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Ryan_L
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13 votes

Mother is writing a book, thinks writing her life stories is same as telling them

9 votes

How to have characters talk about making explosives without the FBI showing up here?

9 votes

Are "non-readers" useful beta readers?

4 votes

Is no religion a bad thing?

4 votes

Making the death of background characters sad

4 votes
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Where to find industrial schematics or blue prints for reference?

4 votes

Can justifying "boobplate" armor in the fantasy genre damage its credibility as a serious setting?

3 votes

How explicit can violence and sex be in a YA novel?

3 votes

Should my main character make a ginormous mistake?

2 votes

What are great examples of fiction where characters draw on their past to make decisions in the present?

2 votes

Do I Need To Show My Character's Meeting in my Novel?

2 votes

Writing a novel for a charitable cause for free?

2 votes

Pitfalls to avoid when using the "GM technique" for fantasy writing

2 votes

Mentioning famous person in autobiography

2 votes

Plot twist where the antagonist wins

1 vote

Is writing about your childhood in creative writing/fiction class necessary?

1 vote

Do readers not like a book if it's too dark and the characters almost never win?

1 vote

How to avoid overdoing deconstructive tendencies in writing?

0 votes

Skipping telling to get to the showing - pros and cons

0 votes

How to subvert expectations and abort plotlines without alienating the reader?

0 votes

How to end a story without reaching a new status quo?

0 votes

How to present an alien culture with different morals, without it coming across as savage?

0 votes

How do I write a MODERN combat/violence scene without being dry?