Nathan Bransford - The Forums

A tip for those who have broken the period spacing rule - I just had to fix this in my WIP, and doing find and replace (find: . , replace: . ) which saved me 1,312 replacements. Love find and replace :)

Bella Swan from Twilight. Hate to sound like the anti-fans, but it seems like they're kind of hitting you over the head with the whole "beautiful swan" metaphor.

Great query! Especially love that it's the girl who's trigger-happy. Very astereotypical. :) Only a few comments . . . Dear agent: When a wildlife photographer captures on film the crash of a mysterious black object shaped like a triangle into Washington, D.C.’s Rock Creek Park, a chain reaction soo...

If you're going for shock value, then by all means send the baby-in-a-box out of the blue. But readers will not thank you for it. Also, I hope you're being realistic with the aftermath in terms of suspension of disbelief. I'm assuming (strange powers aside, if they exist) that the father is an ordi...

What I see is a story about 5 teens learning to survive in a world gone to hell, narrowly escaping exploitation and having to make some tough decisions. I think it would appeal to older teens and I do see it as a YA book, albet a dark and edgy one Yeah, that is pretty much the theme, and I guess it...

. . . Wow . . . I really want to read this book . . .

For question one, I think that it depends on the nature of the content the reader is unsure of. For instance, in And Then There Were None (wonderful book--who says you can't have a cast of detestable characters?), there are a lot of things about the characters that you need to take a step back to un...

What you have isn't a novel or a short story; it's a starting point, which is, in my opinion, a great place to be at. You can take everything you like out of your "pointless" piece and come up with a way to make it better. Do you love the characters, but can't see a way to use them in the ...

Overall, really good, and an interesting premise. Just a couple things on phraseology. Also, maybe add a bit more at the end? Best of luck! Tuccia last name? awaits her trial knowing she will be executed for a crime she did not commit: losing her virginity. For other Roman women, this would not be a...

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I think that I'll rework the part with the baby, although I'll probably still keep 1 and 2 in (the plot would have trouble progressing w/out them). Thanks for the advice!

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Diana Ladris, from the Gone series. Not the name itself so much as how it fits the character.

Right now the first two point sounds to me as some sort of meaningless backstory, such as: "It's happening, then it's not happening, then it's there, yet I'm not showing it.". Hm I guess I phrased it wrong. What I meant was that objectionable elements aren't shoved in your face. It's defi...

Okay, this is my first time posting on these forums (hi!) but I really need some advice on something . . . my WIP is geared towards high schoolers (maybe middle), and pacing/ages of characters would make it difficult for it to appeal to a different demographic. However, lately, people have been tell...