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I think a great example of a complex power system is Star Wars. Each Jedi's style, personality, and connection to the Force result in a...

There are plenty of military juntas and dictatorships that you can look at for inspiration, but it can be easy to write a paper-thin...

You can start by reading Prussia's history. It's one of the best examples of an "army with a kingdom."

My two cents is that I would deepen the characters in order to avoid more ordinary "misunderstanding-type plots" that readers can find...

Same as above. You should still write it if you feel it resonates with you that much, but it's not excessively dark or, as you put it...

I think that they can be extremely relatable to a fault. At some point your character needs to be at least somewhat, a little bit...

All I do is just describe my actual anxiety into words. Just think about how you would feel if some criminal was targeting you, or a...

Personally I wouldn't risk changing the work very much based on comments. If you think of your story like a moving vehicle, then a...

There's an interesting phenomena that can occur when writing "trash". Because you're not putting restrictions or expectations on...

The internet is already a fast-paced, impatient environment in the first place. Mix that with the fact that a lot of people lack media...

I generally don't enjoy OP protagonist stories. That can work fine in a slow, military story because in order to build drama and draw...

I think drip-feeding the worldbuilding is the right way to go about it. You're not overwhelming the reader with information, and it...

I tend to have the opposite issue, where I'm more worried that if I'm rushing and going too fast. Only after the fact do people tell me...

I am cursed with having two black characters in my current novel who I can't really talk about too deeply at this time cuz it would be...

I'm not really a fan of litRPG stories, but I'm currently attempting to write one. I mainly dislike when the world is just inexplicably...