Recent content by duelsharks

bold of you to assume i can write 40k in 4 months? anyway, i wouldnt win when the algorithm doesnt favor my genres or cover style

looked it up: a short story is 1.5k to 30k, anything shorter is a drabble (?). ... anyone up for 30k ?

hi, new-ish to sh/f but not new to writing or bl (been around writing it in rpf for 4 yrs or so ). the contests and anthologies seem really interesting, but can i suggest have a organized system for finding editors/betas? having a list of them could help everyone who are in the bl community in...

Hmm, I tend to try to avoid filler chapters ( if those are what you're alluding to? ), since they generally don't add anything to the plot of the story. However, sometimes filler chapters are necessary for character bonding or worldbuilding outside of just the entire plot premise. When that time...

yeah I've noticed this with several web novels. It's unfortunate, because it's clear they don't have an ending in mind. The downside of pantsing is the lack of some knowledge that could easily be important. Don't take my word for it, but I think it's mainly a structural issues. These people...

I will have to disagree with you. I've found that pantsing has helped me a lot as I write manuscripts or generally fics. Writing without direction will certainly go nowhere; that's not exactly what pantsing is. Most panster already know their final destination- scenes, lines, the plots they want...

What do you guys think of/about writers who do better jumping into a story and going with the flow? I see a lot of suggestions to plot and outline etc, after lurking around, but there are writers who don't do that/it doesn't work that way for them ( hi it's me ). Would you have any particular...