Excitement is good! I find it's usually the factor with the single highest impact on the quality of my writing. However, getting excited about a...
Yeah, 'antagonist' is the story role of being against the protagonist, and neither particularly entails any moral status. Presumably Nar is...
"How do I make sense of the mess?" is a pretty broad question. To begin with I'd suggest that you readjust your focus. If by swamped with...
That can be an issue too though, I mean the fact is that the reader is modern-day, and they need references they can understand. In fantasy and...
Yeah, I think everyone's had a go at a fantasy language at some point, but it usually just makes the actual linguists laugh at you. That said, if...
Ah, the old D&D morality chart. In my view there's a good reason for labelling almost any compelling character as True Neutral. Anything else...
Good point. Being asexual doesn't stop you from falling in love though right? Although I imagine it would take away one of the main incentives....
Personally I think stories tend to work better if the author thinks through the system logically and asks themselves questions, that way even...
Yeah, I'd go with a strong surrealist edge if I were you. Even a minor change to most of our laws of physics make human life impossible in short...
Yeah, could you not write the plot out because it's too long or because you don't have one? If it's the former, I'm sure you could manage a...
I've been having to do this with character names. I've found going with something made-up and obscure can help because then I can use find &...
Ditto on the pooping. I happen to enjoy world building as much as (if not more than) actual writing, and I'm writing for my own amusement (no...
I think other people have done a pretty good job of describing sexual attraction, so I don't really have anything to contribute on that front....
Yeah I think elongated descriptions imply you've got time to stand around looking at one, which makes them less scary. I think glimpses followed...
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