Recent content by Loewenmensch

I'd like to see what you think of mine. It's kind of a rare genre for this site (dystopian noir with no magic). There are a lot of gay characters, but it's not BL (or any other kind of romance, really). Here it is: Only the Dead Are Cold-Blooded. Edit: Story deleted. Never mind.

For the most part, no, they couldn't pass. My male characters are mostly very masculine, and my female characters are all very feminine. Exceptions are Crow (short for a man, has already blended into a crowd of women while wearing his own clothes) and Mari (very gender-nonconforming, prefers to...

Agree that the reference to revenge isn't set up well enough; based on the rest of the synopsis, I can't even guess how the story could end up involving revenge.

Update: As of June 29th, 2024, I am removing my novel from Scribble Hub. Therefore, I am no longer seeking a cover artist. Author Name: Löwenmensch Profession: Author Preferred Art Style: Pulp art (but open to other styles) Story: Only the Dead Are Cold-Blooded Request: Cover art featuring two...

I mostly use it to bounce ideas off of and/or to analyze and comment on what I've already written. (The latter is less like part of the writing process and more like mental masturbation.) Occasionally, I'll have it generate a draft for a scene or part of a scene, but I don't paste that output...

I thought head hopping referred to switching POVs within the same scene. If I have several POV characters in the same chapter, but only one for any given scene, are readers going to be upset by that?

I mean, another reason I avoid changing previous chapters is because it forces me to make my new chapters consistent with what came before, instead of changing the previous part in ways that could lead to a cascade of continuity problems. I imagine once the whole thing is completed it would be...

Like the title says. I'm very conscious that my current project is a developmental thing for me: I've never tried to write something of this length before, and I'm learning as I go along when it comes to things like pacing and handling multiple plotlines. I think how I handle these things will...

If you want something that's more of a stepping stone, consider browsing TV Tropes. It's mostly light and colloquial language, with an emphasis on clarity. There's relatively little swearing, and occasionally you'll run across surprisingly sophisticated vocabulary.

Most of my characters originate as either plot devices or abstractions. Current (villain) protagonist was supposed to be a pure embodiment of malignant sexual perversion, unconstrained by morality but drastically constrained by personal hangups and squicks. The antagonist was supposed to be an...

The characters are supposed to be these savvy people manipulating each other in a paranoid society... but it's all mood and tone; it's hollow. The tense conversations are tense because of my writing style, not because the characters are having realistic psychological reactions or saying...

One thing I haven't seen mentioned yet is ChatGPT or whatever else your AI poison of choice is. I tell it the language/nationality I want, maybe some details about the character, and maybe a first letter or number of syllables or something I want it to rhyme with. For example, in my current...

Here's the first chapter of my current project. I feel like my worldbuilding is really generic—though the later chapters might improve on that a little. Interested to see what you think.

Professional torturer having a midlife crisis and perving on his girl apprentice

Interesting. I've managed to get mine in three, as well: Dystopia, Evil Protagonists, Misunderstandings—though it's possible there are other 3binations that would work.