Posts by nijineko
It is possible to accomplish this by divorcing the identity of the antagonist from their presence. If the antagonist has a presence (leaves notes, origami figures, small unicorn statues, a symbol...
Makes an emotional and social impact Making a point of how many women and/or children perished or were harmed in a given event makes a larger emotional and social impact. It turns the causative en...
Webnovel.com has a writing guide, and many of their works have exactly the rpg-based genre you speak of. The genre and trope is very popular in Asia.
I like to use the solution of Louis McMaster Bujold when I have been faced with that problem. She said, and I paraphrase, "...I try to think of what would be the worst possible thing that could h...
The only way to not be criticized, is to not share. If you must post, put it to a Dropbox or Drive account and then make select content shareable with temp links to select people. Control who can ...
Read. Watch. Take notes. Read books, read newspapers, study history, watch movies and plays... and take notes. You will find examples full of backstabbing, betrayal, dirty dealing, clever scheme...
Copyright law varies by country, so there is no simple answer. But if the first thing readers think of after reading the character description is someone else's character... then you are in dange...