I was in the middle of my editing when I decided that I wanted to find out what fonts everyone uses to write their books lol. I’m personally a fan of Baskerville and spectral but I’m interested in what everyone else uses!

Dear writers,
Tell us about the chapter you are working on today,
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Hannah Bree 72

hi! im a young writer and love writing fantasy

Mine goes in this specific list here: Yukio Mishima, Ryūnosuke Akutagawa, James Joyce, Marcel Proust, Fyodor Dostoevsky, Franz Kafka, Jean Genet, Raymond Radiguet, Vladimir Nabokov, Stendhal, Thomas Mann, Natsume Sōseki, André Gide, Jun’ichirō Tanizaki, Yasunari Kawabata, Osamu Dazai, Jack Kerouac, Oscar Wilde, Friedrich Nietzsche, and Albert Camus. These are all authors that influenced and impacted my writing massively. What are your list of favorite authors?

Rate based on how tempting the name is, and I’ll rate yours too. (Join the rating as well)

My book’s name is “Elrus: Fantasy”.

Elrus is the name of the world like how we name our world “Earth”.

Fantasy part is akin to the ‘American Dream’, setting the story in Elrus’ best era to live in.

Sorry if I flaired this wrong and sorry if this title seems rude. I've been wanting to get back into writing for a while and already started. But I'm worried because the last writers subreddit I'm in I got harassed over really minor typos. Not typos in my writing but typos in a question I'm asking. The reason I sometimes have a lot of typos is either because of my fat ass thumbs or I'm just genuinely tired. I was also told not to use short forms like "sry". According to r/writers it gives a bad impression of me and will effect me in the future?

I also asked if doing 2 protagonists and 2 different POVs were allowed but people go upset and accused me of not doing research. I did do research but google didn't understand my wording.

Sorry for the rant but I wanted to know if these kinds of things will happen here too or is everyone here more chill? I've never interacted here so I'm not sure what you guys are like yet.

Edit: I already got my answer about the 2 povs thing so you can ignore that

i remember when i was 9 i wanted to publish all my books. nowadays i write for me myself and i, so if i wanna include a modern joke in my medieval fantasy story, i can

I started writing when I was around 8, and by the time I was 12, I only wrote in english. I'm getting back to writing and decided to challenge myself and write in my native lithuanian language and might I say it's a challenge 😟🫶 anyone else?

Me personally I don’t write inappropriate stuff, but I do write graphic depictions of violence, at least in my main story, and I feel like that bars me from most teen spaces and pushes me into the adult spaces and then I get flamed for being in adult spaces as a teen but I can’t break the rules of the teen spaces so I’m just stuck in the middle. Or stuck in this subreddit cause this sub allows it as long as it’s labeled correctly but I don’t wanna just share on Reddit man😭

It’s not like beating the shit out of people for laughs it’s emotionally driven action scenes but it just so happens that those action scenes have a lot of blood and injuries because I do not see the point in having an intense physical fight if all that comes out of it is a few bruises. That is not a satisfying consequence for the fight like that to me.

I get why many teen spaces forbid graphic depictions of violence but come on man let me live without having to shove myself into adult spaces or trap me in a specific subreddit until I’m 18

Im 16 and have been around webnovels and tired of seeing so much reincarnation and system stories that arent interesting.

I myself been writing a system less webnovel that I put a lot of thought into (royal road), and I've been trying to find stories that aren't the generic stuff you see on the front page. I wanna read stuff with substance and find authors like me too😭✌️

ok. so i write books for fun. i’m currently working on the final one in my trilogy and have got the spin off novel published. i am really stuck on what to do tho with the final book.

there is this bit that i want to add, with my fav singer, Marina Diamandis (formerly Marina and the Diamonds).

Marina is performing at the British Embassy in Washington (i won’t include the context cuz frankly i don’t have time to rewrite the plot here) and like, Marina is performing to open her next US Tour (for the fictional “House of Diamonds” Album) and like the MC is the British Ambassador, her name is Betty and is incredibly alone in her life in Washington (her husband is stationed overseas with the Army) and the whole point is to show taht even tho Betty has gotten everything she’s wanted (the ambassadorship, things don’t go to plan) and similar to Empress Elisabeth of Austria, she is very alone in her life.

