Recent content by xizl

Super deep voice: “I desire the wet food tonight, Mother.”

How does the lighting make it even scarier 😭

I actually recommend often using said over any alternatives, unless it's expressing an emotion or action important to the scene. I use said as a dialogue tag like 70% of the time if I'm adding them. "Said" is an invisible word. Many of your readers skim over the tag anyways. Using something...

From 'Elements of Style, Fourth Edition': “ Dialogue is a total loss unless you indicate who the speaker is. In long dialogue passages containing no attributives, the reader may become lost and be compelled to go back and reread in order to puzzle the thing out. Obscurity is an imposition on...

Usually, I try to set the format of the story up in a way that it's obvious who's speaking without. When I do that, I forego tags entirely and set the mood of the dialogue through prior scene description and character action. In the instance that there are multiple characters and it would be...

o'keefe's hand cream is great. recommend

dark souls 2 has a ton of replayability. The pvp was a blast back in the day. Adaption is dumb.

When I don't have writers block I usually write like the next line was already there. but when I have it...I take forever to come up with even three paragraphs. 1000 words feels like a wall on those days

I like sports stories but don't care for sports.

Yeah, Scribblehub is better for chapters every day. Spread it out, time on the front page is key. You can time it for busy hours but you'll get pushed off quick. I've had my series as the top 1 a few times, mostly by consistent updates, one early morning and one around work-ending hours. That...

that's' how it goes! You'll get more as time goes

Mine got a decent amount of attention when I was releasing at least once a day. I tried to do 2 on Sundays, it seemed to peak then

The lights flickered, chilling my blood as I saw what lay upon my table. It was a job application.

I disappear into the ether until the mood strikes me

it’s ok! You’re not being annoying. For beta readers, you’re more likely to find general impressions and advice from people on writing discords. I will say - there will be criticism. There always is. Be prepared to understand that it isn’t an attack on your story or youpeople will point out...