Questions tagged [planning]
Questions about planning your work: how much, how far, or whether to.
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How and where do I start writing my novel?
I've been creating stories in my head since I was very young. When I was around 8 I started writing it in a notebook (didn't go anywhere), when I was around 12 I started typing up a story with my ...
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Design vs Emergence
In certain works of writing, we see, when having analyzed the structure of its content, a well-crafted design, often with repetition of elements, at times with variation of the order of subelements, ...
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I wanna start making scripts for my own Indie animation series, but can't find a good way to start it
I've been stumped for a few days on beginning my script for Space Hazard. I chose to begin writing with my biggest inspiration being Rodamrix. I already had a whole universe of ocs out there, but ...
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Struggling with shaping my story
I'm trying to write a story about a middle school boy, but I struggle with finding the right format and ending. I think I want it to tell the story in the form of a diary, but it's not ending up how I ...
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How do you find an ending to a partially finished plan for a novel?
My planning process is beginning to take a little more form now and I have a good amount of ideas, characters and wotnot to begin writing (knowing me I won't and I'll procrastinate but I digress). The ...
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professional email help
I'm a new writer dealing with a publishing house. It's been a couple of months since we last exchanged an email about edits. I'm thinking that we are towards the end period and getting ready for a ...
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The Dread of Planning a Timeline
I'm working on the second draft of a novel series, and I already have 800 pages written. After re-evaluating the characters and most of their arcs, I've started planning a timeline for each book in ...
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How can I make a character death that's relevant to my book and hits really hard?
I'm writing a stand-alone fantasy novel about a bunch of kings. The protagonist is a girl I am basing off of a female king from Sweden in the 1600s. I am planning on killing off one of the other kings,...
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How do I write a major character from scratch?
I've designed loads of characters, most remaining in my head, some being written down on paper and others even having the honor of being in a book/short story. I'd like to pride myself by saying I'm ...
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How do I turn my Imagined-Daydream-Fantasy-Book into an Actual Book
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I love writing and I love reading. I also love coming up with all sorts of books/films in my head so that if I'm bored in real life, I can just dive into my imaginary book/films to entertain ...
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Fictional settings & fictional towns - how to be realistic with geography for a realistic setting?
I've been writing a short story - and the setting is semi-important to it, it's not just a backdrop.
It's historical fiction of a sort - the 2000s is the era it's set in. Would this qualify as a ...
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Is it morally right to base a novel on a tragic historical event?
I'm writing a historical fiction based on a historical tragedy where many people died. It's a very specific setting and situation, but I'm not using the names of any of the real people involved in the ...
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In a superhero story, is it better to make all the superpowers come from one source or multiple sources?
In my world I had a idea for four power sources for superhumans. The four power sources were mutations, magic, technology, and skills. Mutations are genetic based superpowers. Magic users get their ...
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What do I do when I have a novel already in the planning stage and get a new plot idea?
I have been planning a murder mystery novel for a couple months and just need to get a few more specific details planned and then I’m ready to write.
But I was laying in bed one night just scrolling ...
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How to fill Major Gaps in a Plot
As stated in previous questions, I am still in the Skeleton Stage of planning. I have a fairly developed first few chapter as well as a few key scenes much further along in the book (not that I'm ...
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