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Roya.

When you feel your writing is terrible, it's probably because it is. Re-read, see what works, pull it out for the next version, rewrite. Repeat until you don't dry-vomit at ...

Why care about uniqueness? Write the ideas your own way This is ironic. The latter point contradicts the first one in the case if writing ideas my own way included ...

I'm not sure about it, either. It's a bit too grand. Even "August" is an uncommon name. Have you considered something obscenely simple, like John? Done right, with the right ...

Personally I like the way Left Behind handled its Antichrist name (disclaimer: that's about the only thing I like about that series): Nicolae Carpathia. "Nicolae" is a fairly common Romanian ...

I can personally recommend the book "Autobiography of the Recovering Skinhead" by Frank Meeink. It hits late 80s and early 90s, so almost on the mark for your friend. Not ...

- I prefer Century Gothic, 14-16pt font (I make my fonts bigger everywhere, in editing and on the Internet, to read easier). I prefer a pale yellow text colour and ...

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Is it Leev-aye, or Leh-vee?

22) He'll always answer the phone before the first ring is over. When he doesn't, you know there's a big problem. 23) She'll take money with her left hand, and ...

Also, if you are worried about copyright/retainment issues, try posting a link to your work rather than the work itself on the social media website. Since the actual work is ...

Thanks for the replies, Kyll and Nightshade. I'm more willing to modify the cannon idea rather than the human themselves, because the technology in my world does not allow for ...

Yeah, I don't want that. I want something more tangible than "it makes inertia magically go away".

The muzzle velocity of the device I'm thinking of is a little higher, on the order of ~12,000 km/h in ~2 seconds, enough to send the capsule into suborbital flight.

I want to fire someone out of a cannon in a capsule. I also want them to survive the ordeal. Question: is there any conventional (i.e. non-magical) way to have ...