I'm generally curious, also one of my favorite authors has often said, "my books all have sad endings because I believe you should leave the happy...
How might a discussion go before one person kills another? Or what might it look like? I have a group of characters all sitting together at a...
Excuse my poor choice of words, it's kinda hard to pull off in a simple sentence. What I'm trying to ask is, how do I pull off the death of a...
I can't exactly describe exactly what I want to go for here. For me, the most impacting deaths are the ones that make you stop reading to...
Would you prefer a death scene of a character complete with final thoughts and words, and have it be really romanticized, for death at least? Or...
Long post warning. Hello, In my WIP, I have a set of what I call my four main characters. The story is set in a post-apocalyptic world, so...
Hi! First off, I’ll say that I’m new here, so if I’m doing something wrong or posting this in the wrong place, please let me know and I’m sorry....
Hey everyone. I would like to write a novel but I'm having a lot of trouble with the set up. The story is set in 1989 about an 11 year old girl...
I got really good answers to my previous question, so i decided to ask a new one:) In my novel, three of my heroes are caught by the enemy,...
Hi! I've just joined here and I hope I'm posting this in the right place. I am working on a short story concept that I've tried coming at from a...
My novel is a horror/sci-fi. A supporting character is a pakistani muslim who lives with his fiance and her family (who are a different culture...
I'm not religious, I don't believe in the paranormal or that we can contact the dead, but something in me finds it very hard to accept that when...
Working on one of my stories and having some trouble sticking the landing here at the end. Basically this villain has tortured the MC both...
It seems like a lot of people here talk about killing off characters. I will admit, I kill characters. I don't know what it is, sometimes I just...
So, I had a story I had asked for help on previously, but I have since abandoned the project due to situations not permitting me to write. I lost...
WARNING: By its nature, this thread will likely be very spoiler-heavy. Proceed at own risk. (maybe spoiler tags would be a good idea?) Title says...
At the beginning of my novel, one of my characters dies. She is in her home when she dies of what initially appears to be complications from her...
So I'm in the market for a terminal illness, not for me but for my character. Normally I'd try to find something myself but today I thought I'd...
Generally speaking, you want to keep it a secret if a character dies or not, to the reader, because otherwise, it would take away the emotional...
Hello! I've had major writers' block for soooo long. I've just recently /finally/ figured out a plot line worth digging into and writing, but I...
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