A story isn't just a bunch of words slapped onto a page. It's a living, breathing manifestation of your imagination. This guide explores aspects most guides don't touch on such as memorable protagonists, world building, character psychology, and backstory, and many more. It will help you flesh out your ideas and make...
A Soft Science Fiction short written for the final round of the SciFi Smackdown 1.5-- Cadie is unplugged. She is shunned by those who use the Scroll and sought out by Abhi--who wants as his student. But why, and at what cost?
Once I was a god. Worshiped. Revered. The huddled masses cast themselves at my feet, heads bowed and eyes wide. Save us, they begged. Spare us, they pleaded. And, fool that I was, I tried. Now I am nothing. Fallen. A bitter memory of an age long passed. A broken old fool too stubborn to die. This is my story. My r...
"Things will never be the same again." Gneiss Underwood never thought that he could have a shot of a normal life. Growing up in an environment where everything defied sanity, guns and loneliness were his normal companions, if not danger and Death himself. An UnGifted teenager whose soul had been sold to the devil, he...
Suddenly, I saw a blurry white fog forming behind me in the mirror. I rubbed my eyes thinking it was just my eyes playing tricks on me. The room suddenly seemed more chilly, my teeth chattered slightly. When I looked back at the mirror, the white fog was still there. My heart seemed to stop beating for a second when I...
Normal is... Jade has no clue. When her mother dies and she moves in with her father, she feels like she's entered a different world. Used the threatening situations and secret identities, Jade is surprised to find that normal life might be the biggest challenge she's ever faced.
At the young age of 17, Emma Star was already a world famous dancer. A prodigy. Ballet was her life. She had everything; fame, fortune and adoring fans. It isn’t too much to say that the world hung onto her every step. Then one day she disappeared, setting the media in an uproar. No one knew where she was or why she l...
I look around myself, and all I see is gray... 16 year old Quinn Heart knew something was wrong. No one should ever feel as sad as she does every day... Finally, she figures out she was right. She’s diagnosed with depression, Bipolar Disorder. Just like her mother had been. Her mother had committed suicide when Quinn...
Karter Johansen is an epic badass. Michelle Flanders is a total nerd. Scarlet Black is a hopeless romantic. Rebecca Anderson is an obsessive band geek. Jessica Fitzgerald is a hardcore athlete. Emma Stevens is a textaholic popular. And Alexandra Quarent is all of these people. That's right, Alexandra Quarent is the...
When Maggie continues to act out glorified death scenes through suicide attempts she is told that she's only looking for attention, and it's probably true. But after she attempt's to drown like Ophelia, by jumping into a river, she is rescued and a new friendship emerges that could change everything.
Homeless and savagely beaten, Amy Mair sits waiting in a police interrogation room. She witnessed the murder of a friend and the police want to know more. But what can or will she tell them? When everyone sees the world in a different light, is the way she or society saw him the way he saw himself. Who is right? Will...
Sequel to It's Like Monopoly, But Physical.
Four months is a long time. Not long enough, however, for Maya Rodriguez to escape the enigma that is Rocky Nelson. When the rock star swoops in one day to do some kidnapping of his own-- by claiming to be her "boyfriend," no less-- Maya's not sure it's a good idea to get re-involved after what happened the last time...
UPDATE!: Neverland: Forsaken Dreamscape will soon find its place alongside its successor, Forsaken Dreamscape (Nevermor #2) in a new Deluxe Edition! Watty Awards 2012 Finalist and much-loved fiction, this is Neverland: Forsaken Dreamscape - a dark fantasy twist on the Peter Pan legend. www.projectnevermor.wordpress.c...
Erica's life is already messed up to began with. Why does she have to do through so much more? Erica lives in a time where RunAways roam the Earth, a once human monster hungry for human flesh. Erica always dreamed of the day she would be able to follow the river outside of the village boundries, over the fences, till...
Of one thing she was sure: it can't be normal to get addicted to a voice, no matter how charming it is. It all started because of a small mistake. Something so trivial, it could happen to anyone. Could it be that there are no coincidences? *Awesome new cover made by the lovely @thelessthanthreegirl. Thank you so much...
You'll never find him. Never trap him. Never see him. Arrows will fly, swords will gleam, lances thrown, laws declared, bounties issued. And you'll never know his name or his face. Our merrymen will pass on his name, some will even take it as their own. History has no room for an outlaw like him. But legend will thriv...