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National Novel Writing Month is upon us and I think it would be rad if we had a place on this forum to help each other out. (If this isn’t where this thread goes let me know). Here let’s be buddies, cheer each other to our goals and help when one another is in a rut. We can bounce ideas off...

Taken Winds of Change Novella Sapphirewyren Disclaimer: I do not own Hellsing Author’s Note: Hello fans of Winds of Change. I have a special short story that takes place during the first part of WoC. This is a one of my new novellas. This can be read as a standalone, but there are some...

The thing in my signature is getting little to no readership. Is there any particular reason why that is so? (Staff, feel free to move if you think this thread is wrongly placed)

I'm making an A-Z book of future technologies to try and get kids interested in science and to spark their imaginations. I already have my A-Z list of technology/inventions but my stuff is a little too generic and obvious. I'm looking for fresh, creative ideas. One sci fiesque future technology...

Since the History & Military forum has been renamed and expanded to cover all humanities, I thought I'd check if anyone else does some kind of literary studies or related fields here.

I was wondering if anybody wanted to write a short story with me, not a long one probably under 7500 words. Why do I want a co-writer you may ask. I want to write with someone for once, and get some experience on collaborative writing. The writing level you're at doesn't matter to me, this is...

After much anticipation, Persona 5 was released worldwide in April of 2017. It was met with much fanfare, critically it experienced much praise and was lauded as yet another entry to the Persona series pedigree. Having played it myself over the past few...

So this thread was inspired by the Writing Prompt thread on Reddit and follows the principle: Allowing users to post and respond to prompts in as well as to inspire writers. Prompts should be around one to two sentences or more without requesting a specific story. This is not a thread for...

The catch, you have to follow your chosen genre's cliches and conventions or your editors will be very unhappy with you. How would you pay them lip service by including them but then subverting them? Or how would you include them and play them straight but do it well enough that it's an...

The Writer's Path Today’s the day, you’ve decided. You’re going to start yourself down the path to becoming a published author. Select Your Player Born This Way Background: Ever since you can remember, you’ve loved stories and from a very early age, you remember wanting to tell...

Hi All, This is a specific request for fanfiction, more specifically portions of fanfiction that convey a character's emotions perfectly. I'm looking for perfect portrayal of characters' emotions through the characters' actions and speech, not a perfect plot. Any fandom would do. I've hit a...

I just came across an essay by Kurt Vonnegut, "How to Write with Style", which lead to "Kurt Vonnegut's 8 Rules for Writing Fiction". I found both to be illuminating and simple. I find the simplicity to be most powerful. Having rules of thumb, let's one quickly gauge if what is written is worth...

This story is set in this same universe of my own making, but the background is not required to enjoy or understand the story. The Story of a Girl: 2091 by Lynn Davis Frosted wind howled savagely and beat against the thick plexiglass shell covering a lonely maglev train station. Inside...

[[Please do not use or publish any of my works posted below, or on this thread. Thank you in advance!]] I have notebooks of material on this level of aesthetic writing, typically poetic - some of the gems I will keep to myself. Much of these have custom hand done ASCII art that goes along with...

Have there been live-stream(s) of people writing their fictions, quests or role-plays here on SV, SB or QQ?

I have read a lot of fanfictions, and as everyone well know the self-insert fics are rather prevalent in fictions, RL publishing or just on the webs. Some are fun to read, most are terribad. I don't really write, and I had ceased uploading my works if I had any years ago. But this one genre I...

This is going to get real abstract, real fast, and if that's not your thing, then this isn't the thread for you. I have spent the past few weeks reading over everything I can, about the nature of the fantastic - of its intersection with fantasy writing, of what we commonly refer to as magic-...

So, I have a fantasy world where the humanoid race is hermaphroditic, and so are all the animals in that world. They don't know the concepts "female" and "male". The closest idea they have is "things associated with pregnancy and the internal set of reproductive organs" vs. "things associated...

Hello my name is Fabled Ranger and I want to improve. This is inspired from @BeaconHill 's morning worm. Fables Writing Workshop I will write what ever comes to mind on here anyone can do the same. They put out prompts to other people, post criticism for others work, and in general just write...

I am asking this for a crossover fic. In Zootopia, for anyone who has seen or knows about it, how would emergency response and hospital treatment be handled for: 1. Districts that are harder to navigate such as the Rainforest District. and 2. The treatment, care, and transportation of...

Hello. I often write fan fics in my spare time, namely Pokemon or Digimon or Pretty Cure or Steven Universe, etc. I often like to write about serious issues like disabilities, bullying, etc. because those are things that still go on in the world, and I want to convey through my fan fics that...

So, I'm writing a huge crossover. I did it for Nano 2015 and I finished it. Nano, not the story. The story wasn't even half way done. So far, it's divided up by days as chapters. With Day -1 the reasonably sized prologue. Days 0 and 1 though... Day 0 is about 200 words shy of being a...

I am making this thread as I have an idea for a novel about a group of wyverns exiled from their home city, either from a conquest, religious persecution, or other reasons. Or should they be more traditionally draconic? Or if this should be about life for them as it is currently? This is in a...

Basicaly were all the short stuff I write goes, since I lack a regular beta reader / Editor. Mostly various snips of different series. Everything here is unedited and has not been beta readed. Snip 01: Bloody Winter [Dresden Files & Marvel] ”Hello Harry.” I knew that voice. Loki, the guy who...

Hey Everyone! I am Reslover. SV is one of the most passionate fiction writing forums online I have come across. Far-apart people bonding over a shared love we have for stories and fiction. I have so much respect for every (aspiring or professional) writer here and feel awed to be a part of this...