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How to detach yourself from a character you're going to kill?
May 28 '19 at 16:03
43
How to write a character that knows a lot about explosives?
Nov 6 '17 at 9:42
37
How do you normalize a taboo custom in a setting that most readers would not agree with?
Oct 7 '18 at 12:33
36
How to Write an Eldritch Abomination?
Aug 17 '18 at 8:59
33
Using real words from a foreign culture feels like 'Calling a rabbit a “smeerp”'
Dec 11 '18 at 9:16
27
Referring to different instances of the same character in time travel
Jul 10 '19 at 11:54
27
Will it be accepted, if there is no ''Main Character" stereotype?
Mar 26 '19 at 8:58
23
How do you cope with rejection?
May 16 '19 at 12:43
23
What is a subtle way of mentioning a man became physically aroused?
Nov 8 '18 at 11:00
22
Should you avoid redundant information after dialogue?
Jul 12 '19 at 8:46
20
How is character development a major role in the plot of a story
May 27 '19 at 9:12
20
Writing short stories in an original world setting
Feb 11 '19 at 10:30
18
Should I include an appendix for inessential, yet related worldbuilding to my story?
Jun 17 '19 at 9:26
18
What makes a siege story/plot interesting?
Mar 28 '19 at 13:42
18
Naming Characters after Friends/Family
Mar 7 '19 at 11:01
16
Not having any white MC's?
Jan 25 '19 at 9:40
15
I noticed that several already-existing poems used the same highly specific puns and phrases that I used. Is this unintentional plagiarism on my part?
Dec 7 '18 at 10:45
15
Do readers need to identify with fictional characters?
Nov 5 '18 at 9:44
14
Avoiding spectacle creep
Oct 10 '18 at 18:17
13
How do I differentiate between the “voices” of my characters in a multi-character POV?
Sep 10 '18 at 13:12
12
Would it be better to write a trilogy over a much longer series?
Aug 28 '19 at 10:28
11
Outlining the climax made me lose interest in writing the actual story
Nov 13 '19 at 7:58
11
When should a character refer his dad or someone close in third impersonal person?
Jul 11 '19 at 9:10
11
Is it expected that a reader will skip parts of what you write?
Jun 5 '19 at 11:02
11
Do I need to convey a moral for each of my blog posts?
Mar 18 '19 at 11:11
10
When writing in third person perspective, how do you differentiate the 'she' or the 'he' from the other 'he's and 'she's?
Nov 21 '19 at 8:09
10
How to write strategy and schemes beyond my real-life capabilities?
Oct 25 '19 at 12:04
10
How do discovery writers hibernate?
Jul 31 '19 at 15:11
10
What do you call a fact that doesn't match the settings?
Mar 2 '19 at 16:45
10
Is the sentence “Love not self - love no one” easily understandable to an English reader?
Jan 15 '19 at 10:56
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