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Q&A Averting Always Chaotic Evil

5 answers  ·  last activity 11 months ago by Mark Baker‭

Question fiction technique creative-writing antagonist tropes
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Q&A Averting Real Women Don’t Wear Dresses

7 answers  ·  last activity about 1 year ago by System‭

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Q&A Including disabled characters without "inspiration porn"

6 answers  ·  last activity about 1 year ago by System‭

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Q&A Avoiding the "not like other girls" trope?

7 answers  ·  last activity about 1 year ago by System‭

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Q&A How do I avoid the "chosen hero" feeling?

10 answers  ·  last activity about 1 year ago by System‭

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Q&A Trying to avoid being cliché

3 answers  ·  last activity about 1 year ago by System‭

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Q&A How do you write boy & girl protagonists without turning them into a love story?

10 answers  ·  last activity about 1 year ago by System‭

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Q&A Resource for generic plot hooks?

1 answer  ·  last activity about 1 year ago by System‭

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Q&A Non-cheap ways to make villains evil?

2 answers  ·  last activity about 1 year ago by System‭

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Q&A Avoiding cliches when writing gods

6 answers  ·  last activity about 1 year ago by System‭

Question world-building mythology tropes
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Q&A Using real words from a foreign culture feels like 'Calling a rabbit a "smeerp"'

5 answers  ·  last activity about 1 year ago by System‭

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Q&A Averting Protagonist-Centred Morality

2 answers  ·  last activity about 1 year ago by System‭

Question technique creative-writing character-development tropes protagonist
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Q&A How to Write an Eldritch Abomination?

1 answer  ·  last activity about 1 year ago by System‭

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Q&A Dead parents: something to avoid?

3 answers  ·  last activity about 1 year ago by System‭

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Q&A Averting Bathos

3 answers  ·  last activity about 1 year ago by System‭

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Q&A Subverting the emotional woman and stoic man trope

3 answers  ·  last activity about 1 year ago by System‭

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Q&A Writing a love interest for my hero

5 answers  ·  last activity about 1 year ago by System‭

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Q&A Non-trope happy ending?

5 answers  ·  last activity about 1 year ago by System‭

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Q&A How is a semordnilap typically used?

1 answer  ·  last activity about 1 year ago by System‭

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Q&A Can dream reveals make good climaxes for a POV’s internal struggle?

4 answers  ·  last activity about 1 year ago by System‭

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Q&A How to defeat a strategic mastermind without throwing the idiotball? [closed]

2 answers  ·  last activity about 1 year ago by System‭

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Q&A What makes for a successful resurrection?

3 answers  ·  last activity about 1 year ago by System‭

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Q&A Is there any way to get around having everyone in the world speak the same language? [closed]

6 answers  ·  last activity about 1 year ago by System‭

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Q&A Is killing off one of my queer characters homophobic?

3 answers  ·  last activity about 1 year ago by System‭

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Q&A What's it called when the bad guy gets eaten?

1 answer  ·  last activity about 1 year ago by System‭

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Q&A What are some bad ways to subvert tropes?

5 answers  ·  last activity about 1 year ago by System‭

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Q&A Term for a character that only exists to be talked to

1 answer  ·  last activity about 1 year ago by System‭

Question terminology characters tropes
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Q&A How can I convince my reader that I will not use a certain trope?

7 answers  ·  last activity about 1 year ago by System‭

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Q&A How do I subvert the tropes of a train heist?

8 answers  ·  last activity about 1 year ago by System‭

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Q&A How can I make an eldritch abomination out of humanity? [closed]

1 answer  ·  last activity about 1 year ago by System‭

Question fiction fan-fiction characters creative-writing tropes
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Q&A How to compactly explain secondary and tertiary characters without resorting to stereotypes?

4 answers  ·  last activity about 1 year ago by System‭

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Q&A Chekhov's gun, but it's just "useless" background info

0 answers  ·  last activity about 1 year ago by System‭

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Q&A Is the "hero guy saves girl" trope misogynistic?

1 answer  ·  last activity about 1 year ago by System‭

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Q&A Why using the "It Was All Just a Dream" Trope?

3 answers  ·  last activity about 1 year ago by System‭

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Q&A How to make a harmless villain

2 answers  ·  last activity about 1 year ago by System‭

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Q&A Avoiding Darkness-Induced Audience Apathy

2 answers  ·  last activity about 1 year ago by System‭

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Q&A How Many Tropes Are Allowed In a Short Story?

1 answer  ·  last activity about 1 year ago by System‭

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Q&A How can I convey an absolute truth from the author to the reader without a mentor character?

2 answers  ·  last activity about 1 year ago by System‭

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Q&A What are some tropes associated with social acceptance or rejection of infants with supernatural abilities?

2 answers  ·  last activity about 1 year ago by System‭

Question fiction characters cliches tropes child-characters
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Q&A Avoiding "kill it off for DRAMA" trope whilst doing it

2 answers  ·  last activity about 1 year ago by System‭

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Q&A What does it mean to subvert a trope?

1 answer  ·  last activity about 1 year ago by System‭

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Q&A Handling different ethnicity groups in a work without stepping into racism or faux multiculturalism [closed]

1 answer  ·  last activity about 1 year ago by System‭

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Q&A From a writing standpoint, what is the value of Deus Ex Machina?

2 answers  ·  last activity about 1 year ago by System‭

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Q&A Reasons to use "red herrings"?

1 answer  ·  last activity about 1 year ago by System‭

Question screenwriting tropes
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Q&A Types of characters for three protagonist

1 answer  ·  last activity about 1 year ago by System‭

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Q&A Avoiding the "as you know" trope in exposition

3 answers  ·  last activity about 1 year ago by System‭

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Q&A Can writing actually be creative?

7 answers  ·  last activity about 1 year ago by System‭

Question ideas creative-writing philosophy tropes
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