Writing Tips and Reviews

Do Your Research

Don't know what something is? Don't use it until you've researched it. I'm done hearing "I HAVE INSANITY" from little kids who don't even know what insanity is. Catch 22, if you can say it, you don't have it.

You can make up your own definitions, your own terms, but always define them. I don't want to go to external sources to learn about something that should be described in the story. If you can't describe it, don't mention it and don't make it a big plot point. Looking at whoever created the power aura but "I'm not going explain what it is". Explain new terms and even old terms.

Want to make a character a certain way? Let's god damn hope you've done your research before implementing anything. Example, an introvert with anxiety is not going to be the star of the party with all attention on them and be fine with it. This is why I don't go to parties. A master manipulator is not going to be the most obvious liar in history of liars, so much that an imbecile can see through it. A sociopath is not a social butterfly who cares about other people. A insane person is not going to say they are insane. And those are just a few examples.

How about objects? Powers? Things created by the writer don't need to researched extensively by the writer, since they created it. But powers like psychokinesis and teleportation do. Do it wrong, and you've pissed off people who are fans of the power. Putting your own spin to it is one thing, but doing it horribly wrong to the point that it's not even that power or object, that's sad. Metal doesn't melt in cold temperatures. That's obvious. 

Things can be explained right away or during the time of the story, please not never, I'm not dealing with that again. If it's a fan fiction then those terms are a bit expected to be known, since, you're there to read about something you already know. You as the writer should explain things if it's your own work and if it's a well known term or such, you need to know it as well as needed for the story.

Simply put, don't know it, don't write about it.