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The dictionary definition, last time I checked, was (perhaps slightly paraphrased and without the "word origins and pronunciation tags"): "Any person or organization who uses fear or terror to achieve a goal, typically political." So, any person who writes horror fiction to entertain others, or...

Puppetry might have been more interesting... :D

Is that (puppetry) really the word you want there?

6 is the only one I identify with really.

Make the character an "idiot-savant" - there is ONE subject he or she knows really well, and they relate everything to it and know nearly nothing about anything else. Goku with training/combat is probably one example.

Well, this might be pretty random - an idea inspired loosely by one of the K-Dramas my wife was watching. Opening scene: A very ritualized murder occurs; the reader witnesses it, but it is not clear if they're an observer or seeing it through the eyes of the killer. Next scene: Detectives are...

I would say more "awkward and clunky" than "stupid" - I would suggest either using bits and pieces of stuff he almost notices before his attention is drawn to the center to accentuate the weirdness ("He glimpsed an odd metal gauntlet that appeared to have sockets for something set into it, an...

From what I understand of the Fair Use laws, as long as you are not selling the work and properly credit the songwriter and the publisher of the music you should be safe. If you ARE selling it, then you do need to contact the owner of the copyright or it might come back to bite you, big time...

There are two ways to handle dialogue: 1) Go for a stylistic approach and just don't worry about it (very difficult to do and works best in comedies) or 2) Read a lot of authors who you believe handle it well and try to emulate their style until you can find a rhythm of your own. One tool to...

This is one of about 30 stories that I have done this with myself... At least 30. About half of which are on my Reading List (many in the "Probably won't read but keeping just in case" header).

Several years ago I had an idea (inspired by the pilot for a TV series called, IIRC, Awake - the only episode I caught as it did not get a full season AFAICT, and was scheduled in a time block against three other shows that were being recorded) where the MC is a psychiatrist. When one of his...

There's one there that looks like it costs more than the laptop I use! Impressive.

I'm probably in the minority here, but as long as you don't use it to do the actual writing, I see nothing wrong with using AI as a tool to improve and help. Just keep in mind that a tool can become a crutch - and if you use it to do any actual writing, you are really collaborating with...

Heh. Both of my parents were: "Well, dad tried the writing thing, wound up a reporter for several years, an editor for many more and then unemployed so it's not a good way to make money. So, if you want to try it, do something else first, get successful, and then maybe go that route." so I...

It varies. One of the audionovels my wife was listening to had it happen in the third chapter after showing the MCs life. Another had the character return to the original world (with powers gained while Isekaied) in the first sentence - and revealed what happened during the five missing years...

By his own admission he can be a bit of a jerk, (even gave examples during the one panel he wound up drafted to run because two of the scheduled panelists - Harlan Ellison and the then-editor-in-chief of DC comics, who was supposed to chair it - had both cancelled their appearances at the...

There is a link but it's in the signature so those on mobile won't see it: broken world | Scribble Hub

Neil Gaiman co-wrote both Good Omens (with the late Terry Pratchett) and Coraline (well, the script at least - with Tim Burton; IIRC, the story it was adapted from was a short story written by someone else entirely) - Gaiman is a weird guy (have met him twice and chatted with him a few times on...

Except Royal Road does have "sponsored memberships" which IS a "pay to play" mechanic. If you don't win a sponsorship in a contest or pay for one, you will get buried in the site unless someone searches specifically for you or for your work. It is a little easier to search for an author and...

Impressive. Twice my top story in about 1/3 the time.