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This reminds of a video talking about how intense a Paragon vs Paragon story can be. I believe it was one of the Trope Talk series by Red of Overly Sarcastic Productions, though not the one *about* paragons, as I just recently watched that one. TV Tropes Link: Paragons YouTube Link: Trope...

Going by the links you posted, 'Adult' seems to be more accurate, as the scenes are rare.

First of all, it is generally best if the protagonist is not working alone. Biggest survival tip IRL as well. The more varied the allies and abilities, the more likely it is that someone has a workable solution, even if not an ideal one. Build using pieces of what came before. I am something of...

Almost everything is about the execution. Secret of NIMH is a great example, though the book version might be an even stronger example: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mrs._Frisby_and_the_Rats_of_NIMH I would say that in that story, her being a mother was a critical part of her character and...

Yes, one of my secondary characters is now going to be the MC of the second half of the serial. It *could* be run as a separate series, which I had been thinking about, but after consideration, I believe it is going to work better to just let the two sections flow into each other. There is no...

Fair, but for modern IRL, that's what paternity tests are for.

It also sort of depends on specific aspects of a fantasy setting. If the cool people all have very specific powers/powersets/classes, and those can be unique, then they can be uniquely powerful. If you don't have those and instead have general training and practice for magic and fighting...

Funny enough, for a concept I have worked out, this isn't an issue. It's part of a setup for an elven queendom, where a queen-to-be is required (by law/founding charter) to find at least three consorts who she wants to also have as her councilors. Those consorts would then be required to take a...

For WPM, I have no idea. But it's easier to spend more time typing with a comfortable keyboard with nice feedback. Thus, it will get me more words per day, which is a much more important metric. :s_smile:

For my first serious attempt at writing a novel sized story/series of novels, we have my current serial. My first dozen chapters or so were especially rough, but a heavy edit after 3 years of writing experience fixed the problematic sections while keeping the story intact. It was mostly...

it all depends on how you write the challenges. One of my MCs has an OP breadth of power and a ridiculous growth curve, but even past 800k words, he has not surpassed some of the very powerful secondary characters we meet early on. He will do so eventually, and in an otherwise improbably short...

Oh, I think you might like "No Need For A Core?" It is extremely character driven, and is almost entirely focused on these three people living their lives and building a relationship together; two of them just happen to also be 'dungeons', though with a couple twists on that idea. The most...

I would seriously recommend mine, "No Need For A Core?". While it is most certainly not pure sweetness and comfort, it solidly leans toward cozy and slice of life with things like three chapters devoted to a girl's fifteenth birthday, which was her first birthday with her new adoptive family...

Most of my protagonists represent aspects of a moral compass, but one of the clearest/strongest examples would be Kazue. She's an adorable and sweet kitsune who wants to cuddle with her cute animal friends and curl up with a book and a cup of hot tea (or cocoa, once introduced to chocolate)...

[For my fictional works...] There are many aspects of divinity, but in the end, it is the ultimate expression of life, will, and creation. Divine power is what enables sufficiently powerful deities to step into the eternal chaos-void that exists outside of and between all universes and...

Eh, I could import the character's personas, but there really is not a non-fantastical analog for dungeon core (I am including sapient AI as being fantastical).

Well, before the story even starts, the kitsune MC's nemesis was, briefly, a Moon Pool, i.e. a reflecting pool with a few inches of water. Unfortunately, she lost. She was wearing ceremonial robes and had drunk too much saki. On the upside, the goddess of the moons took pity on her and...

Hmm. You might want to check my story, "No Need For A Core?" out. My shortest summary: "Fantasy story about a 3-person relationship and figuring out their new lives and then dealing with the bigoted assholes/cult from one person's backstory." That said, there's a lot of non-traditional stuff...

As mentioned above, nothing is entirely new. Everything evolves from something else. But that's fine, that describes life as well. Every person on this planet has evolved through a long, long chain from the exact same single celled organism far in the past. So to does each generation of stories...

My antagonists tend to be villains of the painfully realistic variety. My current primary antagonist had a little bit of family wealth and power that eventually led to him being the head of an organization with more wealth and power, influenced by a bigoted ideology, further corrupted by being...