To me one of the hardest things for a fiction writer to do is to write dialogue. As the reader reads, the written conversation should flow as if she/he is listening to a spoken conversation. The conversation should be believable. The conversation should not be overflowing with adjectives, invectives, or accents. The reader should not have to stop ( Read more... )

These terms are used constantly and throughout fan fiction. I've seen many, many discussions about the meanings as applied to fan fiction, so here is my take on it.

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Presumably if you are reading this you either are or want to be a fan fiction writer. So, how do you become a writer? Many people think that just putting words on paper or a computer screen makes them a writer; if only it was that easy!

A writer’s main purpose is to tell a story. The story needs to be well constructed; with a clear beginning, ( Read more... )