Activity for Mephistopheles‭

Type	On...	Excerpt	Status	Date
Question	—	Avoiding "kill it off for DRAMA" trope whilst doing it Why hello there, old sports. I guess we all know the spiel with this one, but I tell you anyway, using this handy-dandy step-list: 1. You introduce a character who is likable. 2. (optional)Keep him around for a while 3. Kill him/her off horrifyingly, and have the murderer bathe in his/her blood (may... (more)	—	over 6 years ago
Question	—	How to make "Joffrey like" characters for a "kick that son of a bitch " moment We know what I'm talking about. The feeling when the legal side of a story doesn't bothers us too much because we want to see Joffrey getting strangled with a string of sausages. So basically we want to see a character killing a hated one in the most brutal fashion possible. And all of this can free... (more)	—	over 6 years ago
Question	—	Tips for making writing move fluidly I think there's a problem in my writings, that I can describe as not being fluid, and lacking in smooth transitions. Based upon this, I'm interested in tips at shifting focus smoothly between paragraphs. Note: I'm not sure about whether the style tag fits this Q, feel free to remove it if not. (more)	—	over 6 years ago
Question	—	How to make good anti-heroes? Dr.House, the God-Emperor of Mankind, Han Solo, and so on, and so forth. Something is appealing about anti-heroes, for instance: Superman is bland, perfect and ultimately a bruh superhero, whose clones (like Captain Horrible Puns) are outright bad, whilst Tony Stark and Batman, who are basically the... (more)	—	over 6 years ago
Question	—	Weaving VERY IMPORTANT OPINIONS into a story without murdering it In Bad Webcomics Wiki, a place for reviews of bad webcomics, there's a common phrase: the "VERY IMPORTANT OPINIONS". > The novelists who endeavor to enforce what they are pleased to call "moral truths," cease to be artists. They create two kinds of characters -- types and caricatures. The first has ... (more)	—	over 6 years ago
Question	—	From a writing standpoint, what is the value of Deus Ex Machina? Deus ex machina is considered by TV Tropes to be a sub-trope to asspulling, and thus, often considered a bad writing trope. Now, unlike most other bad writing tropes, that have their roots in fanfiction, it has a nifty Latin name and dates back to Greek drama, (Deus Ex Machina, i.e.: god from machin... (more)	—	over 6 years ago
Question	—	Offensive aesthetics and naming conventions? So I'm writing a story that features an alien character, who happens to be a really "internet troll"-ish type with a somewhat godlike tech and a personal army of robots. He/She (?) is fond of Earth's history and likes contradictions, which leads to massive amounts of Earth references, especially off... (more)	—	almost 7 years ago

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