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FrankTrollman wrote:Don't forget Fear of Spiders.

"Liberals had more gray matter at least in the anterior cingulate cortex, a region of the brain that helps people cope with complexity."
This is good news.

Man, I knew there was something different about republicans.

Can't I just have the Right/Conservative believe more or less what they believe now? I certainly wouldn't go in the "milder" direction for them. I was envisioning the group as one based on today's conservatives. When left to its own devices (via separation from the left), I imagined the gr...

I am fine with this. It could be an acronym (Democratic Republic of Integrated Theocracy?) but I feel like typing DROIT in all caps constantly might be offensive to the reader. Maybe I'm wrong.

To the British, the French. What? To them it seems what? @Whatever I've made an effort not to dump information on the reader in large quantities. I do have a "fish out of water" character, but I think I've done a decent enough job in not having Inception -like pauses in the action to have...

If I were gonna change it I would probably go LESS pretentious before I went MORE pretentious.

@Avoraciopoctules There will not be robots in the setting. There might be mechanized soldier-suits (later on in the story) but they have nothing to do with the name. I am aware of Lucasfilm's trademark on the word "droid" and how that might cause confusion amongst readers. Simultaneously, ...

This is also a good point. Thanks, Drolyt. Also, random question: Is "DROIT/Droit" a terrible name for a faction? How does the word make you feel? Is it too complicated/hard to pronounce? I based it off of the root for "Right" (it is the conservative side in this setting) but I'v...

Avoraciopoctules beat me to the best story lines. Thanks for all the lovely information on hooks. That's interesting that you suggest political hot-button issues (Nike Shoes). I might throw more of those in there. Hypothetically stating that America is in fact "split into two extreme factions: ...

Oh come on, English is my bloody first language. Jesus Christ. Trollman's the only one who made any effort trying to convey what a hook was, so good job to the rest of you. Actively unhelpful.

So how bad is it that now I want to watch Mermaids: The Body Found ? @Ancient History Don't you know--apocalypse never happens in Canada. They're too wholesome. Some long-dead god would have to come up out of the earth to make that kind of shit happen. @Everyone OKAY so we've established that cliché...

Why, because it will consume all my time?

@ the TVTropes link
Wow, look at them all.

I thought the Mandarin (not what they did with the pre-existing character, per se, but what he did for the movie) was amazing. I went from being disappointed that they were pulling a Red-Dawn-like anti-Asian propaganda move to being completely incredulous because the terrorist was a white guy all al...

Working on a sci-fi piece with a dystopian America split into two extreme factions: the left and the right. Protagonist is a young girl captured by an enemy sect. I haven't read enough sci-fi (working on it) to know what clichés to avoid. Help would be appreciated if you could provide examples as to...

Does this help?

Wikipedia's pretty legit, isn't it?

A lot of the new-world colonies suffered because they were new to the whole colonizing business, as well as having to deal with any unforeseen problems such as harsh winters, crops failing, and local illnesses. You can have your colonists run into a lot more problems than just the natives. Maybe the...

Whenever I think of heirs being assassinated, I think of the assassination of Franz Ferdinand which started(?) WWI. You could work that in. What Angelfromanotherpin said has a good ring to it, too, though, with all the intricacies. You'll have to let us know how the novel progresses. I'm interested.

Kickstarters that don't get kickstarted are really pathetic.