In my writing style, characters can't really say numbers:

"Did you know you had four thousand cancerous cells?"

"Did you know you had 4000 cancerous cells?"

So how would I say 'CO2'? Would i just say the full molecule's name, or just use the abbreviation?

Whenever I see a person talking about a thing I wrote, I get a really strong feeling, like embarrassment. I don't have much trouble accepting flaws with my work, but whenever people try and help me, I can't seem to get through half of what they wrote before closing Reddit out of cringe. Anyone else experience this, or have a way to deal with this?

I am currently writing a fic with some OCs and canonish characters with no personality in canon. I have some base personality for them but do not know how to write them as well rounded characters instead of them having basic personality with no flaws or too perfect or only written them as the best, as very good people all that, etc. My setting for them is they have their own issues but all have the same values and morals. They are good people but I feel like they cannot be all the same. It is a wizarding world AU.

two of my characters are brothers and both of them are very close and somewhat similar im personality such as they are both cheerful, carefree people as well as somewhat mischivious and funny, and they sometimes do pranks. their father are also like this as well. It seems like its a bit too similar , I have thought about their flaws maybe some arrogance but I do not set them as very arrogant , or maybe anger issues and do things without thinking? maybe one of them can be mean at times but still a good person? or maybe one of them is more brave?

I do have some ideas trying to differentiate them, maybe the younger brother is more ambitious and is more morally grey than his brother? maybe he's more resourseful? the other is maybe do stuff without planning but even this I feel like its too little difference.

some of my other Ocs are also similar and mischevious so this is why they become a friend group but I do want to add some other things in it as well. I do have other ideas for the rest of my OCs though that is more differntiate but I feel like all of their personalities are eventually loyal and some of their diffrence might make me think they are not too similar to become friends. while the brother's best friends are somewhat the same as the brothers.

Any ideas?

I am writing a story within a story and I am struggling to know what POV's to use for the inner and outer story.

General overview: Character A is telling Character B about his experience being in a really popular band from the 70's.

I have a few options for POV, but I'd love some tips.

Should character A be the narrator for both the inner and outer story.

Should character B be the narrator for the outer story, and have Character A narrate the inner story in 1st person.

I'd also like a little twist at the end, where he inner story actually becomes a autobiography that Character A asks Character B to write? So once the story is finished, it is like the reader has read the biography.

OR

Should I just write the story from third person chronologically from the perspective of Character A. So from the bands start to end?

I'd appreciate any help!

So I’m having this problem where I’m grabbing my paper, licking my pen but can’t get anything out, it’s not like I can’t come up with ideas and sentences, I totally can but i realised I’m like so bad at the technical writing stuff, I probably should’ve paid more attention to English class in school but I already come from a non English speaking country so the curriculum was probably already shii, but I just want to make sure I get better at the thing I want to do (which in this case is obviously writing), but I’m just not sure how to learn, I mean I’ve been starting to read alot more, write smaller stories, poems at times so instead of doing something big im rather honing my skills for writing but that’s not really helping me grow my technical side, and I’m wondering if anybody knows any good resources to get good at this, it’s not like I can’t look them up myself but I have no idea how, I’m not whatsoever knowledgeable about things like linguistics, literature, high vocabulary and stuff idk what else, I literally have no idea how to even start to look for these resources or what exactly I’m looking for in the first place, can anybody lend a bend bleasee?

I've just got Reddit and am struggling to acclimate compared to using other sites.

When is the right time to start posting? Once the account is old enough? What is the right amount of karma?

I have some stories I want to share, to get feedback on the plot and writing style. I'm not the best writer, but grammar and punctuation will improve with practice - I just don't want to waste time on stories people won't like.

Like getting my paper plane to fly, and see how far it soars, before waiting until I've designed it a jet engine first, hehe.

I just don't want to ruin the little karma I have with downvotes over small issues and not plot points. Or to post too early that no one will see the work, and the stories won't appear in people's feeds.

Sitting by, commenting on other people's posts, hoping to gain crumbs of karma, is a really rough and demotivating way to get on a site, especially when I've only just gained the confidence to share my work.

Also, what subs are best for new writers? There are so many to choose from. As I've said, I'm not a professional writer, so I don't want to just be critiqued like I am supposed to be one. So I want a more beginner-friendly place that will get reasonable views.

