I'm writing a romance story and I wanted both of the main characters to have drastically opposite social standings, one being a billionaire and the other being an average lower-class person. I initially considered giving them a position in the police force because it would suit the setting but, ultimately, I would prefer to give them a more common occupation so they feel more relatable.

However, what was important was that both the billionaire and the lower-class were able to interact in the story without it having to be a one-time event, one where their paths would be able to reasonably intersect on a daily or weekly basis, while giving them the chance to have personal interactions that weren't strictly professional.

Within the story, they're meant to be at odds with each other, with each of them having important roles in the story later on that are initially unbeknownst to the other. The billionaire's rude to them, in stark opposition to his public-facing persona, while the lower-class reluctantly puts up with their behaviour.

I was thinking something banal like a convenience store might have worked but I don't think it's realistic for a rich dude to rock up to a place like that. It's the kind of occupation I'd ideally prefer to have, but I have no idea how I could put the billionaire in a position where he would visit them out of choice when they're not really fond of each other to begin with.

Also, for the record, it takes place in the current day, so I'd imagine my options are very limited.

so im currently making a series and i don't know how to write my characters, i haven't really made indepth characters and i just dont know how to fix it, what are the ways i can write them better? like i know a character should have

• motivations
• prefrences
• personality
• and backstory

To do:
Get up, wake up
You’re late, awake… I’m always late
Awake. The universe wants you awake.
Get up… Get. Up… GET UP

5:00am:
Heal. It happened. It happened all at once. Why?
No matter, I prefer that, I prefer harder.
Get up, get up, get up
wake up. Learn. Relearn.

Be nice be kind, but don’t be too nice don’t be too kind. But, be nice to me too?
Be real, but don’t be too much.
Look nice but not too nice.
Be honest but not too honest.
You’re not a victim. It was your fault. Heal. Heal it all. Heal then heal them.
Work. You need to work. Money survives you.
Heal… think… where the fuck am I?
I’m late, I’m always late.
Heal.
Heal the father wound because he wasn’t there. It’s good he wasn’t.
Heal the mother wounds because you were there and he wasn’t.
Heal don’t act like your father’s daughter. Inherit. Why. Know thy self. His wounds.
Heal. Get over it, ok, but please stop doing it. No. Heal. Sit. Good girl.

5:30 am:
Burn the boats, burn all the boats, do it or else you’ll go back.
Heal
The dream was a memory a kiss good luck a kiss goodbye, with the souls in a puddle at our feet, goodbye.
For him. Do it for him… be a good girl, do it for her be a good girl… do it for you?

5:31 am:
Regret burning all the boats. This is fucking ridiculous.

Matters not, you’re you. Take the hit. Then, take a harder one. Three for good measure, now… Get up, get up, Get. Up.
Be a good girl… but you’re a bad one.

The little girl
You? Me? No not me don’t be selfish.
Her.
The little girl
Your little girl. GET UP!
Teach
She needs to listen. She needs to be quiet, she needs to be hidden. Protected. Fiercely, you’re suffocating, she can’t feel this pain… if she doesn’t know pain how will she survive. Knock it off. You have it better than most
heal.
She needs to listen, But, not in a way where she drowns herself out. She needs to learn.
But, not to well so she has room to really know the truth… what’s the truth? Find out. . . You need the truth. Transfer your heart it’s shattered get a new one. Heal.

Nov 19th 3:45pm (parsons appointment)

5:32 am:
Sacrificed again

All hours of the day
Think of you
Allowed you in my heart mind and soul. Walls. HEAL.
List my defects and shortcomings to make self a defense for slaughter. Fix them fix them all. It’s for a reason you’re broken. Fix it.

8:00am work
Think of you all day scratching at the walls in my head… be smarter heal. Learns

8:15am
Accomplish mediocrity
Lack
Weigh the pros and cons of existing in a world made up of nothing overlapping everything
The little girl.
You? No not selfish Her. Your turn is over.

