Yuuza‭

Following up on my previous question, "How to make the villain's motives understandable if his logic is flawed?", how can I let the reader know that the lack of logic is on the character's side, in...

9 answers  ·  posted 5y ago by Yuuza‭  ·  edited 3y ago by Monica Cellio‭

I'm in a dilemma: I don't want my characters to have flawless, limitless and bad-consequence-less powers, but I also don't want to have my creativity limited by such rules and limits. In my case, i...

2 answers  ·  posted 6y ago by Yuuza‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭

Sometimes I have a great idea of sentence (usually for a dialogue) and it is just so nice, beautiful, epic, badass, powerful, or whatever other positive impression. However, sometimes I read it aga...

3 answers  ·  posted 6y ago by Yuuza‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭

I have some theories that I've contrived, some are philosophical, others are logical or physical, and some are just jokes about life told in a theory format. But I'd like to use some of these theor...

2 answers  ·  posted 6y ago by Yuuza‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭

I have a story I'm writing which envisions some sequels. However, although the timeline and world are the same, such sequels are so different from each other that I feel I'm causing too many deep p...

2 answers  ·  posted 6y ago by Yuuza‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭

I want to make my art, to express with no limits. However, I also need to profit with it. If I sell my art purely, the readers might not understand, like or be interested in it, and thus resulting ...

1 answer  ·  posted 6y ago by Yuuza‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭

Or in other words, is the plot/story more important than how it is executed? I'll use as an example a fantasy I'm writing. If I boil it down in a few words, it would be "a kinda-typical-but-differ...

4 answers  ·  posted 6y ago by Yuuza‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭

I have a story where the protagonist, who is a warrior meant to be the story's hero, has several unlikable traits. He is proud, kind of cold, has a hatred for the people of the enemy State (without...

3 answers  ·  posted 5y ago by Yuuza‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭

I have a character in my story who has the habit of making philosophic observations about life and the functioning of things, or his opinion/vision about something. Although most of his observati...

3 answers  ·  posted 5y ago by Yuuza‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭

In a story I'm writing, the villain has his motives for his attitudes. However, he is very mentally disturbed, which makes the logic of his motives be kind of illogic to other people (including the...

0 answers  ·  posted 5y ago by Yuuza‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭

In one of my wanderings through the interwebs, I stumbled upon the idea that "neutral stories are boring". A neutral story is a story that doesn't support any side, i.e. an impartial story that jus...

2 answers  ·  posted 6y ago by Yuuza‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭

It's commonly said, mainly here on Writing SE and mainly by Mark Baker's answers, that "a story is a promise". The beginning of the story sets the promise and the ending fulfills it. A story that d...

3 answers  ·  posted 6y ago by Yuuza‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭

I have a story which has some controversial social problems, and my intention is to just show these issues (for drama) realistically and impartially (i.e. just showing the facts, without imposing a...

3 answers  ·  posted 6y ago by Yuuza‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭

I came across such statement here on Writing SE and I don't agree much with it. But what I'd like to know is why would it be "impossible" to make good characters using real people. Searching about...

10 answers  ·  posted 5y ago by Yuuza‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭

I have a story I'm writing which has a villain that, in order to make him more human/developed, I gave him a relatable, tragic and/or disturbing life story, gave him plenty of reasons to be who he ...

4 answers  ·  posted 5y ago by Yuuza‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