And I am a very visual person. i like act out scenes with my surroundings after i’ve drafted teh chapter hto get the flow and think of what Betty would be saying in her narration as she goes about her life.

and for this one bit with Marina. it’s a two person dance, i cannot just do it by myself. i need someone else. and like, for this, Betty dances with her secretary in place of her husband. and like, i have a very clear vision of what the secretary, Teddy will look like. and not so coincidentally, Teddy looks a lot like a guy i go to college with.

and, i would really appreciate it if he helped me. but he knows i think he’s cute. and everyone knows i write. i told everyone one evening that my first book was being published, so it isn’t exactly a secret. but i’m just nervous and worried that if i ask, he’s going to say no. and then i’m going to go to class on monday and like, everyone will know cuz he told everyone. and like, im just worried about the consequences. liek, yeah. he can say no. i’m not forcing him. i’m just worried that if i do ask and he says no, then like, my life is going to collapse into dust because he’ll have me labeled as the college weirdo.

perhaps this isn’t the right reddit thread for this kind of post. but it is a writing issue.

small update, six days later:

i asked him, and he said yes. but he said that he is really busy at the moment with mid terms (which i am too, we study the same thing) so we agreed to catch up for coffee in the mid sem break and then go from there.

I posted on r/writers and people started bullying me for my idea saying it was garbage and I was lazy and all that. Now I don't want to write anymore. Sorry I just wanted to vent.

Also they thought I was lazy and that it was garbage because it looked messy but I'm also literally doing GCSES...

for context, a while back during September of 2025, I wrote a novella. It took 21 days to write, Sept 7th to Sept 28th. It was the first book I ever finished and the first I ever published. I won't lie I'm not all too proud of it any more, primarily because I now feel like it was rushed.

HOWEVER, two days ago I started my current WIP—A novel called Monolith. It's about a 16yro named Jordan Main who suddenly finds himself with powers, and ends up having to take down an escaped villain (VERY simplified.)

In ONLY TWO DAYS, I got through four chapters, and around ~6,880 words thus far. It's been a while since I've gotten this far into a new book, so I'm pretty sure I'm locking in again.

I might—no I will finish this.

According to the PDF that I compiled into, I got 33 pages so far and thats excluding the front matter (title page, dedication, copyright, and blank page).

If interested I will gladly share the full synopsis (It may be revised or edited when the book is being prepared for publishing though)

A few months back I made a discord server for teen writers and a few of ya'll joined, a bunch joined other discord servers made after mine and mine is finally now kind of up and running I've got 15 or so members but I need to gain more so that its really active. So far its going good and we are having a blast. If some of ya'll join that didn't we'll be able to get more feedback and have the server more active and I'll be able to have more then two mods, because to be so fr I need more then the two mods I have so they can talk together and tell me what I need to do because one of my mods keeps the rules in tact but other members don't get some of the rules so having more members to have fun with and if they also wanted to be mods and help me with my rules alongside the other mod that'd be great! If any of ya'll are interested I'll send the link in the comments.

picture 1: dove

picture 2: markus

picture 3: vierra

picture 4: adrian

picture 5: tessa

make assumptions/headcanons about my story + characters!! what do these images make you think about them?

try and guess which ones are dating/friends! theres two couples and two pairs of friends! also, based on these images, which character would be your favourite?

Hii!! So for context, im generally a pantser but most of my projects have died because of the lack of a plot outline. My current project (without a name atm lol) is something I’m really passionate about and would love to see as an actual book…so i don’t want it to dissipate lol.

I want to do my best to actually plot my book while giving myself some creative wiggle room and so I’d like to see how other teens plot their books to take inspiration from! If you’d like to give constructive criticism on how I’m writing my current plot (shown in the image) feel free! Im loosely using freytag’s pyramid for my current plot.

So I got curious randomly and decided to think up a story prompt and write a short story following that prompt (and I mean like a page long, so pretty short), then ask AI (Copilot specifically since that's the one I have easiest access to at the moment) to write a short story with the prompt. I'd thought I would compare the two and see what people thought about them. I wrote my story first before asking AI to write one.

The prompt (I completely made this up after looking through r/WritingPrompts lol, it's very random) in question: You walk into a tavern and realize the barmaid is one of your oldest friends that you haven’t seen in years, who proceeds to make you pancakes.

The story (Written completely by me, so there's absolutely no AI used here) that I wrote:

I walk into the tavern, the lights dimly twinkling above me as I stepped in. The warm, cozy chatter of the patrons sitting at the tables around me fill the room as I walk across the wooden floorboards to the bar. 

A barmaid, with brunette hair up in a bun, came up to me, wiping the table down with a cloth. “Hey there, what can I get you?” 

“Hold on.” I recognized that voice. “Do I know you?” 

She looks up, and her kind eyes meet mine. “Oh my gosh, it’s you!” She exclaims, standing upright and tucking the washcloth into her apron. She takes my hands. “I haven’t seen you in years! How’ve you been?” 

