Nathan Bransford - The Forums

Before my failed attempt at moving back to Boston, I was the publicist/tour assistant for an independent record label. Now I'm, ah, nothing.

This question has killed me for days. I'm a firm believer that we should be able to come up with things we do well in multiple areas of our lives. But when it comes to writing, I'm STUMPED. I had a hard time too. I think it's harder to point out what you suck at rather than what you're good at. Whi...

It took me a long time to figure out my MC. Well, I had his character figured out after the major events in the book, but I had no idea how he was going to be prior to them. Sometimes, it takes a while for a character to come to you. Like Brenda said, I would suggest doing some character building ex...

Your writing space looks like mine did before I moved. :) the walls were full of pictures/inspiring things. And I also had a mini island calendar. Now, since my room is teeny tiny I write either on the bed, which isn't very comfortable. Or I set up a tv dinner stand and a chair in the corner by my b...

I've been waffling on this. Part of me agrees with Mira and Falls Apart. However, in my wip, I refer to the weapons by their Japanese names, but mainly the ones that are Japanese weapons. But my world has a heavy Asian influence. So, I'm going to echo Mira. I would give the sword a name specific to ...

I think I'm in the dialogue camp too.

This is one of those situations where I'm afraid to list them all... 1. Internet: I can't seem to log off and write. 2. Melting Pot Theory: this is where I keep coming up with another great idea, then another, and another... and before you know it, I have a thousand "great ideas!" in my s...

I guess you can put me in too.

Here are some EXCELLENT ones I read last year: How I live now by Meg Rosoff (Printz award winner) Life as we knew it by Susan Beth Pfeffer The Giver by Lois Lowery (Newberry award winner) I also once asked for recommendations in this genre and many recommended Cormac McCarthy's The Road . Enjoy! I ...

I know you said you have them on your Book, but I really suggest BRAVE NEW WORLD and 1984. They are the best by far, in my opinion. THE RUNNING MAN by Stephen King was pretty good. A more actiony type of dystopian. It's kind of like an adult version of HUNGER GAMES. WITHER by Lauren DeStefano was go...

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I read both adult and YA, but I write adult. There have been many YA books that have fallen short for me. They'll have amazing premises, but it often falls to the background. There have also been very many that I absolutely love though. However, I think I prefer adult for the reasons Nicole listed. ...

dios4vida wrote:

Cookie wrote:Genre: fantasy
Audience: adult

Methinks I know who I'm gonna be matched up with!!

Methinks you're right. Lol. Mine is not quite epic, definitely sword, but not sorcery. More GRRM than Tolkien.

Genre: fantasy
Audience: adult

First week: I wrote A LOT, but it was all handwritten. Will update when it's all transferred over.