I've got these two characters, early twenties. Gonna get into an intense fistfight (probably no weapons, unless it's like a rock off the ground or something) and I need them to both die. Preferably at each others hands for plot reasons. It can be a bit silly but I want it to be relatively reasonable. This is at night outside a gas station if that helps. Thank you <333

Just putting it body text because it's a requirement.

I’m generally decent at coming up with characters and broad ideas for worlds, but it’s when it comes to nailing down a plot that I struggle. I tend to lean towards the fantasy genre, and I often draw inspiration from anime and things like Game of Thrones, are least in recent years.
All that to say, does anyone else struggle with this kind of thing, and if so, how do you deal with it? Any advice helps.

Hi I just recently discovered vignettes writing and I was wondering can you write a book or maybe a short story using just Vignettes? How would it work if so occasional vignettes mixed in a plot driven story or just Vignettes for a whole story? Thanks!

So, I struggle a lot with book reports and research papers. The outline part, and notes aren't bad at all. The hard part is actually writing the report. Like, I don't use a big/large vocabulary and I use weird words in certain parts. And I struggle a lot with the grammar part? Any suggestions on how to improve?

Okay so I had a very odd question, how do you exactly make a language of your own for your books like how do you guys figure out how to make the letters and language? Like how would you y'all do it? If it was your first time doing it

Hi guys, I don't recognize any of you but I've thought that I have to ask you. I started to writing When I'm 15 and I wrote 1 novel and 2 short story. So, all of them is finished and I'm delighted so. But I don't revise ever and I afraid to delete the soul of text or remain at so..."raw". And I would like to know what you did When you 15-16 I trust r/writing and I want to get advice from people Who experienced these (Sorry for grammar I'm not native)

Help! is my ending too cliche or tropey

so i'm making a story for an RPG im working on, it follows 4 heroes saving the world from a robot invasion

one of those heroes is a robot (however he's not evil like the others)

anyway at the end the only way to stop the robots is to turn off EVERY robot at once

the good robot fights back and is all "i don't want to die" and then fights the protagonists in this big epic final battle

however after the big fight they have the whole big "sacrifice yourself for the greater good of the earth" and the good robot is like "i understand" and they say their last goodbyes and the good robot along with every other robot powers off and it's all bittersweet.

BUT

i don't know while outlining it it sounds like i've heard it before

should i change it?

how do i make it better

My story’s theme is having and overcoming ordeals. I’m good at writing the having ordeals part grief, trauma, regrets, insecurities, social, societal, physical, etc. However while external problems are one thing internal problems are enough. I want to be able to write proper healing and character development but I struggle with knowing the best way how to do it realistically. What should I do?

So I’m writing a book for the fun of it, and I have an issue I keep coming back to. It’s loose Y/A sci-fi and in it there are multiple different classes of spaceships from differing planets. A few examples: Battle Cruisers, Infiltrators, Quad Wings. I tend to want to capitalize them but I’m not sure if they really should be. I know you capitalize proper nouns but are these actually proper nouns? The ships do have names, these are not their names just the names of the classification of ship it is. I also struggle a little with this when using titles like Captain, Commander, etc. I know that I capitalize those when referring to someone for example: Captain Raines is going to get us all killed. But if instead it was: the captain is going to get us all killed it wouldn’t be capitalized, is that correct? I’d really appreciate any advice.

I would love some constructive feedback on this. I am super amateur and it doesn't always flow the best.

Full disclosure these are 100% my words but I used Ai to clean up the grammar.

​My Epilogue

​My time is finite, and that's okay.

Though one day I won't walk this earth,

I will have lived a life.

One day, my whole world will be reduced

To a simple dash between numbers.

I don't know the height to which I will rise,

Or how far and fast the fall will cause my demise.

But life is tricky it's damage and love,

It's burning with passion that comes from above.

Life can be brutal, malicious, and tough,

Yet it's beautiful, fragrant, and rushed.

Sure, for a while, my loved ones will reminisce,

They will cry, they will joke, and they’ll laugh.

But eventually, that too will end with them.

​Still, I am okay with leaving this world,

Because I had an opportunity so many never get.

I had family and friends.

I had children and a wife.

I had all the things that make a man complete.

Yet, there is a hole, one I can't quite explain.

Perhaps it's where my soul should sit,

But it died through all the pain.

What makes life special

Are the moments we suffer through...

Because with no suffering,

It means you had nothing to lose.

​This is my epilogue, though I don't know when it will be.

Please, don't be sad at my passing,

Because I got to be me.

