Recent content by TheAmaraine

Finish what you write, even if it means writing badly and continuing a half-done story you're not happy with. There are things you learn by finishing a story/novella/novel that you can't learn by starting several, or by rewriting before you're done, or by writing a web serial that has no...

It varies a lot, but 1500 words an hour when things are flowing really well, and I think my record for words in a day is around 13,000. Average day? I don't know, and I try not to worry about it too much because I don't want to divide days into "good writing days" and "bad writing days" more...

This thread led me to think about POV choices. Usually, when I start to write a story and realize that the character to whom the story matters most is not the person whose POV I'm using, I wanted to rewrite the story. That might involve using multiple POV, or it might mean changing my POV...

You're only easy if you want a feature added so you can propose with one click. Positive reader reaction is the best. :)

It's normal. Theoretically, everyone who reads the chapter n has read the n-1 chapter, and so it's not surprising to find it steadily increasing. Sometimes, if a series is long, they might jump in on the middle, but probably not for a 3 chapter story. Readers who are interested in the series may...

I've written a lot on Literotica and I'm just really appreciating several things about this site. Stories go up when you post them -- rather than a somewhat random 2-9 day wait. Alternately, they can be scheduled to go up at a particular time. The comment notifications make it so easy to click...

I love that Tony cares enough to "take care of" one-star spammers.

I would have said editing once, but I'm coming to terms with it as a chance to enjoy the craft, and a thing to do in small chunks when I don't have the time to get really into writing. So now it's research. Stopping the flow of writing because I wonder whether a thing is really possible. I want...

There are some great ideas here. Detect Dead: Points the necromancer to the closest dead body, or alternately, to a specific dead body. Mend Corpse: Lets the necromancer heal the undead minions. Create Vampire: Creates a thinking, semi-independent undead with the usual vampire skills, and...

I think showing stats is part of LitRPG. It's okay not to like LitRPG! But if that's the genre you're working in, you're going to show them sometimes, or many readers will be wondering why you chose that label. I think the fact that readers can scroll past them is a feature, not a bug. Those...

I usually have more than one writing project going at a time, and I usually finish anything I start to publish. The advantage, for me, is that if I have issues that I need to figure out before working on one project, I can work on the other. That stops me from either (a) getting out of the habit...

There is something to be gained in pressing forward, always, but a little re-writing can be good too. Just don't fall in the trap of endlessly rewriting. It will never be perfect. Set limits, like @Tyranomaster said.

Walter Miller's A Canticle for Leibowitz, or Michael Innes' Lament for a Maker.

I often want to create a world better than the one I live in. I don't know that's what I actually end up doing, because stories need conflict, and by the time I create a world and add zombies, there's something to be said for 21st century life. :) But better in some way, even if worse in others...

I think we live in a world where 5 stars is often the only rating really seen as positive. That's unfortunate for all sorts of reasons.