Recent Articles
Once upon a time…

Once upon a time…...

Posted by Mithiri in Blogging, Featured Articles on 08 26th, 2010 | No Comments
Once upon a time I started a story. I was fourteen. It’s really quite horrible and I’m rewriting the whole thing. However, the original version may yet serve a purpose. I was previously requested to write an article about the male...
Read More
Aequa – Chapter Two (Edits)

Aequa – Chapter Two (Edits)...

Posted by Wesley in Blogging, Featured Articles on 08 24th, 2010 | No Comments
Blue Allera – Orange Sk8 Nicola woke up warm, enfolded in soft… She couldn’t tell exactly what, but it was extremely comfortable. Her surroundings were grey-white, soft light reflecting on the mists that lazily crawled...
Read More
Quality versus Marketability

Quality versus Marketability...

Posted by Fiachra in Blogging, Featured Articles on 08 16th, 2010 | No Comments
Written by WxY Hello everyone! How are you today? I have summoned you all here to discuss what a writer wants to achieve in his/her life. I think quoting “How Not To Write A Novel” is the best course here: The second most...
Read More
Beginnings and Endings

Beginnings and Endings...

Posted by Fiachra in Blogging, Featured Articles on 08 11th, 2010 | No Comments
The beginning and ending of your story are the two most important parts of it. Small wonder then that most authors rewrite these parts several times over. Dan Wells claimed, in his Questions and Answers session with us, that he rewrote...
Read More
The Woman’s point of View

The Woman’s point of View...

Posted by Mithiri in Blogging, Featured Articles on 08 9th, 2010 | 5 Comments
In my last article I covered a few basic differences between the thought patterns of men and women. Well, it’s back by request in a sort of rough, more in depth crash course. For now, I’ll be discussing women, and hopefully my next...
Read More

« Previous Entries

Recent Comments
  • The Black Manga: The key to writing flawed characters isn't that you have to ...
  • The Black Manga: I would avoid writing a woman flat out telling a guy no if y...
  • Goooooooose: I seem to act like a girl in real life. lol...
  • Mithiri: Fiachra has it right, Isaiah. My own take on things is not w...
  • Kenny: I'm trying to apply this to my writing now. As Isaiah said, ...
  • Fiachra: The problem with that, Isaiah, is that not all girls think t...
Random Articles
random article
Poetry... Or, how poetry affects the writer. I thought Proetry was more intriguing as a title. Yes,...
random article
Getting away from it all... We have all experienced writers’ block at some point in our lives. The disciplined...
random article
Aequa – Chapter One rewritten... Our first progress through the web novel was short coming because of a lack of...
About Us
Hortorian is a young writers` blog. Our mission is to create a community where we will help each other improve our writing. We have also launched the Hotorian Forums to provide our members with an outlet for critique.