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When in doubt, both. And over the course of my stories, both are frequently seen. Some stand-out examples of both in said stories are: Ravenna in The Elarian Chronicles; Duskfall, and the sisters, Aliya and Mikala in Aestelle Nocte. Though none of them have been introduced yet in the respective...

The only warnings you'll ever find on any of my works are those necessary for website rules and legal compliance. I'm firmly of the belief that it is the responsibility of the consumer to self-moderate their own "triggers", and not the responsibility of any creator to give tailored warnings...

Ultimately; it comes down to the reading order, and narrative scope. If the story in question is the second (or later) in a series, then it is safe to expect the readers are already familiar with the recurring themes and characters, and there is no need to repeat the content unless it is...

Hey @MakBow, I'm just popping in to see what this is all about and have to say it's a vast improvement over some of your earlier stuff. That much is obvious at just a glance with your sentence and paragraph structure. Compared to the earlier, consistently staccato one-liners, this has a much...

I'd say go for it. Give it your best shot and then maybe ask again for feedback once you've gotten things written and sorted out. The worst that can happen is that it doesn't work out all that well after all, and you'll gain valuable experience through the effort and attempt. Personally, I'd...

Tools that I use for writing: Notebooks Pens Pencils Wordpad (Word-processor free on all windows PC's) Google-Docs (secure backups) Exercise / Tips for writing and improving your writing. This first set is something called "Drafting". It starts with accepting that your rough draft is going to...

Popping in over here for another weekly update. Aestelle Nocte - Chapter 4 is coming along quite well. I've finished writing up the shower scene, and now just need to finish writing up the rest of the chapter leading up to it.

I think you might have misunderstood what I meant. I wasn't talking about changing the scene. Keep the scene however it is that you wrote it. I meant if you wanted to quote or paraphrase my suggested response to the comment, you would be encouraged to change what I said to suit your needs. I do...

You'll never be able to please everyone, but I'd say that's cause for celebration. That said, if you intend to reply, might I suggest simply asserting the fact that you are the story's author, and this is your narrative and creative expression. That if they want a different story, they are more...

I'll start by clarifying that my stories are primarily original narrative content and not formally inspired by any existing narrative, series, or work of fiction (to the best of my knowledge). Instead, I've simply layered easter-egg references to these works here within my stories. 1) .hack and...

Here's the simple, cold, hard, truth of it. You need to do what is best for you. Nobody online can tell you what that is. All we can do is tell you what we think is best, or what we want you to do, or what we think you should do, but since we're not YOU, we don't know what your living with, or...

The Apocalypse - Lore For this, I'll need to start with the definition of apocalypse. From the ancient Greek; "uncovering, disclosure, revelation" it has come to be accepted as "a great disaster" or "something viewed as a prophetic revelation". In the setting of The Elarian Chronicles...

:coffee:🍪 Congrats, Tina

Would it count as LitRPG? - Yes. LitRPG is defined by the inclusion of game systems, mechanics, and similar elements as part of the narrative of a story, at least as far as I am aware, so anything that features this, with one character, or everyone, qualifies. The rest comes down to...