My initial impressions are juggling the savoir and dark savoir and how the dark savoir isn't the true villain can fall into convoluted territory,...
For me, I dislike where one character is allowed to be "clever" because another is stupid. To me, that's just groan-worth, and it's like creating...
Just to add a to this. You don't have to describe everything. But what you choose to describe should reveal something beyond the surface level. So...
I think you're misreading the question. Read this quote from the OP and then go back and read the initial post.
To me, it sounds like you're talking about the Urban Fantasy genre.
Here's a list of heros/villains with this type of power. 6 Best Superheroes With Portal Powers Here's a wiki listing with a more extensive list...
1 - IMHO, I wouldn't worry about this too much on the first draft. I find it's better to over do it than under state things initially. You can...
For me, to start writing a character, I only need to know two things, what they want emotionally and what they want physically. Now, these wants...
For the most part, I'm in the same mindset as ThinkerX on this. A lot of times the writer is their own worst enemy. Over thinking. Over...
How they go about depends on the person beneath this power set. If they're a bully, they'll try to intimidate. If they have a sizable intellect,...
Not everything has to be meaningful, but it must be entertaining. If there's a long sequence directing focus on something very deliberately,...
For me, I didn't really start finishing novels until I really started planning. I'm a natural pantser, but like you, I would run out of steam. So,...
IMHO, if you have no desire to make the language thing a part of your story, it's perfectly fine to ignore it. I mean anyone can be a pedantic wet...
Not an expert in any way, but I'm not sure life as we know it could develop without salt. It's essential for the function of muscles and nerves...
I would say none of those are within the 500 questions asked. To me those are some of them most often asked by people just starting off. To me,...
Personally, answers just come to me without ever asking. And often uninvited, like a random seagull dropping a large deuce into my lap. I guess...
Came across this interesting video about screen writing. It's clips of writers and the questions they ask themselves to when they're developing...
It's jargon, and like any other discipline, there's the surface level meaning to it, and then, there's the deeper, long winded meaning. And like a...
I think their may be confusion on what is meant by an info dump. To me, there’s info dumping, which is negative, and then, there’s exposition,...
Here are some signs that it could be. Does the story drop dead in its tracks, with a large amount of info being put forth? Is it one huge block...
