Creative writing does require a basis in fact to be convincing.
Creative Writing 101
Naming: Not as easy as you might think, not every hero can be named Jack and not every heroine can be named Elizabeth. And everyone deserves a name, don't fall subject to creating a character as a secondary character without naming them. Pay attention to your names, there is more than one book that I have read where a child was named David in book one and Micheal in book two. I pay attention and it sucks me right out of the story.
BabyNames.com
Name Generator
Describing; be consistent but not redundant. My favorite thing to argue is eye color, as the windows to the soul how you describe a characters eyes will say a lot about the character.
Eye Color List
A sensory experience; Scent, smell and texture, laying on the grass with your love, or on the concrete bleeding, the physical needs to be put into words. The sensual; what's in a kiss, in a touch? What sensations accompany heartbreak, how do you describe ecstasy?
The Sensual Life
Words
Exercises
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