Three-dimensional, fully fleshed characters are all you need. People's tastes in what they like in a fictional character, and how they feel, alter...
I think we do, but many places like festivals and such a bit lax. That and I tend to go to the beach with a few friends around midnight, slightly...
It sounds like the Geth from Mass Effect series. I'd say, mix the two. They were created for a purpose, and then began to become self aware and...
I'd suggest researching into Angel Dust, that drug is CRAZY, and has some 'super-soldier' like symptoms. From memory, it was originally meant to...
Sex is based off chromosomes, though studies recently say that that too may become irrelevant. Honestly, there's evidence all over the animal...
I'm just going by the original post here as there seems to be a whole bunch of strange arguments in the mix of general information. With gender,...
I think George R. R. Martin said there were two kinds of writers, the gardner, who plans their seeds and watches it grows (tending here and there...
My characters tend to shape themselves as well. I'll give them a goal and from that, it's like they build themselves and all I'm doing is tweaking...
I don't see the issue in writing diversity, why get up in arms over it? Characters don't have to be white. I'm not saying other cultures, just...
So as I develop my current novel, I find myself building off the Seelie and Unseelie courts of the fae world. Currently what I'm trying to do is...
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