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16 votes

How to prevent seeming like a Marty Stu-ish villain is cheating?

answered Apr 16, 2018 at 9:09

16 votes

How to manage getting depressed by what my main character goes through?

answered Apr 19, 2018 at 18:37

13 votes

What's the difference between Deus Ex Machina and coincidence?

answered Aug 6, 2020 at 14:28

8 votes

Mixing humour with horror in fiction

answered May 30, 2018 at 21:20

8 votes

Can I use freewriting for fiction writing?

answered Jan 30, 2018 at 0:59

7 votes

How should I introduce multiple characters without it being repetitive?

answered Jan 26, 2018 at 4:34

7 votes

"Too modern" words

answered Jul 1, 2018 at 10:27

5 votes

When using mythology in your writing, can you change certain small aspects of some myths to fit into your story?

answered Apr 19, 2018 at 1:45

5 votes

How to write about what you don't know?

answered Jan 30, 2018 at 15:29

4 votes

How do you handle violence in a story with a female as the main villian?

answered Jan 28, 2018 at 19:02

4 votes

How can you make "evil vs evil" interesting?

answered Apr 20, 2018 at 2:56

4 votes

Finding a cause when you already have the effect?

answered Apr 18, 2018 at 23:22

4 votes

Should foreshadowing be close to the main event?

answered Apr 28, 2018 at 12:33

3 votes

I am searching for a word/name that fits a person that has the ability to swap bodies with another human

answered Apr 21, 2018 at 3:30

3 votes

How do you write a story about a team?

answered May 28, 2018 at 16:11

3 votes

How to get past the cringe factor of reviewing my earliest writing attempts?

answered Jan 20, 2018 at 3:01

3 votes

Set multiple Trilogies in the same timeline?

answered Jan 8, 2018 at 0:49

3 votes

Way to write an unnamed character?

answered Feb 25, 2018 at 22:19

2 votes

How do you write an attack scene for a story using the technique "Show, don't tell"?

answered Mar 4, 2018 at 5:52

2 votes

Working out details of a technology concept

answered Jan 12, 2018 at 0:30

2 votes

Is it legal for my book title to be similar to another book's title?

answered Jan 24, 2018 at 9:28

2 votes

Two magical realities, ours isn't one of them. How do I stop my readers from getting confused?

answered Jan 24, 2018 at 21:46

2 votes

Is there a definition for formatting plain text documents like they are on TLDP.org?

answered May 30, 2018 at 21:25

2 votes

How to write two seemingly different characters that are actually the same person?

answered Apr 23, 2018 at 13:07

2 votes

How to make side-characters look competent next to the chosen one?

answered May 1, 2018 at 15:44

2 votes

Can I plug a loophole in my magic rules without rewriting the whole novel?

answered May 24, 2018 at 15:29

2 votes

Is it okay to switch protagonists between books, if the main protagonist is a hidden "actor"?

answered Apr 8, 2018 at 18:47

2 votes

Am I starting my story too late in its timeline?

answered Oct 9, 2020 at 11:16

2 votes

Should fairies be capitalized?

answered Dec 31, 2019 at 12:49

1 vote

Is this a tacky ending?

answered Jan 26, 2020 at 2:32

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41 Answers

How to prevent seeming like a Marty Stu-ish villain is cheating?

How to manage getting depressed by what my main character goes through?

What's the difference between Deus Ex Machina and coincidence?

Mixing humour with horror in fiction

Can I use freewriting for fiction writing?

How should I introduce multiple characters without it being repetitive?

"Too modern" words

When using mythology in your writing, can you change certain small aspects of some myths to fit into your story?

How to write about what you don't know?

How do you handle violence in a story with a female as the main villian?

How can you make "evil vs evil" interesting?

Finding a cause when you already have the effect?

Should foreshadowing be close to the main event?

I am searching for a word/name that fits a person that has the ability to swap bodies with another human

How do you write a story about a team?

How to get past the cringe factor of reviewing my earliest writing attempts?

Set multiple Trilogies in the same timeline?

Way to write an unnamed character?

How do you write an attack scene for a story using the technique "Show, don't tell"?

Working out details of a technology concept

Is it legal for my book title to be similar to another book's title?

Two magical realities, ours isn't one of them. How do I stop my readers from getting confused?

Is there a definition for formatting plain text documents like they are on TLDP.org?

How to write two seemingly different characters that are actually the same person?

How to make side-characters look competent next to the chosen one?

Can I plug a loophole in my magic rules without rewriting the whole novel?

Is it okay to switch protagonists between books, if the main protagonist is a hidden "actor"?

Am I starting my story too late in its timeline?

Should fairies be capitalized?

Is this a tacky ending?