Danae Hitch
Danae Hitch answered Lucy North's question

Lucy, this is your book. It needs to be written first or at least started, so you can have an idea of where it's going. From your writings, a title for the book will start to emerge. Good luck.

Mia Nguyen
Mia Nguyen answered James Hang's question

Hmm, you should definitely focus on both, but, in my opinion, character development is a bit more essential. It's better to have round characters than flat characters.  But like, find a balance, the universe they live in is also important. It adds on to the characters in a way. One might say that sometimes, certain … Read more

Francois masse
Francois masse answered Apple Joy Fegi Malubay's question

1. There's the unverifiable story handed down by tradition. (Beowulf, Hercules)

2. There's folk legends. Those mostly depict and explain a particular group's "do's & don'ts" and origin beliefs (scandinavian, native american, mayan, etc.)

3. There's the modern story based on old tales (modern/urban)

4. It can also be a person with such fame and accomplishments he becomes … Read more

Didge Doo
Didge Doo answered Apple Joy Fegi Malubay's question

In a sense, legends are a type of folklore. They're the stories that are told about the super-heroes of history (Robin Hood, Merlin, Arthur, Santa Claus and his flying reindeer, Aladdin, Sinbad and Nostradamus famous among them). Some of them were real people, some were based on real people, some were pure fiction.

Religion abounds with … Read more

Didge Doo
Didge Doo answered James Hang's question

There must be many ways to do this and you need top choose the one that works for you. Even so, best selling author Norah Roberts (writing as J.D.Robb) has written (so far) about 45 books in her "In Death" series.

She began writing them in the early 1990s and set them in the futuristic New … Read more

Yo Kass
Yo Kass answered Anonymous' question

I had a brief look into this (I'm by no means an expert), and there doesn't seem to be a straightforward answer.

As an example, I'd recommend checking out the Wikipedia page about legal issues with fan-fiction (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legal_issues_with_fan_fiction) because the cases mentioned all center around the issue of works that are "derivative" … Read more