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I'd show PoV or make emphasis of a character who feels that something is wrong. For example, my MC is an ex-slave. He reacts negatively to slavery in general. He even wants to dismantle it, even if he knows it's impossible. Of course I have to portray the slavery itself to make that point. If...

Thank you for pointing that out. Looks like I need to move this chapter back and pull out the one where it matters. It's a long roadmap though. But it's clearer now. Again, thank you.

JAM Project songs

I have introduced three named main casts and one currently side character in my tavern brawl chapter. At the same chapter, there are at least seven named characters. Though, the focus is still at the narrating MC, and the spotlight of the chapter who fought alone against the enraged drunkards.

I still use it to interrupt dialogues. That's it.

Around 2006. Started with my native language, until 2017 when I realized I could write in English.

Oftentimes. There is always something new to learn.

Frowning and slight variations of it. I need to upgrade my gesture game soon.

I can only make oneshots for fanfiction. Learned my lessons when I tried a longfic back in 2010.

1500-2500 Can be around 1000 if you update more than once a week

Hope and understanding.

Mine is around 45k words per volume/arc.

A pair of sworn siblings got abandoned by their master in an isolated backwater town. They found the master's shoplist that also listed people who owed him and his possible hangouts. There was a puzzle in the last page that more or less hinted they should stay there instead of looking for him.

Ever since I watched Shurato and Magic Knight Rayearth back when I was a kid, I've wanted to write a transforming hero story taking place in medieval fantasy-like world. But I had no idea how to. Until Garo - Carved Seal of Flames anime aired back in 2014. That's almost exactly what I wanted...

It hasn't been popular since I first wrote mine in 2017. It's pretty much a thinly veiled personal diary, after all. So I don't really think about it much. But I do care if eventually someone will stumble upon it, so I try to make it easier to read, at least.