POST APOCALYPTIC - Terrible Writing Advice

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[kevnar]

The only love triangles in the post-apocalypse is the hero, his gun, and the heads the bullets go through.

[EatitHarvey]

To be fair, I imagine that the reason for everyone wearing leather is because they were crafted from the only resource that is always available in a wasteland: Dead humans.

[benclaxton]

"Welcome to the Apocalypse, Squidward. I hope you like leather."

[praetorian]

I can see leathers in a zombie apocalypse, as biting through leather is a massive pain in the ass, thus protecting you pretty well against them, but still.

[jessshu]

you forgot the fallen statue of liberty (isn't that a trope for this genre?)

[samuelmarton]

Phew! My story was far too original, thanks so much for your help!

[Exarian]

New vegas did a really cool thing that I almost call post-postapocalypse because instead of it being the standard chaotic scavenging and raider bands ruling wastelands, it was more about "hey, the nukes basically reset history, meaning we can make ideologies that could have never encountered eachother like modern liberal democracy and ancient roman imperialism fight, and leave open room for other ideologies that only had marginal success in the presence of larger, more powerful ideologies like Anarchism to have another chance at establishing itself on a cleared board"

[sean]

" You know what else is cool? Deserts!"

I am not sure if that was a joke or not because deserts are very cold at night.

[samedwards]

you forgot the "brooding anti-hero suddenly finds 2 caged concubines and now has a love triangle even though he looks like doesn't even know what love is" part

[Mrmigo]

A fun experiment: Try to write a story with no resemblance to any story that has already been written.
And then immediately realize that all of the good ideas have already been used so the only way to accomplish such a thing would be to make your writing pure gibberish, like the ravings of a mad man.

[Crispman_]

I want to write a story about a virtuous Mary Sue schoolgirl-popstar-secret agent-child of prophesy, that gets into a love triangle with a slasher, a werewolf, her hunky macho-alpha male teacher and a shy-well mannered-innocent-lonely yet unaware-slightly nerdy classmate _whilst also_ making sure to get good grades to please her abusive adoptive parents, become the world's martial arts champion and save the entire multiverse from an unfathomable insanity inducing horror from another dimension in a post apocalyptic setting! Any tips?

[basedbattledroid]

The funniest part about watching Mad Max is when you're an Aussie and you live in Melton and it looks exactly the same today as it did when it was 'Post-Apocalyptic', including the view of Melbourne.

[LendriMujina]

Fun fact: a nuclear apocalypse would still technically make the world look like a desert.

Antarctica is a desert.

[anima]

"Slaughtering bodybuilders with bad haircuts"
-out of context quotes by terrible writing advice

[Xweiyiq]

Thanks you helped me make my completely original story "Angry Alex".

[barleysixseventwo]

I feel like a cool idea for a drifter character would be something akin to a post-apocalyptic bard. He doesn't travel because brooding or self-isolation: He travels to collect and tell stories, and in the process alerts isolated communities to the goings-on of the wider world. He is not sustained by revenge or any such nonsense, but rather curiosity and a hope that by meeting a variety of people and telling them about the hopes and struggles of other nearby towns he can eventually coerce everyone to start reaching beyond their tiny, barricaded abodes to others. Instead of fighting bandits, this character would simply hide. In the event he was found, he would be left unmolested because he literally has nothing worth taking and the food needed to feed him isn't worth the additional slave labor.

I imagine such a series could be quite episodic. But while I ultimately don't begrudge the lone survivor protagonist I feel he's due for some contrast. If everyone is a Mad Max, nobody will care about Mad Max-style characters.

[rolfgrell]

The fiercest and most dangerous creature of them all: the trollface sandworm!

[pennsylvaniafellow]

Remember to never have anyone use water or wind power in any way despite the difficulty in both extracting and refining oil in a post apocalyptic world.

[TheSuperDerp]

"Hey, Thrashkill? I found a bunch of seeds in the ruined gardening store!"
"Gimme, I haven't eaten since lunch. Is that weirdo in the blue jumpsuit still around?"
"Nah, Murderrape finished him off. There's just a few soup bones left."

[inspectorjavert]

Leather would be a realistic clothing choice though. Chances are that animal hide would be one of the easier things to come across especially if farming doesn't boot back up.