Lunch 12:00:
Be blamed for the downfall of humanity over an apple.
Raise a daughter to listen but still be fierce but not too much. Not too thin not to plump. Pretty enough.
Be someone favorite smile..age gain wisdom but don’t look like it. Be pretty. Pretty people are treated nice.
They weren’t nice, you’re probably not pretty.
Even nice guys roll over after they come for you in the night. Be sexy. Be prettier. You’ll maybe get a hug or two. Heal.

Crows crows the crow
Poe?
Acquire a raven you’ll be ominous and taken seriously

12:31pm:
where do you get a raven?
Grieve grieve grieve.
JL. it’s your fault you should’ve known. fixed it
U made mistakes it’s your fault you took his chance. It’s your fault he had that phone call.
Mom, I’m sorry mommeeee
Pray prayers men wrote that called ur ancestors Whores because they had a desired mouth. Your mouth . Whore..
Be better… be a good whore… be good at it.
Learn the prayers all of them the original ones the hidden ones
Mother.
Mommee I’m so sorry….
Not for a man don’t do this for a man.. whore your mother would be pissed you did it for a man.
She didn’t.

Dream but not a memory good luck good bye good girl… how? tell me HOW PLEASE.
Quantum physics… learn connection why.. learn
Honestly that was surprisingly easy.
whore
Connected how? Because you’re a good whore
Get up
I’m higher than ever been on drugs I’m sober take the drugs
A little girl the little girl your little girl
Shame heal.
Bleed bleed bleed.
Post pardum. Menopause. To pretty for autism to ugly for adhd. Bpd. Bi polar. End it yourself you can’t heal. Human construct fallible, subjective, batshit. Everyone is sick this is not ok. Stay
Heal.
Get up get up get up
Awake up
Salmon for her… of all things he’s proud of, it’s eating salmon now.
Matters not I’m free.
Heal
She has a flat ass
She is skinny in a mediocre way.
You’re ass is wrong
You’re curves aren’t right your arms aren’t tight is my pussy right?
Heal
You gave birth to his child and now it’s all different. Everything is different. I’m different.
Heal.
Heal. Help. Heal. Feel. Heal… do it because they didn’t. Heal. Do it because they said you can’t. Get up.
Heal. Do it , but you don’t want to. Heal. Do it for him so he can move on and be strong. He deserves I life. A life for a life. Take mine.
Heal.
Do it for her so she has a good Mom.
Heal. You can’t your ugly now you’re old.
Heal… eventually you can be reborn not now heal. No one is here to heal for.
HEAL. NEAL. ROLL OVER BLEED FOR ME. BREED. Do it for yourself.
I need to Heal from all the fucking Healing.
Heal. Sit, stay, roll over, play,
Fuck you…
HEAL.
Be a teacher lover mother poet artist scholar writer, know it! Whore, muse, slut, little slut. Suck this say that…. You get nothing for it but, heal they roll over but heal.
BUT HEAL.
Good girl.
It was stolen.

3:45pm laundry

Dinner
Loser
Winner
Heal. Sit. Stay away.
Heal. Stay on your leash.
Be a good girl it’s staying out of reach.
Don’t have fun… you’re a whore, no joking be serious eyes one me but only when I say.
Heal.

Stop. go. stay. Sit

Hi all. I have never written before but have this niggling urge to write this idea i have been sitting on for a while.

I also don't read very much and don't really enjoy it so I realise im at a huge disadvantage.

My whole concept is basically a diary of someone with an interesting job. So the whole thing is written as diary entries.

Will this work? Or does that concept feel too broken or difficult to read or enjoy?

Also, do anyone have any tips for beginners, I remember from my school days about going deep into 'painting the picture' and really being descriptive. But apart from that im literally just writing it as it comes out.

I'm happy with the whole character arc, plot points etc, its more the actually writing diary entries to stay engaging.

