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A matter of coincidental timing, but a video came up on YouTube about this very topic just as I read your post. You might look into the Snowflake Method, which is a process for building a story step by step. It's a little like outlining, but incorporating plot structure and other narrative...

Ellen Kushner's Riverside books might fall into this category.

Wow, fantastic! I hope you bought yourself an ice cream cone or something.

I mean, there is something a little magic about finding something valuable just when you're anticipating needing some extra cash!

I really thought that this thread was gonna be about the Law of Attraction :LOL:

That's a really interesting idea. Are you thinking of just posting for people to download and rework on their own, or more of a collaborative, shared space with everyone working on a single document? If the latter, you could just use Google Docs and share the link. Maybe use Suggesting mode so...

Thank you! You are so kind. I am looking forward to getting to know people here.

Watership Down is an excellent book! I always forget about it though.

That's a rough ailment to have, but it will pass, I'm sure. Fortunately there is a lot of great short and flash fiction out there. What about serials? I know a lot of writers are publishing serialized work on platforms like Substack.

It's been ages since I read Dorian Gray (or did I actually read it? Did I only see a movie version??). I was just thinking about rereading The Last Unicorn - I need some warm-and-fuzzy vibes right now.

I love me some cookies, as long as they don't have raisins! I will have to look up Beyond Redemption!

Thanks, Fidel!

Video games are such a huge draw. My PS3 died in 2018 or so and I decided not to replace, because I know how very obsessed I can get with playing a good game. Better for me to just to avoid that trap all together, even when I am suffering serious FOMO about the newest release. (Also, I'm in my...

We only have so many hours in our lives, and it's up to us to determine how to fill them. If writing "just for fun" makes you happy, then I think you should do it. If you need to think of it productively, then it's practice: you're improving your craft even if those words are never read by...

The last one I bought was The Stone Sky, by N.K. Jemisin. I really can't believe it took me so long to get around to reading this phenomenal trilogy. Now that I'm done with it, I'm on the hunt for something equally amazing.