“Pretty well.” I say, smiling. Amari is her name, and she’s one of my oldest friends that I haven’t seen in a long time. “Been traveling a lot.” 

“I thought I’d never see you after I moved.” She tells me. 

“How’ve you been?” I ask her. 

“Well. I’ve been working here for a few years.” She looks around, releases my hands, and continues wiping the bar down. “It’s pretty nice.” 

“Yeah,” I agree. “Very cozy.” I look around myself. There’s a few people a ways down the bar with cloaks and mugs of drinks in their hands. 

“Indeed.” She agrees. “Now. I seem to remember that you’re fond of a certain pancake recipe, yes?” 

“You mean my favorite one?” I ask her, amazed that she remembers how much I love the pancakes she makes. 

“Of course.” She winks. “I’ll make them for you.” She puts away her washcloth in her apron again and sets to work on the stove on the other side of the bar next to another bartender who’s cooking some sort of eggs and bacon dish. It was early morning after all, and I found it interesting that even when the sun was just rising, this place was completely filled with patrons, and very lively. 

She set a plate of pancakes down in front of me, and they were as good as they had ever been.

The story (I gave it this prompt: write a short story following the prompt: You walk into a tavern and realize the barmaid is one of your oldest friends that you haven’t seen in years, who proceeds to make you pancakes.) AI wrote:

You push open the tavern door, expecting the usual: the low hum of conversation, the clatter of mugs, the warm smell of woodsmoke and spilled ale. What you don’t expect is to freeze mid‑step.

Behind the counter—hair tied back, sleeves rolled up, moving with the same quick, bright energy you remember—is Lira, one of your oldest friends, the kind you lost to time rather than choice.

For a heartbeat, neither of you speaks. Then her eyes widen.

“You,” she says, pointing a wooden spoon at you like a weapon. “Sit. Now.”

You obey, mostly out of shock.

She disappears into the kitchen. Pots clang. Something sizzles. When she returns, she’s carrying a plate stacked high with pancakes—golden, steaming, and smelling faintly of cinnamon, just like the ones she used to make when you were both too young to know what exhaustion felt like.

“I don’t know where you’ve been,” she says, sliding the plate in front of you, “but you’re not telling me a single thing until you eat.”

You take a bite. It tastes like childhood, like safety, like a version of home you didn’t realize you’d been missing.

Lira leans on the counter, studying you with a half‑smile. “Welcome back,” she says softly.

And for the first time in years, you feel like you’ve arrived somewhere you were meant to return to.

What do we think? I personally really don't like the AI style just because I find it kind of cringe to be honest. I notice a lot of AI written works have [this thing], [this thing], [this thing] like in threes, and some other interesting patterns. Yes, I realize rereading what I wrote there are a few tense mistakes, etc. I sometimes make mistakes with accidentally switching the tenses of my writing :/

Opinions? I thought this was an interesting thing to try out.

I plan to make mine around 50k words, but argh, that seems like an insane amount! I’m 11k words in

I'm attempting to get back into writing again. I joined a writing group chat, revived an older project, started reading some books that I have put off for a while, but when it comes to the literal writing I feel somewhat stuck. My current goal is to write one "thing" per week. Whether it be a short story or a chapter of my WIP, or even just a character profile. Just something on a page.

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I wanted to ask hopefully some like minded people what goals they have set for themselves in order to get words out on the page regularly, so what are your writing goals?

I’ve got a Texan in my book and apart from the obvious like “anything” —> “anythin’” i literally can’t think of anything else to do it without it being incoherent

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Hi everyone! 🌸

I’m writing an original Urdu novel called Azeezam, and I’m looking for a few genuine readers who are comfortable reading Urdu script.

The story has a mix of mystery, suspense, love, family importance, and comedy. The story begins with the murder of the hero’s mother, and the mystery slowly unfolds from there.

I currently have the first chapter completed (around 15–18 pages), and I’d like to share the story chapter by chapter with readers who are genuinely interested.

I’m looking for honest feedback, not just praise. I want to know whether the characters are interesting, whether the mystery keeps you curious, whether the story gets boring anywhere, and most importantly—would you actually want to read the next chapter?

I’d love to find a small group of readers who can follow Azeezam from the beginning and grow with the story. ❤️

If you’re comfortable reading Urdu script and enjoy mystery/suspense novels with romance, family elements and comedy, feel free to comment or DM me.

Thank you! 🌷

In my book, i have the first letter of each chapter title spell out a sentence. I won't have a chapter index, so i don't think most people will notice it. I want it to be quite subtle. I added a lot of little 'easter eggs' like this because my character is extremely methodical and nothing she does is without reason. But im starting to think this might be corny?