Activity for Yuuza‭

Type	On...	Excerpt	Status	Date
Question	—	What are character flaws and what makes a good one? I mean, what exactly defines a flaw for a character? I know that the character's flaws should have at least some impact in the story, instead of being just a mere detail, but what makes flaw X better than flaw Y? Is it how much it impacts the story or how interesting it is? Diseases or personal probl... (more)	—	over 7 years ago
Question	—	Powers with unknown limits vs ones full of rules, limits and reasons? 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, it's not a book, but a multimedia work, i.e. such powers are visible, with flashy effects and all, inst... (more)	—	over 7 years ago
Question	—	Is it a bad habit to reveal most of the information still at the beginning of the story? This is a habit I have with my stories, and I think it's a bad practice. The story I'm writing isn't of the suspense genre, it's a mix of fantasy and realistic fiction, but a bit of "I wonder what/who/how would that be?", and showing the answers later on is never a bad thing (if well implemented). I... (more)	—	over 7 years ago
Question	—	Is it needed to add breaks in a depressive story? I'm writing a somewhat depressive story that has no comic reliefs and no happy scenes/moments (except the ending and one or two in the beginning). The only scenes that aren't sad or negative are the romantic scenes (although it becomes sad when the reader knows the story around it), the action scenes... (more)	—	almost 8 years ago
Question	—	A long backstory right at the beginning Just as I heard from various sources, a plot has to start with what the reader will find through most of it. And that's what I did, the first scene shown is the main event that triggers the story. Such scene includes action, romance, drama and violence, basically just what is seen throughout the stor... (more)	—	almost 8 years ago
Question	—	Do it your own way or inspire in already done ways? Firstly, I'm sorry if I end up being too vague in my question, but it's really hard for me to express exactly what is the problem. I was watching a video of a walkthrough of a game (Drakengard) and listening to the story, when then I remember one of the stories I'm writing, which is of a similar typ... (more)	—	almost 8 years ago
Question	—	How many subjects in the same story is "too many"? And is it too bad? The story I'm currently writing is a framed story where a recurring-depression-suffering writer that lost his wife [killed] in a war tells his life story in a symbolical fantasy world. Throughout the story, he doesn't just show the sub-story protagonist having his wife killed, but also going into a j... (more)	—	almost 8 years ago
Question	—	A villain that doesn't even know the hero's existence? In the story I'm writing, the villain is a tyrant who is taking over control of the world (a very small one, with only two continents) as he pleases. The hero and many other people are affected by his actions, besides many other sub problems he is causing. But then the hero rises and head to the vill... (more)	—	about 8 years ago
Question	—	Preventing spoilers in a short yet interesting synopsis of the story The story I'm writing is all about discovery, so 95% of it needs to be unknown by the reader at first. But I just don't know how to make a short description of it, for example when telling to a friend about the story, or even an official description, that doesn't spoils anything but still gives enoug... (more)	—	over 8 years ago
Question	—	A protagonist who knows little about the world he born and grew up in until majority (present)? This protagonist born and lives in a peasant village in a medieval-like age, where education and science aren't known much. But a certain awful event occurs in this village that leads this character to leave his homeland and starts a journey to put an end to the causer of such event. But many things... (more)	—	over 8 years ago
Question	—	For trilogies, is there any order of time periods the story should follow that is considered more appropriate? Like totally chronological (starting in the beginning of the world's story events and going on to the future), or in the present-past-future order, or another? Is there any specific time order better or more advantageous than the others? (more)	—	over 8 years ago
Question	—	Naming a book in a language different from where it would be published: is it good? The book is being written in Portuguese, would it be bad if the name is in English? The name is just "The Awakening". I prefer the title in English because it sounds better than in Portuguese ("O Despertar"), which sounds a bit like a generic fiction. But would it be good? Because "awakening" is a w... (more)	—	over 9 years ago

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