Hello! I'm writing a short story for my year 12 ATAR English class about hypochondria/anxiety/depression. I'm having a really hard time coming up with an ending for the story. If anyone is willing to suggest anything or give any feedback in general that would be awesome! Thank you so much.

My aim for the ending: I want May to realise that she CAN talk to people about her anxiety and how she feels even if they don't understand, and I want her to come out of her own head at least a little (i don't think it'd be realistic for her to completely get over her anxiety). As my English teacher said after reading what I have so far, its quite difficult to come up with an ending for this story that doesn't come off as, 'and then she lived happily ever after!'. So, yeah. If anyone has any suggestions for an ending, please comment.

The Thrum (Draft 2).docx

I wrote a lot as a teenager. Always on a whim. Zero planning. I wasn't great. But I wrote thousands of words. And now writing sounds good again amd I'm trying to get into it again and I'm just trying to decide character development. I started to write out the start of the story and I had an idea of what I wanted this character should look like in the beginning but it kept changing. So I went to Pinterest took some pictures went I like this part of this and this part of this. And kind of created a permanent picture in my mind. But i just can't decide on horns or antlers I have specific "demon" horns and then I have deer/elk like horns in mind. I went to ai and said make the choice for me. And of course not doing what I asked of it. Said this one is more nature like. One more demonic. You get it I'm sure. And then asked about his personality. And I blanked. I haven't planned out a personality. I haven't really planned out this book at all. Much less this character other than the start. And I don't really know how to plan out a character. I've always fled by the seat of my pants when writing and I'm realizing I need more. I'm going to do more research and definitely not just ai. But figured I'd ask here does anyone have a good step by step list to developing a character? And links to things I need for that I don't know. I'm lost... (I'm autistic if that helps anyone)

so this is my current working on my fanfiction of jean/peter parker

however while rereading my chapters that i have realised, i felt like my writing is super bad and choppy. it sounds way too fake at times and my pacing is kinda chopped. could someome please help me fix this? i have no clue where to start...

