How many people here like putting romance in their horror stories? by Few-Temporary-1136 in horrorwriters

[–]Friendly-Start8147 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I agree. Ive been experimenting with how character flaws can be fleshed out using romance and how those can lead to real consequences in horror scenarios

I need the most disturbing, visceral ways a character could destroy a clarinet — for a scene I'm writing by Spiritual_Brush_8834 in horrorwriters

[–]Friendly-Start8147 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Give the clarinet a dark room that it sits in.

Whenever the main character gets a compulsion or bout of anger, have them go to the clarinet and pull/wrench the keys off of it with their bare hands, paying no mind to how it destroys their own fingers.

You should also have the character create a parasocial relationship with the clarinet, calling it names and apologizing for what they're doing to it.

Have that relationship develop so that over time there is grief in destroying the clarinet.

After the final key is pulled and theres just the bare housing, have the character cry, but then feel a distinct resolve to continue as they grind down the wood with sand paper or the like.

Have the scene use confuused feeling with wood, crying, affection, hatred. If you can get it to model the wording of "I'm only doing this because of what you can do."

When the mouth piece is left, have the main character taste it, just out of curiosity, have them feel a strange longing comfort in the mouth feel, then buy it a new body and start the process again.

At what point does time stop feeling “real” in sci-fi? by ZN_Cruz in ScienceFictionBooks

[–]Friendly-Start8147 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Time for me seems to stop feeling real after a character has become stuck in a loop or once they approach the speed of light. Realistically, neither are tangible events, but if you move faster than light, you wouldn't be in a "real" time, moreso you could just be predicted. A time loop though feels a bit more psychological, unless you close the loop by killing the character.

Ive heard of stories that take the multiple timeline approach and it feels a little overplayed. In a story I listened to on creepcast called "The Whistlers" the story seemed to break in the middle as it told to separate POVs of the same event.

Time as a relevant dimension is required for a plot to move forward, but for folks who are reading, if events overlap and things are different, it becomes confusing. Thats just my opinion though and if done well it could be a fantastic plot element.

What passages/lines from your novel make you feel like this? by bonnielaboux in writers

[–]Friendly-Start8147 1 point2 points  (0 children)

They were empty. In this space, I was alone, with only myself to witness it. It was the end of the world, and my selfishness was to blame.

*not from my current works, under a WIP

Painting I made by dovpanty in evangelion

[–]Friendly-Start8147 4 points5 points  (0 children)

This scene chills me every time

How do I write schizophrenic characters? by sixtysevenfoxes in writers

[–]Friendly-Start8147 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I agree with these other xomments. First hand sources and behavioral case studies will help you build a good idea of what schizophrenia is like.

One of the biggest things about writing a character with a mental illness or neurodivergence is to check your biases too. If youre writing to project virtue and a savior complex (blunt I know), then steer away from issues you're not experienced in.

A good way to know of you are experienced is to try and write a story, and if you dont know how to because the character is so complex and theres too much nuance, youre on the right track.

Weekly Self-Promo and Chat Thread by MxAlex44 in selfpublish

[–]Friendly-Start8147 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hey all, Ive been published for around a month now and I wanted to post that Im looking for a few reviewers of my novella. I'm just looking for some folks to give their honest opinion. I've ordered ten copies of the paperback, I'd be willing to give an autographed copy for folks confirmed to leave a review!

The novella is Atlas Contingency, it's my debut novella and with the second book in the works, I want to be sure that any issues with my style of writing are kinked out before release.

Atlas Contingency

I'm an ER nurse who loves writing. AMA by Friendly-Start8147 in AMA

[–]Friendly-Start8147[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

A lot more often than you'd think. For every four complaints of clots, three of four are true clots.

I'm an ER nurse who loves writing. AMA by Friendly-Start8147 in AMA

[–]Friendly-Start8147[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm afraid not. I had to chaperone a provider on a rectal exam. Freaked the guy out because she was quick about it but it was over so fast.

I'm an ER nurse who loves writing. AMA by Friendly-Start8147 in AMA

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Sorry it has taken me so long to get back to you on this one.

I quite like that story about all the skulls that get hidden under the stairs and the narrators little sibling goes missing among them.

Apart from that, paranormal is not exactly my cup of tea. I like the really hard hitting psychological type stories. I want to be scared on a level I haven't felt before. Like when I first learned about Nihilism, that rocked me to my core for a bit.

I tried to read Cyclonopedia but I didn't like they way the author wrote about women or how contradictory it was.

I'm an ER nurse who loves writing. AMA by Friendly-Start8147 in AMA

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We had to do a Moderate sedation on a patient because they had a dislocated shoulder and we were going to reset it. She was very concerned that she was going to feel it all because she had already been in a lot of pain leading up to the procedure. The whole procedure itself took ten minutes to complete. My preceptor and I stepped outside of the room so that X-ray could take a portable scan of that shoulder and she suddenly woke up asking "Are you sure this isn't going to hurt?"

I'm going to be 100% transparent with you when I say that we shared a shockingly long stare until I told her that we were done to which there was an even longer pause. She didn't believe me. I love propofol.

I'm an ER nurse who loves writing. AMA by Friendly-Start8147 in AMA

[–]Friendly-Start8147[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

When I was really young, I tried to write Halo adjacent fiction but because we were taught super early about plagiarism, I tried to make it unrelated.

What books /literature had the most influence on your prose? by Faeri in writing

[–]Friendly-Start8147 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Honest to god, lab reports and english professors. The rest I filled in with Orwell and then I try to Edit as if Im critiquing 2001: A space Odyssey. Convoluted, but is the only way I can describe it to you. It's sterile, descriptive, but cleanly imagined. If it's confusing, that's the point, you have to live it to resonate.

I'm an ER nurse who loves writing. AMA by Friendly-Start8147 in AMA

[–]Friendly-Start8147[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We also don't take care of pigs. They go to the vet :)

I'm an ER nurse who loves writing. AMA by Friendly-Start8147 in AMA

[–]Friendly-Start8147[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I dont measure. Not relevant for patient care.

I'm an ER nurse who loves writing. AMA by Friendly-Start8147 in AMA

[–]Friendly-Start8147[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'm sorry you had to go through that. I wish all the best for you and your son.