Also while I'm here. What will people do when they've written something? Just post here? Post online anywhere else? Im obviously aware that its going to need alot of work once the whole thing is 'on paper' but i dont have anyone in my life who can proof read or suggest advice once I have it and I dont want to just open myself up to abuse for it being bad.

Thanks in advance

I've been writing a novel. A few months ago I started putting section of it into AI for feedback. I would ask it to find problems in the writing, but I wouldn't use its answers. As I've looked more into AI, I've learned about the ethical problems of using it at all. I've stopped. But now I wonder if all the work I've done is ruined because I used AI. I love this story and I'm worried I've ruined it by ever using AI. Is there any way to salvage it? Do I need to write something entirely new?

Hello guys,
I’m writing a script for a game I’m working on, and I left the character’s names until I had a good chunk of the story.
But
now that i’m tryna come up with names they all sound cheesy to me lol.
I also don’t want to come up with names that don’t fit the 80’s to 2000’s era.
Thanks in advance

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Best wishes in your craft!

I am a beginning writer, and I'm pretty young. I really enjoy romance, but also mystery, fantasy and dystopian literature and I am trying to write a story, I don't expect it to be perfect or well-liked, but I do want to look back on it and be like "wow, this was good/alright/bad, how can I improve on this?" and my biggest questions are:

How do I write a story best? How do I build it? How do I build the characters? What are the essential questions I need to ask myself when I am making the characters, plot, etc? Do I tell it from their perspective or the authors, or some narrator?
I really want to understand it better and the making of it. Any tips or useful guidance would be amazing!

It's supposed to be a fantasy story in a sort of dystopian world, only a really short first draft. I can. share some plans so you can say if it has potential if you want. Be brutally. honest, please, idc. https://ellipsus.com/read/4tRpfIXldl1hbjWXaHAzW2/Draft-1

Hey yall! So basically what the title said. I’m a first time writer and I can’t tell if I’m on the right track to write and interesting story or not. Additionally I’m not sure if my writing is clear or just a bunch of jumble. I’ve attached the first 20ish pages of the prologue. If anyone would be willing to give it a quick overview and offer some feedback that would be greatly appreciated!!

EDIT:
I promise they’re is context to the letter, I def should have added it into the original post and that’s totally my fault. I’m so sorry guys😭💀 In chapter one Daisy ends up boarding the wrong train. She gets picked up by a separate gang of outlaws who have no idea who she is. After she passes out from seeing blood on one of their chins, they go through her belongings and a neatly kept diary of all the letters and telegrams daisy sent and received from banks. The reader later learns all of the T&C were daisy and banks speaking in code over what her life would soon look like. This gives the mistaken gang a chance to build a basis on who they need to pretend to be.

i want to write a short story where the protagonist kills someone and burries their body in a coffin, however each day a body part the protagonist gets replaced whit one of the corpse body part, and the story ends whit them waking up inside the coffin alone because the body parts were actualy getting swapped and the last swap was the head, the problem is that i have no idea what to write for the middle part of the story,any ideas?

I've been considering, the making of a story. Please note i'm trying to get you to see my vision. so my typing might be a bit everywhere😆I want my story to be about escaping a serial killer with suspense, psychological thriller. I want an inspiring ending of getting away and telling their story. Got a few killers who could inspire my killer character. One that isn't talked about much is the rodney alcala (dating game killer) case. Definitely a psychological trip.😄 please let me know yalls thoughts 🥰

So I'm writing a fanfic and I've written some pretty decent banter between friends during a school break ending with some slight trolling regarding homework. I'm really ptoud of it since it's like my best dialogue ever and I suck at dialogue, but now I need to fast forward to Ryu leaving the school alone and I have no idea how to start the scene (since I don't have the balls to rewrite the thing I already have done). Could I get sny ideas/recommendations/pointers of how to start the new scene?

Old scene ending for reference:

“Don’t worry, I’ll be free to play tomorrow and besides, even if you’ll lose, there’s always another Clash next week! Now let’s get going, the lunch break will be over soon. What’s the next class anyways?”

