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    I wouldn't mind reading your stuff and give you feedback.

    Hello, this is mine, if you don't mind! https://www.scribblehub.com/series/2235188/undo-her/
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    Paralysis to start due to limited vocabulary and inability to convey ideas or create an intriguing story

    My recommendation, perhaps a little contrary to the "Just Write"isms around here, is to read! Reading good literature should inspire you to write things yourself and help you get started! Or, watch a show you like, a good film, listen to some music, whatever inspires you to write. Don't start...
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    My MC for my fiction. Ryan the telekinetic.

    He built a great sand castle I think.
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    Hello, I'm in a Reading Frenzy! ❤️⭐😍

    Maybe Undo Her? Chapters are very long, and a new one drops tomorrow! It'll definitely give you some hundred pages of themes while you wait ... https://www.scribblehub.com/series/2235188/undo-her/
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    Editing Non-english writters. How do you know that you are written right for english language standars?

    My source is also being a native Spanish speaker writing in English. It's unfortunately really hard to get a work to be 'written right' in English just by translating with Google Translate or adjacent tools. It'll do its best, but artistically you'll either lose all of the style of the original...
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    Looking for feedback on the Prologue of my work

    Thank you very much! I'm glad you enjoyed some of the descriptions, or at least, until ... ... they dragged a little too long! That is fair. I might go a little too long doing my descriptions and character routines, hoping they better characterize the character. I enjoy these long passages of...
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    Thinking about changing my upload time

    I think a statistical approach is better than basing yourself on logic. Maybe try the time switch and see if it changes anything in your views on release-day?
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    Apparently I Have Bad Taste

    Get it twisted, if any paragraph is longer than one sentence it WON'T be read ‼️
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    [Mega-Thread] Music Recommendation Nexus

    Mother Earth's Plantasia, Disco Elysium's OST, 2003 Toyota Corolla, and anything by Macabre Plaza are my instrumental-only recommendations :)
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    Looking for feedback on the Prologue of my work

    I doubt you're mistaken! Thank you for letting me know this is an issue. I appreciate your input. Many books throughout history have had long paragraphs, spanning multiple pages, often representing panic (e.g. the screenshot provided), insanity, euphoria, or any emotional state where there's...
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    Looking for feedback on the Prologue of my work

    Hello, thank you very much for the read, and for the extensive review of it. I really appreciate it! Definitely, and thank you for the feedback. I tend to throw a lot of exposition at a fear of having certain aspects of the story not being understood, but I can see it becoming overwhelming and...
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    If series includes [Suicide] tag, what are the specific guidelines? (see updated post below))

    I think people browsing stories that may be triggered by those themes are more likely to check the Mature Warnings that the tags. It never hurts to be 'too careful'.
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    Adventure/Fantasy-story writers, how do you keep travel sequences interesting?

    Generally speaking, you have to think of what the traveling will do to the story. If it's just a connection between two locations, then you can probably skip it altogether, but otherwise it's a great opportunity to show how it wears down your travelers, brings them together, etc. The passage of...
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    Looking for feedback on the Prologue of my work

    Hello! I'm seeking feedback on my first work, "Undo Her". You're free to skip the brief Preface of the story, but I've been posting it over the last couple of weeks and wanted to know if the Prologue had any sauce whatsoever. Read "PROLOGUE"...
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    What do you use to write with?

    Obsidian too. It's nice to have a personal wiki of one's world-building.
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