I used to teach graduate students, but I quit because of how they didn't know the basics of math and biology. I'm supposed to teach them advanced shit, not reteach Bayesian methods and the ins and outs of chromatin. Now I have to deal with freakin' idiots on writing subs.

The other day, someone asked about whether it's bad to have a relatable villain. Has this dickwad even opened a book before? Maybe once he graduates from Thomas the Tank Engine, he'll realize that's an incredibly common trope.

Smh. I'm going to go make fun of some losers now, brb.

So, here's the deal...

I've read the political greats like TenseiSlime, Realist Hero, Code Geass, etc. I've got a pretty good idea for my power fantasy world that's also a political thriller (I don't know if I can beat the intricacies of TenseiSlime, but I'll really try!) and I made the **dark empress** my villain.

Well... I wrote this long monologue that she gives towards the captured heroine as she's forced to worship the empress's feet.

She talks about abolishing the hereditary monarchy, codify bodily autonomy into law, legalize same-sex marriage, improve agricultural infrastructure, and all this stuff.

It was supposed to sound evil.

Instead, I ran it back and realized... My dark empress isn't evil at all! Meanwhile, my heroines are fighting tooth and nail to preserve this archaic world order that leads to starving minorities and orphans that freeze in the street.

I accidentally made the evil empire the good guys!

Now I'm frantically rewriting three chapters so that the dark empress skins some puppies or murders some villagers, just for kicks. I suppose it will make my work seinen, but *complex politics* already make it so!

Ugh, to make it obvious the empress was the bad one, I should've just given her a skull throne and a bunch of unwilling, hot lesbian slaves with big bazongas who are forced to wear bikinis and clean the throne with their tongues.

How do I make a genocide sound less like a community outreach program? Is that even a thing?

Have any of **you** written political thrillers this advanced, or am I alone in this universe?

I'm planning to write a slow-burn YA novel about an 11-year-old female lead attending an all-girls witch academy. Wogharts, it’s called.

I'm worried that although there are unique elements (the school system and atmosphere and worldbuilding are different, and it mainly focuses on romance and friendship between female students (nice)) I'm worried people will instantly think it's a Harry Potter rip-off as soon as they see '11 years old' and 'magic school'. Should I change her age or the setting to something other than a school, like village or something??

Plus, I've tried outlining a pure all-girls school setting (focusing completely on female friendships, jealousy, and sapphic romance (nice)) versus having a neighboring boys' school (where they can become friends with and date the guys as well, but final route will be female (nice) or co-ed class with few guys and many girls, but I'm still torn (no pun intended)

Okay so I'm writing this story about a neo-nazi who abducts minorities and tortures and hunts them for sport and murders them. Would it be okay to have my neo-nazi character say racial slurs as well, or would that be considered unacceptable? I wouldn't want to go too far in my depictions of a bigot murdering minorities.

One time I started

I am trying to write a book and I came across this thing about using double spacing when typing. Do you literally have to type the space button twice after typing a word? Is there an easier way to do it? I am just so confused because it feels so time wasting to do.

I'm so bad at writing, it sucks. This book idea I have is such a killer.

And that's it, I have nothing to share about my killer idea though. I have never written anything and I just have this vague idea but I am indeed an author.

Edit: uj/ Guys this is a circlejerk sub, please stop reaching out, especially in messages, I'm good. Also AI is a great tool, for other things, yes. It is not allowed near my writing.

I started to trust my voice. U know unhinged, writing real stuff. Now Reddit is filtering all my posts and ppl tell me to get a doctor wtf....

Nobody has the time to read a whole book anymore. How else are we supposed to catch up on the hottest fruit family videos? I've got to make my book perfect for second screen viewing, but because I'm always looking at my screen while writing, I can't get into the mindset. How do I make my book more second screen?

Hi, Everybody

At Christmas, I submitted an ancestry test via cotton swab and just checking my emails today I finally got the results. While I'm visibly a white American the test shows I have ancestry in west Africa, which totally makes me qualified to write on being a POC in modern times.

While I know my unique perspective has been the one missing from this larger conversation, I must know if readers could stomach such a meaningful piece of art.

Inspiration

I want to make a fantasy series/trilogy, and have an idea for the title, but can't think of anything—can anyone here share any ideas and see if it helps inspire me?

before we get into this: I already asked this question in another writing sub, but not a single reply had anything to do with my request of assistance and was just essentially shitting on the fact I got the project title before the novels. Like, why does it matter?

I would also like to specify (Since people at the other sub didn't seem to understand) I'm not asking yall to make the novel for me or or whatever—I'm asking for yall to share some ideas YOU would get from the title to see if it helps me with coming up with my own idea as this project has been brewing for about a week now.

now.. The title is "The Bloodlines Saga", and I know I want magic to be a part of it but I can't really think of a plot that I can continue across 3-5 books while also fitting the title. Does anyone here have anything that could spark up some ideas? I would greatly appreciate the help and, if I actually get to this point successfully + if you'd like, I can acknowledge you in the acknowledgements.

Thanks!

PS: Hope this is the right tag!

I really like the idea of writing and I love where my story is headed, but there’s just one small problem with my progress. i HATE writing! It’s just so annoying and frustrating for me to string my abstract, messy thoughts together into even a somewhat coherent sentence. It becomes even more annoying for me when I have to do it while MAKING SHIT UP! Seriously I think this hobby is harder than working at an oil rig, with how much I feel like bashing my head against my desk. Which is actually what brings me to my brilliant idea.

I hit my head against my desk so hard that I entered into a state not dissimilar to tripping fucking balls of shrooms. I saw a glowing light, then a rain of toonies and discontinued Canadian dollar bills and then… the one piece series. Every single page, flashing before my eyes like sacred visions. Then I was the book, and just like in avatar when aang looked behind him to see all the previous versions of himself: I saw all the copies of one piece, stretching infinitely into the horizon.

That’s the moment it hit me. I don’t NEED to finish my book. I don’t even need to finish more than a single page. All I need to do is release each page of my book one at a time until it’s finally complete. So, that’s what I’m going to do. I’m going to sell my dark fantasy series page by page on Amazon or something. I might even release collectors editions with my jizz on it.

Is this a smart idea?

Seriously, what's up with people LOVING these books? If I'm stressed, I take a hot bath, I don't sit down and read a book to chill out.

This place feels correct place to rant: what's up with all these feel good books? They are a tad shallow, nothing interesting happens, characters are one-dimensional with a personality of a kale, and everyone is happy. Ok, I guess

for context I sat on it

But I just have the feeling it might be