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Apr 30, 2020: +28

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Dumping an entire world for dramatic effect?

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What makes a character irredeemable?

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How to realistically describe pain?

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I feel like most of my characters are the same, what can I do?

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How to ensure that neurotic or annoying characters don't get tiring in the long run

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How to write characters doing illogical things in a believable way?

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Leaving wiggling room for your characters while avoiding contradictions

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Multi-threaded combat, how to ensure that it's not confusing?

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Sympathetic Racist

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Can I keep my characters in my book or should I just give up with them?

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How can a "rip-off" still be good?

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Can justifying "boobplate" armor in the fantasy genre damage its credibility as a serious setting?

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How to do political humor

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How to make stock death speech great again?

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How do you handle it when a controversial philosophy is an essential part of your story?

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Making the death of background characters sad

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How to do reference jokes right?

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The basics of making a "reason you suck speech" that doesn't feel contrived

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How to make my story structure less repetitive?

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I want to start writing again: original project or new one?

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how to write a rant?

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Avoiding "kill it off for DRAMA" trope whilst doing it

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Tips for making writing move fluidly

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Handling different ethnicity groups in a work without stepping into racism or faux multiculturalism

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

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Stripping the Main Character's Plot Armour?

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How far can insults go in a "Young Adult" novel?

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Writing from a hive mind POV

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How can you redeem an awful character, who hits close to home?

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How can you redeem an awful character, who hits close to home?

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Mar 31, 2020: -1

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How to realistically describe pain?

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Feb 20, 2020: -1

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What makes a strong mental image?

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Feb 19, 2020: +1

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How to write characters doing illogical things in a believable way?

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What makes a character irredeemable?

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How to write characters doing illogical things in a believable way?

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Feb 14, 2020: -7

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Can you discard the plot for a better character arc?

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How can you redeem an awful character, who hits close to home?

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I feel like most of my characters are the same, what can I do?

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How to ensure that neurotic or annoying characters don't get tiring in the long run

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Leaving wiggling room for your characters while avoiding contradictions

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Sympathetic Racist

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Can I keep my characters in my book or should I just give up with them?

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Feb 4, 2020: -1

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Dumping an entire world for dramatic effect?

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Jan 31, 2020: +1

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Dumping an entire world for dramatic effect?

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Jan 30, 2020: +3

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I feel like most of my characters are the same, what can I do?

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How to ensure that neurotic or annoying characters don't get tiring in the long run

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Leaving wiggling room for your characters while avoiding contradictions

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How to ensure that neurotic or annoying characters don't get tiring in the long run

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Jan 21, 2020: +2

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Dumping an entire world for dramatic effect?

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Where's the balance between realism and story?

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Dec 17, 2019: -1

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Where can I find resources about writing a litRPG book?

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