Hi, there! For a little context, my male MC has grown with abusive and cruel parents. He watched his siblings die one by one because of the...
how to come up with a plot is something that has been extensively discussed everywhere, in fact there are many books, blog posts, website pages,...
I’m writing in first-person. My MC (21) lost her emotions in her childhood. In the main story, she tries to get them back in various ways....
A common recommendation seems to be to write what you know emotionally. I can’t write what I want, so I’m thinking about changing the conflict...
Have you ever gotten emotional while writing a certain scene? Like close to tears, or really angry that you want to go out and punch something?...
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,...
Let me emphasize. My character is at the doorstep of a an abandoned home after an apocalypse of which the reader has no clue about. I'm trying...
Hi all, I'm looking for something stronger than "sincerely" to end a letter with. The usual "warm regards" and "sincerely" or "yours sincerely"...
Is there a real difference between the two? Don't both perform some type of action? I know emotional beats may be about the state of the character...
Let's say you have a hero that focuses not on punishing criminals but on saving people. What kind of motivation would he need to keep doing that?...
This is hard to explain, I don't know myself what is missing but I'll try my best to explain! I guess the main point is that I can never seem to...
I had an idea for a play, and I acted upon it. I've developed characters and a setting, but my plot/main character is really flimsy. Basically,...
heyo! In this little bit I started writing, the protagonist has just experienced lots of trauma. I didn't write or describe what happened, but...
So I'm working on a sub-story to another book I'm working on, in hopes this mostly pre-planned story will give me ideas for the main book (this...
Okay. Today marks the third day I cried while writing. I get why I did this and the other times but I just wanted to share. I also wanted to open...
Hi, I'm part way through the second novella in my Wizard at Law series, and looking for interesting ideas as to what my wizard Thomas Crow can...
I wanted to introduce myself because I plan on using this forum heavily now that I've found it. My name is Chris, I'm 29 years old, and I live...
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