wetcircuit's user avatar
wetcircuit's user avatar
wetcircuit's user avatar
wetcircuit
  • Member for 6 years, 10 months
  • Last seen this week
81 votes
Accepted

What is meant by "purposeful, habitual, and gratuitous" actions?

73 votes

How to trick the reader into thinking they're following a redshirt instead of the protagonist?

53 votes

Why write a book when there's a movie in my head?

45 votes

Is my story "too diverse"?

42 votes

What makes an ending tragic?

41 votes
Accepted

Choosing between two people in a romance?

39 votes

Are wands in any sort of book going to be too much like Harry Potter?

36 votes
Accepted

How many characters are too many?

35 votes
Accepted

Explaining made up card game

34 votes

Is it considered lazy writing to have a dry prelude at the start of a book?

33 votes

Should a narrator ever describe things based on a character's view instead of facts?

31 votes
Accepted

Would it be a copyright violation if I made a character’s full name refer to a song?

31 votes

The role of the supernatural in hard science fiction

28 votes
Accepted

I can't afford an editor because my book is too long! What should I do?

28 votes

Is it ok to use "aluminium" in an otherwise American English text?

24 votes

How to describe POV characters?

22 votes

What are the words that were used during Shakespeare's time that are seldom used nowadays?

21 votes

Is an easily guessed plot twist a good plot twist?

20 votes
Accepted

Is it alright to kill off a character without setting up death flags?

20 votes

Too soon for a plot twist?

20 votes

Are there any established rules for splitting books into parts, chapters, sections etc?

20 votes

Introduce a character and forget about them until the last chapter?

19 votes

Plot twist where the antagonist wins

19 votes

What are some bad ways to subvert tropes?

19 votes
Accepted

Are paired adjectives bad style?

18 votes

Is straight-up writing someone's opinions telling?

18 votes
Accepted

I cannot figure out the exact genre (and target audience) of my book

17 votes
Accepted

How to Write Like a Little Kid

17 votes

Referencing modern pop culture in science fiction

17 votes

The unknown and unexplained in science fiction

1
2 3 4 5
14