Henry Taylor‭

If you only need a few of these half-dressed femme fatales, you could make the exposed parts an illusion. The women might be warrior wizards who use a small part of their magic to bring an element...

posted 7y ago by Henry Taylor‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

Giving specific editing advice is difficult without first reading the work in question, but here are some additional thoughts for you to consider... When the middle of a story stalls, it is often...

posted 7y ago by Henry Taylor‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

Adverbs are not popular in modern writing, but one area where they are essential is in character development. If you are trying to present a character as effusive and excessively generous in their...

posted 7y ago by Henry Taylor‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

Revealing that your characters are AI comes with a great deal of risk. Up to the point of the reveal, (if you have handled the early chapters properly) your readers will relate to your characters,...

posted 7y ago by Henry Taylor‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

You say that this supporting character has little "screen time" but that they are a major motivator in the mind of your primary character. You also say that this character is the cause of a lot of...

posted 6y ago by Henry Taylor‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

I think it is a world building question, but I'll answer it here because I'll be sleeping by the time the site police move it over to the worldbuilding SE. How you communicate with your Higher Bei...

posted 6y ago by Henry Taylor‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

The best way to illuminate a boundary is to cross it. Barring that, the second best way is almost cross it. Have your characters accomplish some major task together, despite long odds. Then, a...

posted 6y ago by Henry Taylor‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

Since you are writing in the fantasy genre, is there any reason that the poetry needs to be in a human readable tongue? I can imagine that humans, living among other older species, might know j...

posted 6y ago by Henry Taylor‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

Have you considered having the act of time-travel be your decision-locking event? Under normal conditions, while all of us are riding along with the current of time, it doesn't matter whether rece...

posted 6y ago by Henry Taylor‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

You appear to be a nonfiction or science fiction writer, attempting to create a work of fantasy. In either of the former disciplines, critics will come out of the woodwork to spotlight every inacc...

posted 6y ago by Henry Taylor‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

Welcome to Possibility Paralysis Anonymous! My name is Henry and I suffer from having too many ideas... You are correct in identifying that this is more than a writing issue but perhaps a little ...

posted 6y ago by Henry Taylor‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

Both of the previous answers are right, but throw in someone to handle social media, advertising and reader-relations, and a part-time copyright attorney to protect you from idea theft. Then, unle...

posted 6y ago by Henry Taylor‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

Consider making the entire story into a flashback, told by the more refined and open minded narrator whom the "hero" will someday become. In the opening pages of the story, have this refined narra...

posted 6y ago by Henry Taylor‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

One defend-able use of the "It was all a dream" trope involved sleepwalking. I forget the medium where I encountered it, but I remember a story in which the point of view character wakes in an out...

posted 6y ago by Henry Taylor‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

Are randomly generated names copyrighted? ...maybe. A random algorithm can generate a sequence of alphabetic characters which spell out a copyrighted name. The fact that the name was randomly ge...

posted 6y ago by Henry Taylor‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