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I think it’s really important to read fiction if you want to write fiction well. It’s part of practice, and honestly, I do mean this...

He's a troll who thinks he's charming. He's got the first part down. I'm holding out hope that he's harmless and may have something to...

I can't think of anything brand new that I tried, but I've purposefully reaquainted myself with things. One that stands out in my mind...

I certainly have endeavoured to gain direct experience of the life of a lottery winner. Usually once a week.

No, I just live life and then let those experiences guide some of my writing. I have done quite a few things, but never with the...

Have you ever tried to experience something solely for the sake of writing it? It doesn't have to be as extreme as going up the Congo...

Why are you antagonizing me?

That sounds about right. They vary greatly. I have brief scenes of 200-400 words and longer scenes peaking over 2K. And of course...

Not to me, though 230 scenes and 175k words suggests a lot of short scenes. That's an average of about 761 words per scene. That's maybe...

Necessary? No more so than listening to music in order to compose it, tasting food in order to prepare it, or watching movies to be able...

:ROFLMAO: So perhaps you should entertain mine?

I would also disagree. You learn different things from different authors and from different books written by the same author. It's like...

I don't think anyone's mentioned retrospective first or retrospective third, which can come in any variety from limited to omniscient. I...

Sometimes I find myself drifting into a sort of omniscient, and I have to remind myself, "Get inside their head!"

Distance and scope. Hopefully, I got this right. Tell me if I'm talking bullshit though. It's quite likely, since I'm out of coffee...