Posts by Secespitus
A hook is something that catches your reader in the first moments and continues to reel them in at a differing pace throughout your work. That's about it. The first page, if not the first coupl...
If your narrator knows about it and regularly tells the reader things that no character can possibly know it's fine If you are using a narrator that doesn't know more about the characters it would...
Your readers won't care about your age Sometimes an author will write a little autobiographic blurb that is printed at the end of the book. If you do this and you mention your age in there your re...
Yes, you can start a chapter with a completely new character/time/setting - as long as you show your reader where and when the story currently is As always this depends on what you want to achieve...
It depends on your genre - in horror games this can be a very good decision If you are going for a darker themed game, and your description suggests that you are doing this, then having multiple b...
This depends on the message you are trying to convey If you are writing fiction you may use archaic speech to make a character unique, or you may have everyone speak that way to show how the socie...
Negative feelings resonate in humans more strongly than positive ones - but a positive spin is needed for long term motivation Humans have a tendency to value what they have, and therefore what th...
What you need is inspiration - try throwing a coin The problem is that you only have the start - but not the end. Without knowing where you want to go it will be hard to flesh out the middle part ...
The narrator should normally use the real name and be consistent with the usage. Have a look at the question Would it be cheating to change the main character's “name” partway through the story? ...
As long as the change is obvious that sounds like an interesting take on naming your character. You should think about how the exact change happens - it's probably unnatural if your narrator sudden...
Clockpunk Most of the following comes from the article: Punkpunk: A Compendium of Literary Punk Genres First of all, appending "punk" at the end is often used to show that the main character or c...
Locations that probably haven't changed too much The most useful things to have a look at in a case like yours are the landmarks that probably haven't changed too much, such as: nearby mountains...
You are on the right track, but apparently your showing was not explicit enough. A possible problem might be that you have a perfectly fine image of the mother in your mind, but you never communica...
Every person has a style in which he or she talks. If your characters read like people who would use words such as ass than it would be weird if they talked about their posterior. But if your narra...
Change the pace throughout the fight Most fight scenes that use hand-to-hand combat, swords, daggers and the like change their pace a few times. For example you could start slow with the opponents...
I have read/played quite a few visual novels and am interested in the process of creating one. Where can I find (preferrably free) online resources, such as How-To-Write or styleguide articles and...
I would like to know whether there are any tools that would help an author write a branching storyline. Usecases may for example be: campaigns for Pen and Paper games visual novels Choose Your O...
Experience it yourself This is one of the things that you should be able to experience yourself. Living the moment will give you so much more information than any book, video, picture, or other de...
That's normal and perfectly fine You might want to make other characters or the narrator remark about his accent if it's well-known. For example by adding a line like Ah, I take it you're from Tar...
Yes, it can and most likely will damage the credibility if you are aiming for a serious setting. "Boobplate armor" as you put it would be highly dangerous and useless. Using it will automatically...
This is perfectly normal. It would be weird if the narrator used "Mama" in your first example. "Jane's mother" might be acceptable, but just using "Aliana" is perfectly fine and clear. About you...
There is no real way to learn writing in a completely different style. The best way is to practice it and read as much as you can from author's whose style you feel is at the right level of maturit...
It's very important to show users what they should not do and even more important is to explain why they should not do this. Think of a kid: you tell it not to touch the hot surface. ... Guess w...
As long as the distinction is clear from the inner voice of each character this is perfectly fine. Every character needs to feel different by using different voices, because otherwise it feels like...
There are many ways to express the same thought - many more than you might realize. Vocabulary The first thing is the difference between active and passive vocabulary, also known as productive an...
