Recent content by SainS

Sometimes A, sometimes B. Don't usually care about it as much as how well the story is written and how entertaining the characters are.

Only some kinda eldritch monster would answer B.

Going against established mythos will inevitably cause confusion in your readers and not the good kind. You need a lot of reader goodwill (created through enticing premise or excellent writing) to make them want to suffer through confusion. Some small tweaks and twists are fine, but I would...

Would probably spend next couple hudnred years on trying to write/storytell better and keep at it past that too. But the real goal would be trying to uplift humanity to a point where others can achieve immortality via technology. It might take a thousand years. Maybe ten. Maybe million. But...

Usually, if a story is good enough to read that I get past chapter 1, then I trust the author enough to lead me all the way through.

Tried it and realized it wasn't for me. I much prefer just making characters, setting, figuring out the story I wanna tell, deciding on the ending(s) (usually 1st arc an final ending at least), then write as I collect ideas and plot beats under a very loose 'outline of ideas to use' that I then...

Godclads? Tho the author might not be posting it on RR

You could write 3rd Person Omniscient style. It allows you to have multiple POV shifts, though it can be quite tricky to pull off and modern internet readers may be turned off by it, since it's not very common anymore.

I've been collecting some simple tips over the years to make distinct voices when one doesn't pop up immediately. Though for good dialogue, I'd start focus in character motivations and negative experiences/traumas as those will guide what they want to talk about in any given situation, which is...

If you can write while working, I would highly recommend writing while working until you make enough to take the leap. Writing career can take many many years to take off depending on a variety of factors (or happen in a month). You can't know for sure how it'll happen before you try, so just to...

Just finished a chapter where protag browses local arcnet (magic internet) for tips on how to deal with spirits in a certain area. GrayForeigner: To preface, I’m a fifth year WACA student who has completed five Un exams, walked the halls of the other W, and earned passage to the Keyless Court...

Depends a lot whether the flow happens in morning or at 4am. Late night tends to be more zany ideas, less coherent text.

Sanderson has written like 16k a day and plenty of big trad books were written in short amount of time too. Sometimes words just come easier.

The emotion reader gets does not come from the line that describes his laughter. It comes from the context surrounding it. If the reader knows the characters and has followed the story and follows the conversation, they can get that same emotion with a simple description of the laughter, even if...

From what I gather it's essentially impossible to get organic views there, and if you're gonna advertise your story you might as well post it on RR or SH and advertise those so you get both readers you've led there and organic ones. Don't waste your time on Wattpad.