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I considered for a long time what to do about a cover. Originally I was thinking to just leave it as the default. Its free writing afterall, why waste time on something that would suck the joy out of my hobby? I considered hiring an artist to draw me one. I have enough disposable income that...

Themes - What is the underlying message? Make sure that underlying message is not toxic, even if it is a bit of a bummer. I won't say my intended theme out loud because my writing ought to speak for itself on that front but know that I find "what am I implying" to be a question of vital...

I have uploaded multiple chapters back to back on occasion. It screws up the engagement with the earlier uploaded chapter

I wish my readers would theorize more. I mean I don't want my work spoiled but… I think every part of the puzzle of the ending is now in play and the fact nobody's clocked where this is going yet makes me feel like people aren't paying attention I guess? I don't usually interact with pure...

My novel clearly states "no fixed update schedule, the ADHD pixies won't allow it". Even still I feel guilty when I haven't published a chapter in a few days. Such as right now. Because I've just hit THE SCENE™. My readers might not even like it. But its something that's been on the docket for...

Is that not how memory works in general? I remember being a kid and being able to recall last christmas like it was yesterday on christmas day. The human brain stores memories based on pattern matching. Right?

So we're looking at a geometric series. That S∞ given |r| < 1 don't look good. That means as the number of terms approaches infinity the values will add up to the value S∞. Now AliceMoonvale already gave us a value for ratio, that being 1/876k or 0.00000011415525114155251, which doesn't account...

I find I write best when listening to music where I can't understand a word. That way the lyrics can't distract me. My favorite is Korpiklaani, though I've also been known to enjoy anime theme tunes and theme songs to french cartoons

UGH! That guy. Broke my little heart that did. I'd love to see my work adapted honestly. Trying to find the little troll's other artwork and coming up blank was just… ugh! Next time that happens I'm gonna find a way to commit digital genoeva convention violations against them

A fiver per thousand words? That's not going to add up very fast. I don't know if you write faster or slower than me or even if you type faster or slower than me but… I'm pretty sure I type less than a thousand words per hour, at least while writing and not just copying. I don't think you're...

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If it was just my raw typing speed in question I could do that in an hour. But to come up with 2500 words of story? Probably no less than three hours

Well I'ma gonna go with the three truely dangerous ones, pickup artists, manosphere and looksmaxxers

Your name seems familiar. I can't help feeling I'm promoting to someone who's already read it somehow. Even though I can't find your name in my notifications. But oh well. What self respecting author sees an anything goes "promote yourself" and doesn't promote themself...

I have a tendency to only kill characters I had doomed from their conception, which sort of blunts the impact to me. Which I'll grant you is a writing mistake

There's a story I haven't written yet, though it is the origin of the wielder of the broken blade, who turns up in some of my short stories. I designed it with a protagonist who had the power to manifest shapes and tools through power or will, but initially had no idea how to use his power...

Photographs capture the truth. A moment in time of some significance.They are a tool of record. AI generated text is more of an event. Like taking a bunch of pigs and putting them in a meat grinder. What's the value of a record or photograph of the output of a meat grinder? I mean artistically...

I'd trade a tooth for this sort of engagement.This no holds barred "here's what you're doing wrong". The most critical feedback I ever got besides grammar mistakes was pointing out inconsistencies that are explained well enough by context but weren't meant to be mysteries so I just added...

I got a message like this once. I reported the "user" to mods and said "user" was gone from the site the next day. Who needs a board of shame when you can just banish them to the shadow realm with a single report?

Making people who only want to help walk on eggshells is not my intention. "I know what I'm doing" is the battle cry of a thousand greek heroes crushed under their own hubris. Even if they know I might have done it on purpose, I'd rather someone point out a problem that isn't a problem than let...