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    Life Advice? (Dark Topic)

    Baby steps, on every problem, every day. Let it all compound over a week, then a month. And whatever you want to do least, do it first. It's generic and sounds pushy. But someone said it to me, and it helped. Hope things get better.
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    How do you maintain a good schedule?

    Sometimes life gets in the way, but after slowing down for a bit, I've been trying to stick to having one or two scheduled chapters ready per week. Staying a little ahead makes it feel easier for me.
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    Reboot, or Continue and Edit later?

    I took some days off from writing new content to significantly edit/reorganize my early chapters, and I'm happy I did. It was in the back of my head that I had learned and improved, but my early chapters were of lower quality compared to the new ones. I didn't repost, just edited and flagged...
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    Games with the best stories?

    Expedition 33 and the Mass Effect trilogy (skip Andromeda) are my favs.
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    I need your Irrational Fears

    Being surrounded by very full bowls of cereal. I had a recurring dream that I was walking through my house, but every step I took clipped the edge of a full cereal bowl and doused me in milk. Haven't had cereal since.
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    Dumbest Comments You've Gotten

    I had one that broke my brain. The synopsis says the MC wants to be a good cook. The reader commented something like, "I didn't realize there would be cooking scenes, but I did read the synopsis said cooking. There should be a cooking tag, too." I did add the tag.
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    I think I get isekai now (warning: navel-gazing ahead)

    In the same way it's easier to digest as a reader, I think it's easier to write. How do I introduce a world, characters, power system, etc. to my readers naturally? By actually introducing them to a character with the same level of information as the reader. At least that's why I chose it for...
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    How does one find a job?

    Out of college, I got my first job by tailoring the "coursework" section on my resume to the jobs I was applying to. A director at one place called me asking all kinds of questions about that class and what I knew. Next thing I knew, I had a job I hated.
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    Writing management

    Thanks, everyone. I'll look at some of the software ideas provided. My writing time is less than 10% of what it was a few weeks ago, so every bit of efficiency I can pick up is helpful.
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    Writing management

    How does everyone manage their works in progress and the chapters they've written? My first 100 chapters are in a Word document and backed up in Google Docs, plus wherever they're posted. I started a new doc for part 2 of the story, mainly because grammerly lags terribly with big docs. I also...
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    What three things made the core of your story?

    1. Finding joy and anxiety in being relied upon 2. OP protagonist discovers that power can't fix everything - hammers can't do much with bolts 3. All decisions lead to the bad ending I'm just getting to the start of everything blowing up, and I'm so excited.
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    How do you write action scenes?

    I love the RDJ Sherlock style. Analyze, plan, fast action, then off to lunch. Not sure how readers feel about it, though.
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    I just noticed I made a ridiculous mistake

    17K words of telling instead of showing. I'm still learning, but my first pass was bad.
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    Does this look inviting!

    I would throw a hammer at it and run away
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    Writing Prompt How would your MC react when put in a horror movie?

    Nonchalant dialog, internal nope nope nope nope nope.
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