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How do you keep an antagonist as morally grey even after they cause serious harm/conflict?

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How do I balance immature levity and flaws and character growth?

answered Feb 20, 2020 at 3:02

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How to create suspense when the conclusion is known?

answered Feb 14, 2020 at 14:10

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How do I write LGBTQ+ characters for a romance story, as a non-LGBTQ+ person, without using potentially offensive stereotypes

answered Feb 20, 2020 at 3:11

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Which is more readable - array of ints or int array?

answered Jun 28, 2022 at 20:31

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How do I smartly skip necessary scenes without causing an imbalance in the story?

answered Jul 10, 2022 at 3:49

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I find it tough to write my fictional stories in anything other than past tense, why is this?

answered Feb 20, 2020 at 20:10

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What is "head popping" and why is it bad?

answered Jan 10, 2020 at 23:00

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Rules of Misdirection in Stories

answered Feb 13, 2020 at 19:40

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How to write about characters interacting with family?

answered Feb 28, 2020 at 3:35

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Is my work urban fantasy or paranormal romance?

answered Jun 14, 2022 at 2:45

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How to use the phrase 'by my undertanding' in a formal essay? Or it is formal already?

answered Jan 4, 2020 at 19:51

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How to avoid being overwhelmed by your stories when you write them

answered Feb 13, 2020 at 19:25

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What makes a cliffhanger bad/good?

answered Feb 22, 2020 at 23:44

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Is the Agile planning methodology useful for the writing process of a fictional book?

answered Feb 24, 2020 at 19:28

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Should a question mark be used after an em dash that abruptly ends a sentence?

answered Jul 10, 2022 at 3:59

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Why would a character's parents allow them to go on a lethal quest?

answered Jul 13, 2022 at 18:04

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How do you perfectly describe a documentary or similar videos in a novel?

answered Jun 30, 2022 at 13:07

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How to express a foreign language's regionalisms while writing in English?

answered Jun 30, 2022 at 13:32

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Can a story have a monster called the "Venomancer"?

answered Jun 29, 2022 at 14:27

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Writing a story that's a reference or tribute to two stories, is that fairly common or rare? Are there examples?

answered Jun 23, 2022 at 18:52

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Stop thinking own work is stupid

answered Jun 23, 2022 at 19:08

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Writing a narcissistic psychopath as a compelling protagonist

answered Feb 26, 2020 at 16:50

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Mixing indirect and direct speech in fiction

answered Jun 25, 2022 at 21:19

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What is the format for referring to un-named characters?

answered Jun 27, 2022 at 19:04

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How can you show that people are showing antipathy towards a character without using or by using minimal dialogues in a comics?

answered Jun 27, 2022 at 19:27

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Should the prologue count towards the story beats?

answered Jun 28, 2022 at 20:33

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Would an equals sign as secondary language exact quotes be misinterpreted in literary fiction?

answered Jun 30, 2022 at 13:38

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Searching for a word about a particular feeling

answered Feb 25, 2020 at 17:13

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In a series, do the stakes have to be higher than in the book before?

answered Jun 14, 2022 at 1:39

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How do you keep an antagonist as morally grey even after they cause serious harm/conflict?

How do I balance immature levity and flaws and character growth?

How to create suspense when the conclusion is known?

How do I write LGBTQ+ characters for a romance story, as a non-LGBTQ+ person, without using potentially offensive stereotypes

Which is more readable - array of ints or int array?

How do I smartly skip necessary scenes without causing an imbalance in the story?

I find it tough to write my fictional stories in anything other than past tense, why is this?

What is "head popping" and why is it bad?

Rules of Misdirection in Stories

How to write about characters interacting with family?

Is my work urban fantasy or paranormal romance?

How to use the phrase 'by my undertanding' in a formal essay? Or it is formal already?

How to avoid being overwhelmed by your stories when you write them

What makes a cliffhanger bad/good?

Is the Agile planning methodology useful for the writing process of a fictional book?

Should a question mark be used after an em dash that abruptly ends a sentence?

Why would a character's parents allow them to go on a lethal quest?

How do you perfectly describe a documentary or similar videos in a novel?

How to express a foreign language's regionalisms while writing in English?

Can a story have a monster called the "Venomancer"?

Writing a story that's a reference or tribute to two stories, is that fairly common or rare? Are there examples?

Stop thinking own work is stupid

Writing a narcissistic psychopath as a compelling protagonist

Mixing indirect and direct speech in fiction

What is the format for referring to un-named characters?

How can you show that people are showing antipathy towards a character without using or by using minimal dialogues in a comics?

Should the prologue count towards the story beats?

Would an equals sign as secondary language exact quotes be misinterpreted in literary fiction?

Searching for a word about a particular feeling

In a series, do the stakes have to be higher than in the book before?