Have you young writers ever experienced negativity from the elder writers about your writing and ideas?

Make your guide more of a 'what I've learned about writing, and would like to share with you,' sort of thing. I think the section about trolls and haters is unnecessary and beyond the purview of the guide, but it's your project and you must do what you think is best. I wouldn't recommend posting excerpts for random strangers, because the ill-informed, unhelpful and just plain wrong advice vastly outnumbers the helpful critique from those with enough knowledge and experience to judge.

As for what I think should be in such a guide, and building on your proposals: Character development: - providing back stories - techniques like character interviews - avoiding Mary Sue means more than just tacking on 'faults' - characters must have real motivations - keep track of all the character details to maintain consistency Style: - the different types of POV/narration, benefits and limitations, examples - realistic 'voice' for the characters and the setting - developing a robust individual style - adverbs should be used sparingly; stronger and more apt verbs should be chosen instead - don't use words you've found in the thesaurus unless you truly understand the meaning, usage, connotations and context. - avoid great blocks of description/exposition/dialogue - let the reader exercise their imagination - no person or object needs to be described in minute detail - how to show, not tell - read widely from a range of genres and authors, reading with a critical eye this is the best way to improve vocabulary. Reading and writing are the best ways to develop style.

- remember to cater to all five senses; smell is often underrepresented. Cliches: - there are language cliches and plot cliches.

I don't think it's a good idea to create a guide. Beginning writers should write and find out the processes themselves. Only later, when they have their style and voice developed should they check out guides on how to improve.

That way, they are still genuine, and not writing in some "approved" way. So are you considering sharing this, publishing it? :).

I cant really gove you an answer,but what I can give you is a way to a solution, that is you have to find the anglde that you relate to or peaks your interest. A good paper is one that people get drawn into because it reaches them ln some way.As for me WW11 to me, I think of the holocaust and the effect it had on the survivors, their families and those who stood by and did nothing until it was too late.