I'm no expert myself. I'm afraid you'll have to look that up on your own. Writing fiction based on existing cultures requires quite a lot of...
Hm. That's a good idea; a bullet through the frontal cortex would certainly be considered a "traumatic brain injury." Still, I don't think that...
Just a little piece of advice, starting the story off with a pacing speed-bump like a fight scene is almost never a good idea. Especially if it's...
I like the idea of a fish samurai. If going "futuristic" makes it a little more awkward, there's nothing compelling you to do so. As for power...
I'm probably doing Camp Nano this year, and my one major idea right now revolves around a character with the dreaded amnesia trope, where a...
Huh. So it's not that we don't KNOW why they act one way and not the other, they act all ways until something forces them to "decide?"
Still more efficient to just eat pigs... like, a pig farm of similar size would be way more sustainable than a human farm, regardless of quality,...
Huh. Good point. I could see eating sapient beings as a ritualistic/cultural rite in an alien culture. Most human cultures got over it, but in...
Not sure if this is off-topic or not, but... I know I have been guilty of misunderstanding particle/wave duality and the concept of...
Oh, we CAN. It's just that research into doing so is killed in its infancy by people who would lose money on it.
Yeah, I've already figured out quite a few ways to use that angle for fun detours. The train having to head off-course to mate, a predatory worm...
Well, in point of theme, I hear it's best to only have a general idea for one and only really push for it on the second draft once you know where...
Best of luck, everyone! I already have my cabin, but an all writingforums.org cabin sounds like a sweet idea!
Eh. Depends on the tone of the work. In a fanfiction, it's a good sign of a mary sue. In regular fiction, it can be an attempt to get closer...
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