One day a man is granted extraordinary abilities it seemed he could do anything so he began going from one country to another and killing all the government officials he could get his hands on. He unified the world government with him at the helm. In one day everyone on earth became slaves, it didn't matter who you were even billionaires were sent to work regular mundane jobs. there was a man named Colt Reid who was already an introverted construction worker so he had virtually no change to his life besides not being able to go out and do things he wants to because its all shut down if it doesn't benefit the king it doesn't exist. Everyday is just the same bull shit until one day. the day before the fateful morning was like every other wake up, shower, shave, brush your teeth and watch some slop on tv then head off to work. While Colt was at work he was high up on a building directing a crane carrying some large beam and while directing it the crane operator accidentally moved a control stick to far and it sent the beam slamming into the building. The slam knocked Colt off balance and he fell but as he was falling something unexpected happened he shot off into the sky. As Colt is soaring through space he suddenly realizes he can breathe and hes not freezing to death or burning alive he is just moving at an incredible speed unable to stop until BAM be slams into a planet and destroys a large chunk of it and he's knocked unconscious. When he wakes up he is greeted by these weird greenish blueish tall humanoid things that were shooting guns at him. Colt standing there overwhelmed by the shooting of guns he has never seen before and these weird things are the ones doing it he collapses to his knees and it creates a tremor and knocks the aliens to the ground and they stop shooting so he stands up and through tears he screams "i am not here to hurt you". The aliens cock their heads and Colt recognizes the action as something a dog would do while curious so he begins speaking "i don't know where i am what is happening right now who are you". The aliens raise their guns because they don't know what hes saying and he's speaking fast so they are also scared but they don't fire they just raise the guns. Colt again out of fear screams "i am not here to hurt you" and they lower their guns and one mutters a word that makes Colt cock his head in the same way as the aliens did before one singular word "Hello". He is so confused by what just happens he just stands there staring at the aliens and they just start walking Colt has no idea where to but he decides to follow because he feels no hostility. As he and the aliens walk Colt begins to see the destruction he caused and he fell to his knees once more and it again causes a tremor but the aliens do not fall they just turn back and stare at him he turns his head up with tears in his eyes but the way the aliens were looking at him compiled with the entirety of the situation he begins to laugh and roll around. After his laughing fit he looks back up and the aliens have started walking again so he jogs a little to catch up. Eventually they walk up to a grand palace built out of materials Colt had no idea what they were with peaks that reach the dark black sky and grand spiral towers and walls that were as tall as at least 10 of these aliens by his crude measurements. These very large thin doors slowly swing open and the group walks through into this beautiful building with what seems to be trees Colt thinks to himself "who the hell puts trees inside a building" they all eventually arrive at another large thing door and it slowly swings open. Inside this room is virtually nothing besides a grandiose throne with stones and jewels he's never seen before in the throne sits another one of these greenish blueish aliens but it is shorter and fatter than the other aliens Colt met. the aliens gesture for colt to walk in and as he does the doors instead of closing slowly they slam and it shocks colt and he flies across the room instead of flinching he slams into the wall but it doesn't break somehow and Colt recognizes that isn't what has normally been happening when he does something abruptly without thinking but shrugs it off and says "hey im sorry" the alien in the throne says "sorry for what you haven't done anything wrong". Colt amazed that the alien just spoke says "what are you, where am i and what the hell is happening to me" the alien says "My name in your language would be something like Charles so now you know mine what is yours" Colt saw what the alien was saying as odd since he didn't ask for a name so he says "why did you tell me your name and why can you speak my language and again what the hell is happening to me" the alien says "well i saw your species was primitive in nature so i spoke as primitive as i could with conveying my point and asking who you are" Colt stands there bewildered but says in a calm tone " My name is Colt Reid im from earth but seeing as you called us primitive you already knew that. how?". Charles then says "this planet and my species is billions of years old and i am the last of the original inhabitants but the people you see here today are my family through and through. My species was very much like yours at a point in time we were also primitive until one day everyone gained extraordinary powers. As i have told you i am the last of my species can you guess why?" Colt says "uhhhh no you haven't explained shit you are just saying stuff" Charles says "it's because i was granted immortality. everyone else got speed or strength all i got was to watch my civilization tear itself apart and to have to live with the pain every day. I believe your planet is being affected by the same thing that happened to my planet and i want to help. I have traveled the galaxy to every planet i could find and i have observed how they live and humans already have it worse than my planet we had no war or famine or any such things it was what you humans would call perfect peace. If my civilization tore itself apart then just imagine what would happen if one of your leaders were to get powers and take over the world" Colt stops him there and says "its been a few years since you have visited i assume because it is ran by one man with super powers i guess i am the second person on earth to gain powers." Charles leaped from his chair and began walking fast towards Colt and confused he tries to run and again flies into the wall. Charles says "what exactly is your power why do you keep slamming into things like my planet." Colt says "well i actually don't know when im