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I have a short story due in a little over a day for college. It can be on anything 15 pages tops. Ive tried to write over 6 things but everything is garbage and not working out. I m used to writing novel length manuscripts so it s hard for me to contain an idea and develope characters in only 15 pages without sounding cliche or cheesy. If anyone has any tips or ideas or excersizes that would be awesome because I m losing my mind. I m not out to just blantenly take someone s idea just something to get the wheels spinning. Thank you!

Let's say there was a hominoid robot, with moderate cognitive function, that was primary used as a weapon in war. Let's say this robot was "killed" in battle, in the enemy's territory. Let's say after this battle, the enemy collected the robot, repaired it's exterior and interior, then attempted to reprogram the robot so that it would be subservient to them instead. How might this work? Let's say.

I'm writing a book, and sometimes it's the little things I get stuck on. I have a group of people that are being held prisoner in a basement. They're chained up. I don't want the visuals to be silly. Should they be chained to each other, or the wall? Obviously I've never chained someone up, so I don't know how one would go about this. Anyway, a few of them get interrogated until one of them gives up the answer. Would they be taken to another room? Could he interrogate each one of them right there in front of the others? Maybe there's a chair in the center of the room they're taken to? I have no idea.They are necessarily getting tortured, just smacked around. Any help with making this more realistic would be appreciated! :)

My boyfriend's mother has schizophrenia. I've lived with her the past 5 years and it's getting out of control. I don't know what to do. She's been 302 before but it made things worse. She's accused me of trying to poison her, trying to kill her so I can take her house, being a prostitute, cutting her hair in her sleep, etc. She's hid my stuff, cut my clothes. messed with my toothbrushes, threw my stuff in the trash, and berated me. It's not just me, her and my boyfriend fight all the time, because it's really hard to deal with. She's thrown eggs at him and broke his stuff. The only reason he sticks around is because she wouldn't be able to pay the bills without him. I try to feel sympathy for her, but she is not a nice person. I've known schizophrenics who were nice people, but she is nasty. Sometimes I don't leave his room for the entire day because she is downstairs screaming to herself. She's extremely bitter and is always screaming to herself about the lawyers she used to work, and her sister, and the IRS, and the bank are out to get her. I don't know what to do. Yesterday's episode was so bad. She was drunk, and screaming at the top of her lungs from 10am- 9pm, trying to start stuff with everyone.I didn't leave the room all day. When she's "normal" I try to talk to her about getting help, but it only triggers her. In the midst of all this, I feel like I'm losing my sense of reality and normality. I can't continue to live like this, but it seems like there's no answers.

I'm hiring a professional to edit my book, based on a chapter by chapter summaries because I'm stuck and before I go on with line edits and beta readers etc., I need a professional opinion. The problem is, I don't know how detailed to make my chapter synopsis. How long? Do I need to give a play by play of what's happening or should I just include the main ideas? Do I include subplots and foreshadowing, etc.? I'm so lost. Does anyone have any experience with this?

Well, it's not really home made. I'm thinking of outsourcing from china, and reselling it on amazon in my own packaging as a set. What are the rules for home made products? Am I allowed to dump something out into my own jar with my label on it? It doesn't seem right, but I don't know what else to do! any help would be appreciated.

I ve been in the self- editing phase for quite some time now, and I ve just recently been wondering if I should cut one of my POVs. His POV is necessary in the beginning, but with some tweaking I could tell the story without it. For a large chunk of the story, three of my POVs are traveling together. However, the one I m considering cutting doesn t really have a goal. He s only there because they needed him for something. Things happen to him along the way that pertain to HIS plot line, but none of it really effects the book s main plot (the war etc.) and he s with two other POV characters, so I could certainly tell his scenes through their eyes. I ve invested a lot in this character, and his emotional journey and growth might be one of the strongest. I don t think the story would be the same without him He s going to be a vital character in the next book, but for now, I don t know if I really need his POV. When writing a novel, do all of the POVs have to pertain to the essential plot which is basically the war? Or is it okay to have multiple story lines. Any help would be much appreciated.

I ve been in the self- editing phase for quite some time now, and I ve just recently been wondering if I should cut one of my POVs. His POV is necessary in the beginning, but with some tweaking I could tell the story without it. For a large chunk of the story, three of my POVs are traveling together. However, the one I m considering cutting doesn t really have a goal. He s only there because they needed him for something. Things happen to him along the way that pertain to HIS plot line, but none of it really effects the book s main plot (the war etc.) and he s with two other POV characters, so I could certainly tell his scenes through their eyes. I ve invested a lot in this character, and his emotional journey and growth might be one of the strongest. I don t think the story would be the same without him He s going to be a vital character in the next book, but for now, I don t know if I really need his POV. When writing a novel, do all of the POVs have to pertain to the essential plot which is basically the war? Or is it okay to have multiple story lines. Any help would be much appreciated.

