Australian Writers' Forum

Beautiful to "meet" you, Wattletales! :) I've had a look around your website. Nicely done. :) What genre(s) of novels do you write? *curious* Yes, I can see these are Australiana, but that's just the setting. I wonder what subset of Australiana you write. Welcome again, and thrice more wel...

"No matter what you write, someone will always think it sucks." ;) There's place for constructive criticism. But people who read any genre (romance, sci-fi, fantasy, young adult - whatever) even though they know they're gonna hate them ... and then hate them ... well, what's the point of d...

You're welcome, Steph. :) Just one thing: my "nick" (short for nickname) is Rath, not Ruth. A 'Rath' is an Indian chariot, especially one for transporting idols for ceremonial purposes. It is also, in Ireland, an earthen wall that serves as a fort and residence for a tribal chief. ;) I've ...

Please let us know what their response is, Steph. Now I'm curious. :) And welcome to the AWF, Steph! Please feel free to introduce yourself. What genre do you write? Where do you write? What do you do? Whaat...? ;) I write historical fiction (with dashes of humour) - so, of course, there is no publi...

Ah, drat it. It says if I become a "writer of the future", I'll have to fly to Hollywood for a week??? :shock: It's impossible to fly anywhere right now - and my probation at work's nearly over, so hopefully I'll know soon if they want to keep me or not. ;) Too bad. I like Orson Scott Card...

1. Yes, they are no-brainers. (For me, at least). 2. Interesting! Yes, I sometimes (read: often) forget the setting, and when I don't forget, I forget other things ... thanks, Cage! :) 3. I'm already part of an author's group. I'm not sure about investing in Writer's Digest, but I do have a few Writ...

Yep. Fifty Shades is date-rape. I'm surprised it became as successful as it did, but I guess you can't go wrong appealing to the lowest common denominator.

Whatever the definition of romance, sex or love is, Fifty Shades is not it.

OK ... well, that's my question: is it possible to write a beat sheet for a tragedy? *curious* From what I've seen in the Save the Cat book, all the beat sheets there are for "comedy" stories, "inspirational" stories (e.g. Hunger Games), or "adventure" stories (e.g. - a...

You can have a few different POV perspectives, but who is the main person for this story? Who has the most to lose, learn, or distance to travel? Who changes the most? The difference between a major character and the main character can be a canyon - major character doesn't have to change; main char...