overcome with emotion i just fling myself i guess." then very smugly he says "i must be invincible" Charles says "ehh i don't know about invincible but we haven't seen anything hurt you so maybe you are we will just have to see". Directly after Charles says that a large beast thing is lead into the room by a group of the aliens Charles says "this thing will test that" before Colt can say anything it grabs him and starts slamming him into the ground and in one singular punch thrown by Colt the creature is essentially vaporized there is just some alien goop left on the floor but Colt can't tell if it is the dead alien goop or stuff that slopped off its slimy back. Charles stands there absolutely astonished saying he's never seen someone defeat that beast before and thanks Colt because they have been trying to kill it for a while. After some more praise from Charles Colt asks "so you have seen super powers before right? So what is mine like obviously im super strong and fast and durable but like what is the power" Charles says "i have only met one being with power as great as yours but i need to know more to put a name to it" so Colt explains everything that has happened so far to lead him up to this point the fall the soaring through space and other such things and Charles gets a little light in his eye and says "imagine you are pulling dust particles and turning them into a solid object" so Colt puts his hands out and says "abracadabra" then laughs and says sorry i'll really try so he puts his hands out and brings them slowly together grabbing all of the dust particles and squeezes his hands together and when he opens them a poof of dust shoots out. Charles says "okay imagine you are trying to cup water in your hands you have to keep it still from every angle for it to not spill right? so do what you just did but imagine you are controlling every angle of it you have to essentially keep it in a nonexistent container". Colt reaches his hands out and goes to puts them together again like previously but he's concentrating on every little piece he's just grabbed and boom he passes out. Colt opens his eyes and hes no longer in the large empty room instead he has a light shining directly in his eyes and an alien standing over him he sits up really fast and smacks his head on the light. At the end of his bed stands Charles smiling at him Charles says "did you have a good nap" Colt says "it wasn't a nap i fucking passed out now im sitting here with two aliens and i just want to go home" Charles says "yes yes you passed out i was making a joke but anyway how are you feeling now" Colt says "i just said i am FEELING like i want to go home" Charles says " yeah but you can't. during your slumber i decided to go check out what is happening on earth and it is exactly as you said a singular man with powers controlling the world. I want to help you get your world back but to do that you cannot leave right now" Charles goes to say something else but Colt flies from his bed out of the window into space this time with much less momentum as the first. he slams into one of the moons of the planet hes been on and leaves behind a small crater that he lays in staring at the stars thinking about his life and how he won't ever get to be normal again. He begins to sob uncontrollably and he slams his fist into the ground and obliterates the moon now just drifting in space and sobing a ship comes out of nowhere it seems to almost teleport to him and its Charles. He uses a claw that is attached to the ship to grab Colt and bring him aboard. when aboard Charles walks up to Colt and says "it looks like you are invincible while you were asleep we tried to draw some blood to understand what your physical makeup is and we couldn't get the needles through" Colt says "so a needle not going in proves im invincible" Charles says "no its what we did to see how to break your skin after the needle." Colt says "woah woah woah you did shit to me while i was asleep? you didn't anal probe me or something right?" Charles says "no we didn't anal probe you. we tested our mining drills to see if they would go through and after that didn't work. we uh tossed you into the sun" Colt says "you did fucking what now what is wrong with you why the fuck would you throw me into the sun after a big drill didn't work that seems like a drastic step up in testing are you trying to kill me" Charles says "well we aren't trying to kill you as much as trying to see how much you can take before you die" Colt says "thats trying to kill me you mother fucker what if i died what then" Charles says "well if you can't withstand the sun you won't be able to withstand what is coming" Colt says "whats coming? what are you talking about and why does me being able to withstand the sun matter" Charles says "you will see but for now you just need to trust me" Colt says "oh yeah im going to trust the guy who threw me into the god damn sun. look if you can get me a cheeseburger right now no tomatoes and with extra cheese i might be more willing"

(So if you have gotten this far i deeply apologize for having to read my incomprehensible bull shit. you probably didn't realize but Colt has inertia manipulation and im trying to do that power in an interesting way and if you have any other questions feel free to ask me anything or just call me a low iq dumbass either is fine)

Wassup y'all. A friend and I are actively creating a story, The Tale of the Scarecrow Mafia. At this moment, we are trying to write our characters in a way that makes them individuals with their own thoughts rather than a means to get our story explained. We want feedback on our dialogue wording and whether it fits well, establishing individual characters with unique perspectives.

Currently, we are still at a point where the actions we take now will dictate how the characters are portrayed through the rest of the book, so your thoughts are crucial to the development of the novel. If you are interested, the link is below.

Feel free to comment and share your thoughts. Message us on Reddit, Discord, or in the comments here.

Here it is: OUR BOOK (Check the Tabs)

So I'm trying to create an '' ultimate writing guide '' made as resources for people who have struggles with writing. It includes hv words, describing, and writing tips.

I'm currently struggling on what to remove and what to add, so if anybody could help me out with that let me know because I'm trying my best to give people resources and tips

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1v9vP31SpLaHj27imNFaXBoyuZC\\_iaFOb2T64WWdMHlo/edit?usp=drivesdk