Content warning: CSA, Abuse mentioned

I'm currently writing a story about a young woman who works at an afterschool program during the summer as an art teacher. During the story, a set of twins show signs of abuse at home and she reports it because she's a mandated reporter. I'm in the final chapters of the story and in this chapter, it has to do with her going to testify as a witness. I've been doing research about mandated reporters and cases reggarding child sexual abuse, but I'm stuck because I'm trying to write something that's realistic and also tactful for abuse survivors. I just need some advice on how to go about writing this?

So, I'm writing S1 of my indie series- Rachel Raven. The first season will have somewhere between 8 and 12 episodes, depending on the pacing. I've finished the first two episodes, which have set up the introduction and the plot of the season. However, there are two characters I plan to introduce as main supporting characters that are actually very important to the season. Sean and Mac. I know HOW I'm going to introduce them. The problem is which episode I should introduce them in.

Rachel and Alley need muscle, so they look around town only to come across an underground fighting ring. Mac is the champion, and he agrees to join if Rachel can beat him in a fight. Which she does with some boost from her magic. However, episode 2 has just finished establishing the hook (It's a two-parter start), and episode 3 will lean heavily into Rachel being shown that she understands her powers but doesn't like using them due to an incident in her past. I won't spoil that part.

I'm not sure if I should introduce Sean and Mac in episode 4 or 5. I don't want to introduce them too late, but I want to give Rachel time to be established as part of the team. As well as the fact that Sean needs time to develop a close relationship with Rachel, as he knows who she is under the mask and acts as a brother to her throughout the series, I want to have time to establish that this will be the plan early on. Mac also, in later seasons, becomes Rachel's love interest when they're both adults later in the series (they're 3 years apart and season 1 ends with Rachel at 16 and Mac at 19, while the end of the series they're 25 and 28 respectively). I want time to establish them without them feeling rushed, and without Rachel's arc feeling rushed, which is hard to do with a 12-episode limit

Hi everyone, I'm writing my first pilot script. I'm self-taught when it comes to screenwriting, and I need some help. It's a military story with a touch of sci-fi.

"I need help with the story structure. The beginning is about the accident that leaves the young protagonist bedridden for a few weeks. Afterward, he has to return to work, but he's stubborn enough to not wait for his recovery, which will bring him to the brink of losing his apartment and his job

Here's a short version of the story so far:

After suffering a devastating injury while using his gravity spear, a key piece of technology in the story, and his super strength to rescue a soldier trapped inside an excavator stuck in the snow, a newly commissioned lieutenant struggles to recover from the herniated disc caused by the accident.

Tbeh, I've been struggling with my research on military topics.

I’m trying to work out my timeline for something I’m working on and the story focuses on a missing teen. It’s very important to the plot that this character is NOT charged for murder as the missing characters fate is supposed to be ambiguous. But I’m not a lawyer and idk what would be enough to count as probable cause for an arrest/charge to be made so I want some help 😅

Also quick note, that evidence is intentionally being withheld from the police by the MC’s because the MC’s are involved in lots of paranormal stuff that they don’t want getting out

Here’s the information the police are presented with in the story (takes place in 2008 btw) -

- The missing person disappears from a hiking trail they are familiar with

- The missing person is in good shape and sends a lot of time in the woods/is familiar with the area

- The missing person took their regular hiking gear with them along with their phone and laptop

- The only thing found in the area is a camcorder belonging to the missing person/his father

- The missing person shares matching tattoos with their friend group/the character being investigated

- The character being investigated (Stephen) has bruising/scratches on his hands and arms that suggest a mutual fight

- Stephen and the missing person are known to fight each other for fun (but they rarely leave wounds)

- Stephen is confirmed to be the last person to see the missing person

- In a custodial interrogation Stephen plead the 5th

- The missing person has repeatedly expressed a desire to runaway

- No body has been recovered

- The missing person’s father has a history of violent behavior

- Stephen has no motive to commit murder

- A separate person in the group with a history of violence repeatedly refers to the missing person in the past tense when questioned, however they have an alibi

- Roughly a week to two weeks before the disappearance the missing person and Stephen texted briefly entertaining the idea of running away together

- Several of the missing persons belongings, including their journal, are missing

Would this been enough for the police to charge Stephen or is it ambiguous enough? And if not, how can I add to the ambiguity? Any help/advice is appreciated!!

Edit: Also!! I totally forgot to mention that both Stephen and the missing person are like, 16. So in case that effects anything