“Next is math,” Fumi smiled diabolically, “I hope you’ve done the proofs we’ve had due today…”

“Oh shit. Shit, shit, shit, shit, shiiiiit…” Ryu had to use all the strength he had to stop himself from jumping from the nearest window, “Heeeyyyyyy Fumiii…”

“Yeaaah?”

“Could you per chance mayhaps let me copy your proofs for math…?”

“I dunno,” Fumi asked innocently, “what’s in it for me if I do?”

“Literally anything, please, I beg of you Fumi, you’re like my only hope right now, I don’t wanna get kicked out of here like this…”

“I’m not really sure to be honest,” Fumi cut a little deeper knowing full well they didn’t have a single assignment due today, “you ok if I’ll just think about it for a few minutes or so?”

i wasnt sure what subreddit to do with this but i guess this is the one.

im aiming between 2700 to 3100 words and im currently in the 1200s. i have trouble whether or not my informational paragraphs on my character are too long or too short, and im not sure if im getting in the action way too quickly, or its just the short sentences i have within the sequence to attempt a intense atmosphere. ive read it over multiple times but i feel like peer input is what is needed the most.

i sit really uncomfortably with the fact that the conflict happens a half a page after the character focused page. when i read it aloud it sounds fine but i think about how others would read it. im a bit of a novice and ive been experimenting with pacing frequently, and i decided to apply my knowledge into this project.

summary: the pacing personally feels weird and i feel like im getting into the action packed stuff too fast.

this is how its going so far. (sorry for the grammar error lines, can't seem to get rid of them without changing the supposed lines.)

DISCLAIMER!! PLEASE READ!!
mentions of adolf hitler are commonly present in this story

Does anyone else have the problem of not being able to write a story from start to finish. What I mean is I can’t start at the beginning because for me the story starts in the middle. So, I can start a story in the middle, because it comes up in my head. But if I try to start from the beginning I draw a blank, so I figured that I would just write until I have enough then put it in the right order later. It’s like a weird puzzle that starts in the middle and fans out. Does anyone else do this? And if so, has it ever worked out? And no I haven’t finished a story.

I was scrolling through pinterest and saw this pic and thought this is the perfect haircut for my protagonist. I don't know how to exactly describe it because it looks longer than chin length hair but shorter than shoulder length hair. I'm not good at describing appearances in general and this is even harder

genuine question is trauma bad for my mc, I mean he is a young Vietnam vet but I know lots of recent big budget stuff hasn't handled trauma/PTSD/nervous system hypersensitively well. just curious if you find that annoying trope or not. i suffer from a mild form of nervous system hypersensitively myself and found it easy to write detailed descriptions of what that feels more or less like. Short version, is it's flashes or thoughts of bad things/bad people that make you physically tense up and often slightly jerk your head(or when alone or really bad can be more intense shaking of head), swallow several times and think of something begin to move on, and happens whenever throughout the day and is usually worst at night. now since he is decidedly a more tough guy then me and has actual trauma vs me lol i try to use it sparingly and lean into the slightly psychedelic vibes presents as it's set in the 60's but shows him slowly get out of his own head during his Bond/Indiana Jones esq mission with the beautiful tomboy secret agent that becomes his partner and since she is a profiler i do include scenes of her analyzing him and a even more tender scene inspired by asmr comfort type things, and what i often think about when trying to sleep, you know snuggling spooning touching hair stuff like that were she helps him sleep at night as he's been dealing with increasing insomnia throughout the novel.

I have a character that is really bad at keeping secrets, and ends up spilling a major secret, against the MC's wishes, which leads to every one finding out about it.

I don't want his action to make him annoying to the reader, since he still has to play a major role in the story, and is the MC's best friend.

So I decided to come here to ask what makes a character that is bad at keeping secrets annoying, and what keeps them well-loved.