

2006-02-18T18:23:37-08:00

Author: RuathaWehrling
Category: Essay
Language: English, Fiction Rated: K
Genres: General
Chapters: 6, Words: 10,210, Reviews: 56 Updated: 2-18-06, Published: 9-18-04
Status: Complete

A collection of the grammar and editting suggestions that various writers have asked me for over the years. If you have a grammar question, give me a holler!

How to Successfully Complete a Successful Story!

2004-09-29T16:24:18-08:00

Author: glitterjewele
Category: Essay
Language: English, Fiction Rated: K
Genres: General/Humor
Chapters: 1, Words: 5,852, Reviews: 208 Updated: 9-29-04, Published: 9-29-04
Status: Complete

Can’t manage to finish the stories you start? Contracted writer’s block? Need a little help with summaries? Stop dodging flying vegetables. This is for you.

How To Write A Fight Scene

2006-08-02T15:52:28-08:00

Author: WyrdWolf
Category: Essay
Language: English, Fiction Rated: T
Genres: General/Humor
Chapters: 10, Words: 9,549, Reviews: 82 Updated: 8-2-06, Published: 4-11-06
Status: Complete

A guide I made on writing the perfect (or, at least, better) fight scene. Find out the little things that make big differences!

A Guide to FictionPress

2005-04-24T23:33:50-08:00

Author: The Crimson Angel Of Time
Category: Essay
Language: English, Fiction Rated: K+
Genres: General
Chapters: 15, Words: 7,762, Reviews: 23 Updated: 4-24-05, Published: 4-24-05
Status: Complete

Writers helping writers for better stories everywhere!