That feeling when you have two great twists in mind - but they contradict each other and can't both occur
I think the first "Do" is to ask why you're choosing to write the story in this fashion. The 'rules' of writing developed over time because...
As you noted in the OP, you have be aware of the disconnect between what the audience knows and what the 1st person character knows. Many CHYOA...
I'll be honest, I couldn't really give you a good read on the characters because I was getting lost in the passive voice. Take this: Soon it was...
I like the idea, I'm saving it in my back pocket for my next inevitable bout with writer's block
I've been trying to get better with that myself. Characters are like icebergs, the part you actually had to the story is just a fraction of what's...
If you were a baseball player and "only" succeeded 4/10 times at the plate, they'd put you in the hall of fame. You're one of the most prolific...
I'd say it's worth giving those people (whomever you're talking about) a chance to hear you out, even if they do seem stressed. Sometimes being...
I use Google Docs primarily as it has the best collaboration tools and it loads easiest on the Android tablet I sometimes write on. It does make...
They created the expression "Pearls before swine" just for this situation. j/k
People will say whatever they want to say, you can't control others' reactions. Maybe it's just my writing, but I've always found it harder to get...
It's a pain in the ass, but if you manually correct the URL you can probably recover it from the Wayback Machine. The title page, for example:...
Hey, I never noticed that you had illustrated my character from this story. Thanks! Those are hot!
To be blunt, I tend to ignore those implications. Even for a Story, as you've laid it out, there's still elements of the character's lives that...
Perhaps create a spoiler-tagged walkthrough chapter with the paths that you want to highlight. One of the writers I collab with did it this way...
I've read whole books without sex scenes in them. Whole series of books, in fact! j/k I get more invested in stories with good characters, and if...
As international sex symbol Justice Stewart once wrote "I know it when I see it." There's no clear dividing line, because authors and viewers draw...
In short: Duke hates aliens and he is an homage to 80s action movie beefcake. FemShep taking the good/paragon path is just as strong as him,...
I'm not gonna lie, the dialogue between Duke Nukem and FemShep would be damned hilarious Also you got the theme song stuck in my head, jerk.
An inescapable time loop is an appropriate bad end and it's written really well. But TBH given the nature of the site, if you hadn't told me it...
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