# newest submissions : Writeresearch This sub is a place to ask questions to improve the accuracy and realism of your writing when it involves a real-life area of expertise that you don't know about. Page: Feed: --- ## [Could you stab someone with a very sharp rock?](https://www.reddit.com/r/Writeresearch/comments/1w17w1g/could_you_stab_someone_with_a_very_sharp_rock/) _2026-08-29 · /u/Apprehensive\_Let604_ So i'm writing a fantasy story and one of the character's ability is manipulating stone (he has to ability to pull large rocks out of the ground and create rock walls). I thought about how this character could kill somebody and it came to my mind that maybe he could pull out a really sharp, big rock from underneath another character to stab them through the stomach, piercing them, would that work?… ## [Progatonist stabbed in right arm and ultimately pierced lung? Thoughts?](https://www.reddit.com/r/Writeresearch/comments/1w142ay/progatonist_stabbed_in_right_arm_and_ultimately/) _2026-08-28 · /u/septuagint777_ I changed up the final scene between my protagonist and the knife-wielding bad guy. If he stabs he rin the upper right shoulder near the deltoid while she's trying to fight him off, will that immobilize her arm? Would she still be able to move around (as far as running or kicking him) on adrenaline even as her right arm is imcapacitated? He will also managed to stab her in the back, again, closer… ## [Could a walkie-talkie work where a call on earpieces can't?](https://www.reddit.com/r/Writeresearch/comments/1w0y0it/could_a_walkietalkie_work_where_a_call_on/) _2026-08-28 · /u/Weekly\_6718_ One of my characters is going down underground to infiltrate an enemy base and he has someone always with him with an earpiece. I think this interaction uses maybe a connection closer to a phone/discord call rather than radio waves ? Because for example they don't have to push a button to talk like you have to do on a walkie-talkie. But anyway, this doesn't work as he goes really deep down and… ## [Volunteering Evidence](https://www.reddit.com/r/Writeresearch/comments/1w0p0lz/volunteering_evidence/) _2026-08-28 · /u/Ok\_Excitement\_1804_ I have a character who jumped on an offer for a dirt bike and bought it from someone who REALLY wanted it off their hands. MC paid cash and thought that was it. Two weeks later, a friend of theirs (who is a cop) realizes it matches the description of a dirt bike used in a recent crime. What happens next in real life? Can the cop friend ask the MC to volunteer the bike and get it checked for… ## [Bakers, what are some beginner mistakes that would make baking a cake fail spectacularly?](https://www.reddit.com/r/Writeresearch/comments/1w0mgb7/bakers_what_are_some_beginner_mistakes_that_would/) _2026-08-28 · /u/honeybees42_ I'm writing a scene where my main character bakes a cake for the very first time, and I need the cake to be VISIBLY bad once it gets out of the oven. The character is a pretty precise person, so she won't do things like getting the wrong ingredients or failing to preheat the oven, as the recipe would surely mention that. Overmixing the batter could work; so would using cold ingredients (resulting… ## [Credit cards and finances](https://www.reddit.com/r/Writeresearch/comments/1w0lpyl/credit_cards_and_finances/) _2026-08-28 · /u/ApprehensiveBoot7805_ My main character, who recently turned 18, had received a fine, and a fine slip, that was increased by alot which he can't pay. It was bumped up to almost $3000 due to corruption. 1) Would his parents be able to see that he has acquired this amount of debt or is it just his own issue since he's an adult? Also he is getting paid by another character who is, also freshly 18, and comes from a wealthy… ## [Got some police custody beats to vet](https://www.reddit.com/r/Writeresearch/comments/1w0fycd/got_some_police_custody_beats_to_vet/) _2026-08-28 · /u/WelbyReddit_ Hi all, Got some police procedural beats to vet with you fine folk. So here's the situation. Upstate NY, Small town, rural. 1998. Neman is arrested for a fist fight in a bar, busting a patron's nose, which moved to the parking lot where Neman then used his truck to ram the patron's car. He is in custody, which I believe can be held for 48 hours max before seeing a Judge. At the last minute, before… ## [Injections That Might "Help" a Barbed Wire Injury?](https://www.reddit.com/r/Writeresearch/comments/1w0afcn/injections_that_might_help_a_barbed_wire_injury/) _2026-08-27 · /u/Frutee_ Hey there, this is kinda stupid but I'm really hoping to make this dramatic scene work for my novel. My story takes place in an apocalyptic countryside; 2010s, no power in most places (has been this way for a little over half a year). My question comes in two parts: Characters A and B have come across some survivors who have been keeping a small building running with a backup generator. I was… ## [How to transplant an organ?](https://www.reddit.com/r/Writeresearch/comments/1w09t3v/how_to_transplant_an_organ/) _2026-08-27 · /u/magnus\_bird_ Hello! I’m currently writing a short story in which it’s becoming a more common thing to harvest organs/body parts and replace a sick person’s affected area with that of a living person (Kind of like UnWind series by Neal Shusterman). My main character is meant to be a graduate student studying this kind of medicine, and while I don’t need him to go into all of the details of how it works, what… ## [Refer a Friend, Earn Rewards (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/ufgxccTYcLcz) _2026-08-27 · **Sponsored**_ Earn rewards when friends get the Graphite Business Card through your referral. ## [Mural unveiling ceremony](https://www.reddit.com/r/Writeresearch/comments/1w09lx8/mural_unveiling_ceremony/) _2026-08-27 · /u/lyzzyrddwyzzyrdd_ I've got a mural that's important to my novel. The character is super, super into it, it's important to the school... and then it gets defaced, but the defacement isn't revealed until the unveiling. My question is how do unveiling ceremonies work? Especially given it's in an area with high foot traffic. Like, how would it be a secret before then? You can't exactly put a cover on wet paint. I've…