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Sorry if it's a bit long...:) This is the beginning of the second chapter of the book I'm trying to write. Drasteia is driving with both her hands on the wheel, watching the road intently. I sit in the back, among two threadbare rucksacks of what Drasteia calls ‘essential human supplies’. Over...

“Wrong,” a pompous voice behind her called out. Katia froze, her fingers still clutching the handle-bars. “Wrong, wrong, wrong. You’re doing it wrong.” Wincing horribly, expecting the worst, Katia spun around. Much to her shock, that was no aide‘s or nurse’s mocking remark: a patient, a young...

I'm pretty much crappy at writing action scenes. The sentences always seem so choppy, and they never exactly flow right, sometimes I think it's hard to get a clear picture of the action scenes I write. Tips?

I'm looking for lullabies and/or nursery rhymes that have a certain meaning...examples?

It was nearly half-past midnight. The cobblestoned streets were bare and dimly lit by the guttering candle-lamps. Although nearly all residents were tucked in cozily within the safety of their warm, comfortable homes, there was no silence. The unruly town of Brookwich was surrounded by the...

Once more, I see the sly glimpse of the silver-eyed stranger. The peering silver contained by nighttimes’ darkness. The familiar gleam that wakes me from my endless daze. The cracks on the lone window changes nothing from my view of the steep hill the asylum overlooks. I shake in terror at the...

Once more, I see the sly glimpse of the silver-eyed stranger. The peering silver contained by nighttimes’ darkness. The familiar gleam that wakes me from my endless daze. The cracks on my lone prison window changes nothing from my view of the steep hill the asylum overlooks. I shake in terror...

My fantasy story's main antagonist is really just the government, but their not really what you would call 'evil villains'.

Excluding Vampires. :)