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You can also play into the potential for misunderstandings and dense information. Make a joke, or a comment of concern from another character to confirm to the audience the character's position and expectations. Some of my favorite moments to write have been the result of similar situations...

Reminds me of the MC of a story I'm letting simmer until I nail some more stuff. Basically, the MC is a girl abducted into an alien society where her socialization on Earth causes her immense problems while also being confronted by the beings who tried to abduct her. Like OP said, she...

This is basically where I'm at. The story I've been posting started with the beginning, and a smattering of powerful moments towards the end, then I worked to connect them. It can get obnoxious at times, because I can wind up writing something that doesn't gel well with those big moments, but...

I feel this. I often find my biggest walls are descriptions. I enjoy writing them, and like to imagine them, but trying to make concrete designs and spaces and then conveying it to words is always so intimidating. It doesn't help that I'm not that great at drawing so making references is hard...

Depends on the setting. I'll consult naming sites like some have said for inspiration, particularly with culturally sensitive names. Others I'll just go off a vibe for what feels right for the character. I'll also consider themes and natures of the characters. For instance I have a character...

I had a teacher in high school, former Navy, really patriotic. He would go on and on about how our education had failed us. One of the things I remember most was a metaphor he told us about burdens, comparing them to monkeys on a person's back. He basically told us to give our monkeys to...

I think it's both fun and sucks at the same time :blob_happy: It's fun going back through your writing and finding mistakes which may wind up spurring of more ideas. It can be really funny seeing the mistakes you make and what not. It just sucks because it's so easy for things to slip through...

Editing sucks, it's harder since it's so easy to overlook stuff since you already know the flow of it. I'm the type who won't start posting a story until it's all finished and sharing with friends for feedback to work out any issues. Editing particularly sucks for me since the word processor I...

Evening and at night. Sometimes during the day, but I just get distracted most of the time. ...although the actual answer is when I'm out jogging playing all the good moments in my head. :blob_melt:

It's like it just tumble in your head like a good song, then gets lost in your playlist the next month. It's so not fair!

I feel this so much. I have like four projects I'm actively working on, and one of those is like a bundle of like four itself. It doesn't help that they kinda intermingle in places since they're a shared universe. I find myself getting into weird ruts sometimes where I just keep using one word...