So, one of my favorite YouTube channels is Overly Sarcastic Productions, in particular the "Trope Talk" bits. The one trope mentioned was the...
Say you have a protagonist who, at the start of a story, has been through the absolute ringer (death of a loved one, betrayal, hunted), they're at...
So I was watching some youtube videos a couple of days ago where a guy talked about superhero movies, and in two separate videos he brought up...
My main character is basically a "Chosen One" in the story (they're called Seraphim and he just became one at the beginning) but because of that...
For a lot of fantasy heroes, the story starts off with them living an ordinary life in their village or farm before something happens changing...
Im writing a trilogy that has my antagonist start as a hero along with my protagonist. My Protagonist is a human prince, an heir to the most...
I'm always a fan of seeing strong and capable women in books and film. I used to have a HUGE admiration and respect for Katniss Everdeen. She had...
A lot of people on this forum use terms like hero and villain when talking about their characters. But don't these lines get blurred quite often...
So, I've got these two characters, Harry and Martha. Harry's a villain, Martha's a hero, and they're totally okay with each other. Before I ask my...
"You can keep denying your crimes, and say that what you do is justified, that it is for the greater good, but someday you will have to realize...
I've been working on a book for some time now and will finally be publishing it this year. One of my last hang ups is that I'm not sure my...
Hey all, I'm struggling to figure out what to do...how to write my story...first of all there is the matter of First-Person and Third-Person...I...
One of my main characters is too good. He's a good fighter, an excellent strategist, rather good-looking, honorable, kind, and so on. In the kind...
Does anyone follow the classic 12 stage model?
I'm writing a story that's a satire on teen superhero stories where the villain, Aldous Sphinx, realizes he's fighting a kid and he's like, "what...
Haven't yet worked out if this is older middle grade or young adult--I want to get it all written first and figure out the audience, then trim it/...
One of my male characters kills their lover/son's mother to save his son. The mother tried to kill their son. I wanted to make this a gray area in...
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?...
I am writing a story that concerns the main character being a "hero". However when developing his character I realized that I was not sure how...
Hi, this is my first post so I am a bit of nervous... So anyways I have started to write a story but due to some restrictions my protagonist...
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