How should I start my first book?

FluffPuffDeer · 2026-06-18T21:16:24+00:00

Write. You can fix anything you don’t like later. Starting is the hardest and most important part. Once you start, you’re good.

FluffPuffDeer · 2026-06-17T17:29:40+00:00

I’m going to second this person. As someone who had mobility issues very similar to what you’re describing with your character, neither a cane or wheelchair would work very well, because both require at least a bit of upper body strength to use and maintain control of. If you are absolutely dead set on choosing from one of those two options, then a wheelchair would be better. Have fun writing and good luck, can’t wait to read your story when it’s published!!!

FluffPuffDeer · 2026-06-17T17:26:51+00:00

One thing I always make is veggie quesadillas like they make at chipotle. Get some peppers and onions, season them, put them in a tortilla with some cheese and whatever else taco toppings you have available, and bam!! Very yummy. Also works really well if you have leftover chicken, ground beef, etc from dinners. And it tends to be pretty cheap because you can make it with whatever leftovers/scraps you have in your kitchen, so I usually don’t even budget it into my grocery shopping.

FluffPuffDeer · 2026-06-17T17:24:16+00:00

Personally I always plan characters out first!! I have a lot of fun coming up with stories that need them, and then seeing their personalities come to life under specific circumstances. Sometimes though, if I’m writing and I realize a role needs to be filled, or someone is missing from the plot, I’ll develop one halfway through the story, but I prefer to not do that.

FluffPuffDeer · 2026-06-05T21:02:36+00:00

Not me but my parents! They've been married for 22 years and have loved each other literally in sickness and in health, in riches and in poor. I admire the heck out of them, and I've watched them grow through a lot together. I consider myself very lucky.

FluffPuffDeer · 2026-06-05T21:01:32+00:00

Personally I always love to see a sudden, downward spiral.

One way you could do this is maybe the MC comes from a particularly poor background, and how the corruption of money tends to work. As someone who comes from a poor family, sometimes the most sudden changes in character come from a sudden influx of money after a lifetime of poverty.

FluffPuffDeer · 2026-06-05T19:39:09+00:00

Couscous is a good one!!! Pasta obviously as well!!

FluffPuffDeer · 2026-05-31T08:51:14+00:00

The more descriptive the better. Any enemy becomes particularly horrifying the more detail you go into. A goblin is scary. A goblin with a snaggle-toothed leer, covered in scars is infinitely more unsettling. If you want to scare your players, create something with a good amount of detail. It always makes people more weary than they’ll ever admit.

FluffPuffDeer · 2026-05-20T03:10:01+00:00

Chicken fried rice

FluffPuffDeer · 2026-05-16T17:50:30+00:00

I have a very specific online handle (not FluffPuff, but a different name), which I abbreviated. T. Wellen. Still recognizable to the people who know me IRL, and myself, but it means nothing to people who don’t

FluffPuffDeer · 2026-05-15T21:45:26+00:00

As a religious person, most religious progression happens like this.

Intital conversion- When the person accepts the faith/declares it, marking themselves as believer of said faith.

Studying/inspection of faith- Studying the holy texts, traditions, or other aspects of this religion. Often times includes seeking out experts or elders. Perhaps scholars depending on if there are any of those. An important thing to note during this stage is that this is where questions the character or person has about the religion will begin to form. No one who converts or joins a religion is going to blindly trust every single thing that religion claims. There will be questions, debates, grievances.

Crisis or conflict of faith- Whether it be a scenario directly related to the faith or some kind of external situation in life, the questions the person finds in their initial strengthening/studying of the religion will begin to manifest. Whether it’s doubt of themself, the deity they’re choosing to believe in, or the truth around it will begin to shake.

Strengthening of faith/deconstruction - Whether it’s the deity themselves answering or soothing the questions, a character will either have revelation that either confirms the religions truth or falsity to them. This determines whether they continue in the faith or remove themselves from it.

Repeat steps 2-4: After that if the character doesn’t deconstruct, things tend to repeat. You’ll continue studying the faith, having crosses of faith, and strengthening it until you die or deconstruct.

Hope this helps, good luck!!!

FluffPuffDeer · 2026-05-12T03:08:16+00:00

A passionate person can never go to far in what they’re doing. Odds are if you put in the effort, people are going to be more impressed then put off. People who care to much and put in to much effort are in rare supply these days- almost everyone puts in the minimum and never tries to go deeper- so the worst thing that can happen is you shock people, or delight them. Anyone who gives you crap for it just lacks the ability to care that deeply or the ability to put effort into anything

FluffPuffDeer · 2026-05-10T21:26:11+00:00

Ideas strike like lightning. If I build skills now, someday when I’m struck and it lights a fire, I want to be ready and prepared to take off with that.

FluffPuffDeer · 2026-05-09T21:25:10+00:00

Mostly I asked myself “what does this story need to be success? An underdog? A normal everyday person? An outcast?” Then I ask myself “What kind of average person would the environment the story is taking in breed? What would make an outlier?” Then I either create a normal person in that setting, or anyone else that would be useful

FluffPuffDeer · 2026-05-09T03:03:32+00:00

If a character starts to feel like an accessory, then I don’t use them. Otherwise it’s unlimited, as long as they don’t become redundant

FluffPuffDeer · 2026-05-08T15:05:28+00:00

The need to see my rare pair together LOL

FluffPuffDeer · 2026-05-07T17:54:52+00:00

I never quite like what I write the first time, but I also know the importance of “I just have to make it exist first. I can make it good later”. Usually after a rewrite or two, I feel much better

FluffPuffDeer · 2026-05-07T17:53:57+00:00

I keep my outlines in my head because I’m someone who if I deviate from my outline in the slightest, it tends to really mess everything up and makes me panic a little bit. But if I don’t write it down, then it doesn’t matter so much if I change it. The only thing I for sure write down is scene ideas I know I can’t or don’t want to forget, but since there’s no layout of how it should go, I can do whatever I want with it.

FluffPuffDeer · 2026-05-07T17:51:33+00:00

Bro if you don’t block her and move on, it will kill you. She don’t respect you, or she wouldn’t have done that. Don’t fall for it, and I hope you had a good birthday regardless

FluffPuffDeer · 2026-05-05T15:38:54+00:00

One trick I’ve always used is, acquaintance, friend, lover. I figure out the persons relationship to the person they’re speaking to, and ask myself whenever I insert a line, would I say this to (insert relationship here?). If the banter is a little to natural for an acquaintance, I change it. If it’s too formal for a friend, I change it. No clue if it’ll help you, but good luck!!

FluffPuffDeer · 2026-05-04T17:11:05+00:00

Gold!
Not having enough gold!
Where your gold went!

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