Recent content by TwistedRomcom

I use a dinkus (three asterisks in a row *** ) with center alignment.

I'm writing a romcom parody as well. Here's some of the tropes I've referenced. Toast of Tardiness Crash-Into Hello Accidental Pervert Nosebleed = Sexual Attraction Childhood Marriage Promise Clueless Chick-magnet Physical abuse is funny if it's female on male Kabedon Bento Box Confession

To be honest, I fail to see how typing speed matters in the slightest. It isn't as though your typing speed is ever going to be your bottleneck, even if you're abysmally slow like 30 wpm. 99% of the time is spend on deciding which words to say, not typing them. At least that's how it is for me...

Yanderes are fundamentally about attachment. A true discerning connoisseur knows that they're more than just crazy and violent. They're attachment taken to a ridiculous over-the-top extreme into hyperfixation. Give them a reason for being that way. Some traumatic event in their past that's left...

Execution matters more than novelty. All you need is one or two fresh takes/subversions on the popular tropes and some good characters. Don't worry too much about being unique.

No tags. Generic title. No tiddies on cover. Fix those three things and you'll do a lot better.

I will let you know a forbidden technique. Anyone who has ever GM'd a tabletop RPG will be familiar with this one. When I write a mystery, sometimes readers will theorize about the reveal in the comments. And sometimes the big reveal they come up with is better than what I had in mind. So I'll...

My pov character often makes up a nickname to call a new stranger by before they learn their name. For example, I had a scene where the MC meets a guy with curly blonde hair and never learns his name. So he just refers to him as Blondie in his internal monologue. If it ever becomes important...

This could be indicative of two things. Option one: You've outgrown your current work. You see new flaws that you didn't before. You're dissatisfied with the level of quality because the current you could do noticeably better. This might be because you made a lot of progress in a short time...

There's no reason to mention much description when everyone you know has black hair and brown eyes. About the most you need is just something like, "MC-chan towered over his peers at a colossal 5'8". Also he was handsome. Really, really handsome. So handsome that he often got mistaken for a girl."

One of the advantages of novels as a medium is that they have the freedom to be way more niche. Movies, for example, take a team of hundreds of people and millions of dollars. They must have enough mass appeal to make their money back at the very least. But this often results in stories that...

If your writing session lasts longer than 4 hours, consult your physician.

I aim for between 2000-2500 words. I usually make one chapter = one scene, though occasionally I'll have two short scenes together or split a long scene into two chapters. One reviewer said that my pacing was good with scenes taking their time without overstaying their welcome. That's exactly...

The gradual unshitification of diffusion models means I can include an illustration every chapter or two without sacrificing my focus on the actual writing part. I get nice comments all the time from people who like it and think it adds to the story. That simply wouldn't be possible with real...

It depends on the genre. As you mentioned for Steven King, he goes to great lengths to flesh out the characters and make you feel attached to them. This is standard fare in horror as a genre. Reason being, it's pretty much impossible to make a reader feel scared with prose alone. Books aren't...