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Once again, I've hit a brick wall in my writing. I have successfully wrapped up every character in a manner I deem satisfactory...except one. The MC(the emperor), commander-in-chief of the army, captain of the imperial guard, a potentially insane mercenary, and etc all have good endings. But i...

I have, once more, dug myself a hole and need a ladder to get out. My species, I use demons as a placeholder name, are innately superior to humans. They require less blood, less oxygen, less food and water, are less prone to illness, and rarely are with mental or physical impairments. They have...

I've gotten to the point in my story that I've finished all the major details. I completed the plot and character, and now they just need polish alongside finishing up some of the smaller details. One of those details is the flag of the Empire. More particularly, the writing on it. The Empire...

Been apprehensive about my main antagonist for a while now. At first, it was a vampire, but I realized that was stupid and boring so I changed it. I've become stuck between two options. A. Genocidal angel who was twisted during a war between the God and Devil, and now seeks to exterminate the...

I'm wondering what meaning I could tie to the symbolism of an angel wrapped in chains. The predominant symbol would be having his wings tied behind him by chains, preventing him from flying, and chains running across his chest in an X. What would that mean in a Medieval society that generally...

My fantasy army's motto is, "Fight, kill, die," but I'm wondering if I should make it, "Fight, kill, and die." What do y'all think?

The philosophy of my Empire and its people is, more less, "In death do we find glory " But what I wonder is how do I properly apply this ideology without glorifying things like suicide and dying foolishly while glorifying noble sacrifice and death in combat? Would augmenting it to mean that by...

To be exact, how would a species that has horns(the length of which varies from person to person of the species) wear medieval-style helmets worn by knights and generals? Most of the army goes into battle without helmets or just chainmail thrown over a leather cap, but how would important...

I was doing my usual shit, walking around the dinner table at 11 PM, when i realized something. All my stories have a common theme. Not that they all have the exact same protagonist just with a different name, but that they all end with the MC being killed. MC 1: sacrifices himself to kill the...

I've noticed that many authors, professional and amateur, can stretch out their chapters to several thousand words. I, however, have been unable to reach the same feats. The longest chapter I've written was 3.3k words, which is not long enough if I were to try to publish a book irl. How can I...

You are sitting in a dark room with a table set before you. The area around the table is lit by a candle. On the table are fourteen cards. The two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten, jack, queen, king, ace, and joker. In the air above the candles, words begin to form. They read...

How do you write in the first person without just saying, "I did this," "I did that," over and over?

I've noticed I'm painfully bad at writing events that happen between major events in the overall story. Anyone have any advice for me?

Out of curiosity, are any of you a person who dog-ears your books? Or, even worse, are you a psychopath who dog-ears library books?

What the weirdest thing you have committed to memory? Everyone has one, strange thing they have memorized, so what's yours? And why do you have it memorized?. I suppose I'll start. The weirdest thing I have memorized is the name of the highest award in the Finnish military, the cross of...

Is it better to make a brand new villain for the eventual part 2 of my story, or have the villain of part 2 make his debut in part 1, then bring him back?

https://www.scribblehub.com/read/488071-street-writer/chapter/507350/ The final two chapters of Street Writer. Me versus Paul_Tromba! Who'll win? We'll see in five days.

Add a way to search for threads based off their titles. I think this could be useful (especially since there are nearly a hundred pages of threads in author general) as someone who needs advice regarding, let's say, whether or not breaking the fourth wwall in a story a good idea. Instead of...

In my story, the desert reaper, I have noticed that there is a lack of world building. I want to fix this, but I am not entirely sure about how to go about it. Any advice?

Example: The villains who are powerful, but aren't the most powerful would have code names like Rome, Ankara, Vienna, and Canberra. Is this a good idea or not?