The British writer Sam Hughes, known online as qntm, has this tip to share on his SCP Foundation page: "To be continued" is your enemy. Write a...
A comedy needs some kind of grounding. Orson Scott Card says that at least one aspect of any comedy - plot, characters, or setting - has to be...
Probably more general than what you're looking for, but I liked this a lot.
Actually, the broader definition is basically what I have in mind here. Most of the actual magic in my setting is very subtle, and alchemy does...
My main character relies heavily on alchemy, and I'm having a bit of trouble with it. His use of potions doesn't feel very interesting or...
If anyone's interested, there's a military historian who posts on Civfanatics forums: [SPOILER] [SPOILER] [SPOILER] [SPOILER] [SPOILER]...
I am planning to have a building constructed near an oasis in a sandy desert (it's a mausoleum or sepulcher, but very large - about the size of...
Thanks for all the responses. I'll see if I can sort it out but if not I'll have to try something else. Um, no? You may be thinking of someone else.
Okay, I don't think I emphasized enough how setting-driven this story is. It's what Orson Scott Card calls the Milieu story. Building the setting,...
It's very setting-driven, and the characters are meant to suit that setting. They couldn't just be placed somewhere else.
Thing is, I want to write this story. Really badly. And it's complicated as all hell to write. I'm starting off with two POVs at different points...
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