Board Thread:Writer's Workshop/@comment-25558572-20140521050022/@comment-25558572-20140522224457

Sykokillah wrote: you said it would be violent. Make it not violent. That is one of the most horrible and boring cliches, and some stories even get deleted on account of that.

Oh, I don't mean violent just for the sake of being violent. Trust me, the worst stories I have ever written all focused on just violence. I mean including violent scenes as part of the story- and even then, I do keep them reasonably short, spending only a sentence or two on graphic details.