I never plan my stories and the characters often emerge from the setting, the worldbuilding. Basically, I put them in situations to let their...
So for one I have like a "Neo" type where he's the protagonist. At first he works a lazy office job but then takes the red pill to free his mind...
How many main characters does your novel have? I'm working with four main ones. I feel like it's manageable without being too sparse. It's new...
If so how did that happen?:meh: :p
For my Asian-fantasy story set in a created country and magical university and city, I believe I have a lot of scope for conflicts but I'm not...
In my current story I have a female MC who uses every situation to her advantage, and has a solid goal she always strives for no matter what. Her...
I'm not sure they do, but I wondered what you guys thought. Physical descriptions feel a little like an afterthought and sometimes when I work...
When I wrote my rough draft, well puking it on paper and I did a lot of telling. I am now going back converting all the "telling" to "showing"....
Since it's officially Pride month, I thought this would be an interesting conversation to have. We all have different ways of creating our...
Please add character details let us all know how the character relates to the picture. I'm going to say posts any characters from your books....
The one-liner is a good practice. It should have a hook to create interest. It is more about your premise than just the protagonist. Think about...
As if in the middle of your story, make yourself randomly appear, shatter the fourth wall, let the characters know your the author, then talk...
I've started writing a story and I'm wondering if I can have some help developing my characters, I'm keeping it light with current main characters...
So my story requires my 5 main characters to join a club that dabbles in science and technology. I plan for most of them to be reluctant to join,...
Does anyone ever get emotional about your characters and what you put them through? Last night i was doing character development and a plot idea,...
Ok, this one is for all you people out there That Love Music & Story. If you listen to music while you write. I wanna hear it. If the characters...
So basically, throughout my fantasy, I seem to be having a huge problem writing Mishu’s POV. She’s blind, yet I’ve noticed (from what some told...
So my main writing project is for a, superficially, pretty familiar modern dark fantasy, hidden world type series. One of the things I am...
In my fantasy WIP, I have a shit ton of characters. Essentially a bunch of women are kidnapped and put through a series of trials orchestrated...
So, I have an unlikely group of crime solvers, tracking down suspects, piecing together the evidence and getting into a whole bunch of shenanigans...
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