Recent content by Laurence

Sorry for not answering your question but I'm interested to know how you imagine this flat world? Is there an edge? If you were to abseil off the edge how far until you reach the bottom?

All of their eyes are super sweet (and pretty similar to each other, in a good way), what's your inspiration?

Perhaps the leader is rich and paranoid?

Consistency is the easiest way to make for a believable world, however if your character is as amazing as ol' papa Gandalf you can have them do whatever you like.

It's this for me. Only the stand, too. The ball itself and background look great to me. The top line of the stand, however, has obviously been drawn by hand. I feel like the stand's top line should be almost parallel with its bottom line, and should cover a bit of the ball, as though you...

Sorry I can't be of any real help but you may want to peruse the google image results of the "slav squat" as a base to go on.

So, good news. All you have to do is erase your character and create a new character with your subconscience!

If you want elves that you don't want to be how people imagine elves then why call them elves? You obviously want something about them to be similar. Work out what, then you can make sure nothing else about them is.

One of the my favourite books of all time is Stoner and I'd love to read or attempt to write a similar novel with a few fantastical elements thrown in. I absolutely recommend this book to anyone looking for a book that's captivating and heart wrenching without the use of suspense and...

I getcha. I moved out to work full time in another city at age 17 and have always been a relationship kinda guy, having lived with a gal at 19. Maybe the reason I don't see the difference between YA and "adult" audiences is that I've unknowingly been thinking as an adult.

Thanks a bunch for the examples! I'd like to point out that my confusion doesn't/didn't lie in why someone would write children's fiction, but in YA specifically because in my mind, young adults are essentially just adults in the way that they think (except that for a lot of them their world...

Molly Weasley is an awesome example of a strong woman.

I think what's really behind my question is that I just don't understand how you decide your cut off point. I didn't ask why someone would write children's literature because that's a completely different kettle of fish, whereas, personally, I think a lot of teens have the same emotions...

Apologies, I didn't mean to sound condescending. The reason I want to know what makes people choose to write YA is because I'm undecided on whether my WIP will be or not. I suppose wanting to/being able to connect with teens is the main criteria (other than wonga). This is why I also asked...

Firstly, what're your main reasons for writing it in the first place? It seems to me that it gives only limitations. Beyond being unable to write about grittier things, I imagine adults are less likely to enjoy YA fiction while I think most young teens and up are perfectly capable of/willing to...