Also, I ve noticed when I post I get a lot of negativity in the comments. If you re not answering the question, please don t comment telling me my story is a piece of ****, considering you ve never read it. Thank you.

I want to start selling products on amazon. I'm thinking of creating a starter pack that would involve me buying other products to put in like pens, pencils, notebooks, dictionary etc. Is it illegal to resell a product like webster's dictionary? where can I buy products like these with private labeling companies?

would it be possible in a sci-fi (even as a far fetched concept) for a light particle to somehow be fused with a solid atom, like carbon or something, to create a holographic object with substance, i.e a table that can hold dishes, then disappear like a light being turned off? Any thoughts would be appreciated.

would it be possible in a sci-fi (even as a far fetched concept) for a light particle to somehow be fused with a solid atom, like carbon or something, to create a holographic object with substance, i.e a table that can hold dishes, then disappear like a light being turned off? Any thoughts would be appreciated.

let's say a plant had slight mobility and big wing like leaves. Is there any way this plant could fly?

I'm writing a series with seven multiple POV characters. Is it okay to leave one or two of these POVs unresolved? Instead of having a full story arc in this book, their arc would stretch out from this book to the next. For two of my characters I can't find any way to give them a full arc. Any thoughts or suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

is it possible to have a hydro electric boat motor? While building a solar powered outboard, could use the parts from a complex solar robot? Its a weird question, I know.

In my story my characters (who are living in a futuristic wasteland) are repairing anti-gravity vehicles. The windows are busted, the materials are rusted etc. Does this mean the characters would be floating around inside? Because I don't want that. Any thoughts/comments would be much appreciated.

Hello! I m currently editing my novel, and despite all the advice and rules I ve heard about story structure and plot, I m finding it difficult to clean my story for a couple reasons- one being that some of my characters are traveling for a large portion of the story. Because of this, it s hard to determine what is absolutely essential to the plot, when the land is the only thing coming between them and what they want, which is to defeat the antagonist. My book also has seven POV characters, and it is the first of a series (which ends in a twist). This also makes it difficult for following advice geared toward more simplistic novels. Any advice for determining the necessary elements of the story would be much appreciated!

Hello to the writing community! I am writing a trilogy, in which the first book in the series ends with a dramatic twist. However, I was wondering if I need to have a blunt conclusion for EVERY POV character. One of my seven POV characters does not have a particularly conclusive ending, his last chapter in the book just stating that he s setting off for his new destination. Is this unacceptable? Any thoughts and opinions would be much appreciated.

This question is for all the writer folk out there! I sometimes have trouble deciding if my chapters have enough weight to drive the plot forward and should remain in the book. The chapter I'm contemplating taking out has some important elements. The characters are traveling in a wasteland and have located a town, and while doing so they stumble across a dead alien. However, this alien finding only foreshadows what will happen in a later book, and doesn't necessarily need to happen at that exact moment. The chapter is short, and if need be, I could smash most of it into the next chapter. For me, the line of whether or not a chapter is absolutely necessary is blurred. I have some that I KNOW I need, and others that the story wouldn't exactly be the same without, yet feel too light to stand on their own. Is this foreshadowing enough to make the chapter stand on its own? Any tips or advice would be much appreciated!

This question is for all the writer folk out there! I sometimes have trouble deciding if my chapters have enough weight to drive the plot forward and should remain in the book. The chapter I'm contemplating taking out has some important elements. The characters are traveling in a wasteland and have located a town, and while doing so they stumble across a dead alien. However, this alien finding only foreshadows what will happen in a later book, and doesn't necessarily need to happen at that exact moment. The chapter is short, and if need be, I could smash most of it into the next chapter. For me, the line of whether or not a chapter is absolutely necessary is blurred. I have some that I KNOW I need, and others that the story wouldn't exactly be the same without, yet feel too light to stand on their own. Is this foreshadowing enough to make the chapter stand on its own? Any tips or advice would be much appreciated!

In my story Earth is essentially a wasteland, and humans have been recovering from a catastrophic event for ten years. I don't want them to have cars because it would change my story entirely. Since it's set in the future I made it so that before the devastating event, vehicles weren't the primary source of transportation. Instead, they navigated from street to street and tube to tube on above ground conveyers. For one of my scenes my characters build a raft in hopes of streaming down the river. The only problem is, the way the land is set up, they'd be going against the current (If I could reverse it I would, but I can't). So, I would like if they had a solar powered motor of some sort to use while crafting this. Would it be unrealistic if I had a motor in one scene, yet (most) of the wasteland doesn't have cars? Any thoughts would be appreciated. Sorry for my lack of enthusiasm, I am trying to ignore this **** show of an election going on in America.