Recent content by Chinaren

The problem with depressing scenarios is that they're... depressing. I just read a short by a well known published author about the world being invaded by aliens and taken over. I kept expecting the humans to rise up and throw them off in some way (as they do), but in fact they didn't, and...

I think that's a perfectly acceptable way of doing things, good even.

Woah, complex background! I'm not a big planner and all this strikes me as overly complex, but that's just me. Hey, it worked for Tolkien! I tend to start writing first with a general idea of what the world is like and develop things as I go. Everyone has their own style. The problem I...

I rather like a lot of viewpoints, as long as it's well done of course. But then I also like complex twisty plots too. It kind of depends on what you like I guess. I've written stories with quite a lot of different viewpoints that worked well (at least I thought so), but some people don't...

I have times when there's lots of dialogue in my writings, but if it seems natural why not? Of course it should be progressing the plot or maybe helping us learn more about the characters. Meaningless babble will turn people off for the most part. It needs to be 'natural' though, if...

I hate it when that happens. ;) I'd say kill the bogger, unless you've plans for him further down the line of course. Maybe you can make him a ghost? A good death of a major character can be good for the story I think, as long as it's not overdone.

I think it depends upon your characters, setting and style myself. In some of my writings there's all but no swearing whilst others have it all over the place.

I'm not good with this type of scene, and as a result tend to either simply not do them, or only dip my toe in, leaving much of the action to the imagination of the reader. Yes, I'm a coward. So sue me.

I do this sometimes, mainly in comedy for effect. I've had a run on London cockney type accents recently, which I've had to watch in case I overdo it. I generally don't mind them, as long as it doesn't go overboard. They can be hard to write too, because you have to keep things consistent...

Yah, I did. The trick I used is that a: The character was evil and self serving and b: Immortality means you can be tortured forever, which is kind of worse than dying really. Of course you have to have powerful enemies, but also give them tricky situations that brawn won't really help...