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Posts by Yuuza‭

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Q&A How to make the reader think that the *character's* logic is flawed instead of the author's?

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 6y ago by Yuuza‭  ·  edited 3y ago by Monica Cellio‭

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Q&A How to make the villain's motives understandable if his logic is flawed?

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

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Q&A 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, i...

2 answers  ·  posted 7y ago by Yuuza‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭

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Q&A Can I make a character make a philosophic observation or say their opinion, even if it's unnecessary for the plot/story?

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

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Q&A How to prevent turning off the reader at first with a protagonist with unlikeable traits but that becomes better later on?

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

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Q&A When my story has a powerful phrase but that loses its power when I read it again in the next day, should I keep it or remove it?

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

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Q&A If I unnofficially create a theory and use it in my story, will it have any validity that I'm the author of such theory?

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

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Q&A Is it a bad habit to cause too many deep permanent changes in the status quo of a story that envisions sequels?

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

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Q&A To make my art or to work for the readers? (For a profits-intended work)

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

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Q&A Is the "what" more important than the "how"?

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

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Q&A Is a neutral/impartial story "boring"?

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

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Q&A How to make the villain relatable/human without making the hero seem like a monster for killing him?

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

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

In a story I'm writing, there's a villain who is a genius strategist that can get anything he wants, whatever it is, by developing perfect strategies that can have only two possible outcomes: 1, su...

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

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Q&A "Real people don't make good fictional characters". Really true?

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

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Q&A How to *show* a controversial reality without seeming like I'm treating it as acceptable and without making it explicit that this is wrong?

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

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Q&A How do I spot an unintentional promise in my story?

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

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Q&A 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...

2 answers  ·  posted 8y ago by Yuuza‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭

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Q&A Should I be concerned about relatability or can I just tell the story the way it is?

As far as I understood from my readings, relatability seems to be one of the most important aspects of a good story. A relatable character is a character that makes the reader say "I know that feel...

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

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Q&A "The more fleshed out the character is, the more the reader will care about him". Always true?

I have a problem with the protagonist of one of my stories. In the story he's in, he dies at the end (self-sacrifice), so I readily made sure to flesh him out the most possible, because, at least i...

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

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Q&A Tracing the line between a (genuinely) dramatic and a melodramatic/over-dramatic story

By definition, melodrama is a clearly exaggerated drama, in which the characters' actions, reactions and speeches are intentionally very exaggerated. However, through my readings here on Writers SE...

1 answer  ·  posted 7y ago by Yuuza‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭

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Q&A Variations of the same story?

I have a story I'm writing, and since when I started, it changed many times the route and focus, and in some of these changes, I found two possible paths for the story to advance on, and I already ...

3 answers  ·  posted 7y ago by Yuuza‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭

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Q&A 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 bett...

4 answers  ·  posted 7y ago by Yuuza‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭

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Q&A 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/...

2 answers  ·  posted 7y ago by Yuuza‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭

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Q&A 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 th...

3 answers  ·  posted 7y ago by Yuuza‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭

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Q&A 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. ...

3 answers  ·  posted 7y ago by Yuuza‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭

Question plot structure