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Thanks. I usually write third, but have had some 1st person stories published before. None in 1st person present, though.

A superhero short story for an anthology about female leaders. I'm experimenting a little with the style here: 1st person present tense for the "now" scenes and 1st person past for ones in the past. No clue if it will work out or not. We'll see.

Just recently finished playing through both seasons of Telltale's Batman series. As far as I can, anyway, since the last episode of Season Two has yet to be released. I've enjoyed these more than any game in a while. The twists Telltale put on the existing Batman mythos were great, and...

He is pretty over the top. That said, I found him to be one of Lovecraft's stronger POV characters, mainly because so many of the others have similar voices.

Got around to watching Bright last night. I really enjoyed the creative worldbuilding.

I'm in a similar position. Six short stories ideas--two with outlines--and two novel ideas, but I can't get anything rolling. Especially odd since I knocked out two short stories in a week not long ago. It might have something to do with the weather: all cold and gray and depressing...

I started researching the Texas-Comanche War to sketch out a bit of background for a weird western short, which I mentioned in the what you're working on thread. There's a ton of great story fodder in that conflict and those surrounding it. The Red Wedding-esque treachery of the Council...

Just wrapped up a weird western short about the confrontation between a Texas Ranger and a (exiled) Comanche sorcerer. It worked out far better than I was expecting for such a tight word count. A couple passes of editing and it should be ready to submit.

Yeah. There are only so many ways for the world to be out in danger and saved. It gets a little stale. Heroic fantasy has somewhat more plot possibilities.

Yeah, I tried the whole "just write it, then edit" way of doing things on a very short story (a bit shy of 2000 words for the first version) once. It took me weeks to iron out most of the issues, and some still slipped through. One of those was responsible for a rejection from a high tier...

As long as it's easy to read and understand, I say go for it. It's very useful in establishing voice.

When I'm looking at shorts from an author I haven't read before, I want something eye-catching in the first page or two. It needn't be super explosive or anything, but there needs to be some sort of conflict or tension very close to the beginning. As already mentioned, a sense of forward...

Depends how close of a narrative you're going for, among other stylistic choices. I usually write in close third person or first person POV, so contractions outside dialogue are almost a necessity. Things feel too stiff without them. For your situation, I'd say change it up with every POV...

I don't find it jarring in the slightest. That said, I also have no problem letting my secondary worlds advance in different fields at rates different from our own (one has the printing press fairly widespread, but suits of steel plate armor are rare, newfangled things). So if you're really...