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How sensible is your protagonist? Are they sensible or unhinged?

Today, I've written 2k words. How many have you written? If it's less, then good job relaxing. If it's more, then don't tell me (I want to relax now).

Keep it Simple, Stupid Active Voice Simple sentences are the way to go when learning to write. In general, you should strive to write in active voice. This means you put the subject before the action they are doing, and you discard words like 'was' as much as you can. Envy ran. Envy walked...

Ask me a question, and I will answer at my discretion.

Don't put words in people's mouths or assume they said what they didn't. I made threads before about ways that I believe people should write. Like writing to entertain, but in those threads, people will make a ghost to argue with. "Are you saying we can't write for ourselves?" No, you little...

I find that I often avoid doing things due to my brain feeling like they have no purpose. To be clear, I know rationally that there is purpose to be found in doing leisure activities or doing nothing at all. Doing nothing can help you gain some insight to yourself. I do not claim to be...

Rare game awards win, and it deserves all of the hype plus breaking records.

Do you ever find yourself wanting to say, "she ran quickly?" Don't! Cut out as many of those pesky adverbs as possible. They create needless bloat and make your story harder to read. She ran quickly. < She Sprinted. She pushed hard against the heavy metal door. < She heaved against the heavy...

Bats Post them or GTFO!

In the novel space, people will talk about conflicts. They will say that you need to include them for your work to be interesting. They will talk about moral values of things and other Blehblab. So many ideas are spread around like wild fire, and it can feel like you are burning in a forest of...

It's exactly as the title said. You are an item that was lost/found by someone/something. I will start: Midnight Her crimson jewel glimmered at night time. Her long wooden frame remained pristine, despite her years of being left in that cave. Her creators were already long gone, but with their...

So you're a slop writer? That's okay. We all have to do what we do. However, have you considered ways of making your writing more unique and Enteresting? For today, I will give you a simple way to use comparisons that will help separate you from the average slop writer. Let's pretend that you...

Well-written Tragedy is good. Well-written Isekai is good. In a well-constructed story, everything has a purpose. In a good isekai, the characters have a reason to exist. Each of them are battling with something in their lives, and they have goals. They try to make something of themselves, or...

What's the difference between this thread and the last one? Nothing, except that it's version 2, and the account is not deleted member. The rules are simple. You just write a poem! It doesn't have to rhyme, but I like rhyming poems. I will start, of course. Blood drips from her fingers and...

I ate too many member berries, and I showed up back here. I don't know why I got this member berry thing stuck in my head, but it's now cannon. The berries were made of blood, so it's okay.