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I am not entirely sure how I do it from a technical perspective, but I came from an acting and roleplaying background (specifically as a game master) so I have a lot of practice adopting personas. I am currently writing an isekai story with a harem (yes yes I’m the worst) and one of the highest...

I mean “the stereotypical hero is actually EVIL!!1” is also pretty done. Definitely put some work in on him so that he’s not just a nested stereotype. Something like making him ACTUALLY quite competent and laying out legitimate concerns about the goddess’s methods/actions. Sure, it’s...

Not sure if it’s hyper creative but I based my LitRPG off of a real tabletop rpg (pathfinder). So Shameless self promotion

Yeah if he is a dungeon core that needs to be relevant beyond the first few chapters imo. So he might, for example, only be able to make a puppet body that needs to stay within x distance of the dungeon, thus requiring him to constantly relocate the core and establish new one room dungeons or...

Well at Least I’m a Magic Pirate Now

You might like mine. I’ve been trying very hard to avoid exactly the problems you’ve brought up. Idk if I’ve fully succeeded but I’ve tried. Main character is a pirate captain sorcerer and probably the most powerful member of the party overall, but he’s also also the squishiest and worst in...

One of the few I can think of that I actively decided to stop instead of slowly petering off is in Wheel of Time. I found the setting more interesting than the characters already, but then we came to a segment in which a guy is getting sexually harassed by a powerful woman repeatedly and is...

If you started from scratch and there are meaningful narrative changes, absolutely do not delete the old version. Throw up a note at the start and end saying “hey this was essentially the first draft, the revised version where any new updates will show up is here and it’s meaningfully...

I slipped at work and sustained a very minor injury. It’s already mostly healed 2 days later, but it hurt pretty bad to stand up for a while there, I had to call out for a day, and I still feel very stiff at times.

I don’t know if this is the right answer from a craft perspective, but I tend to slide a picture in immediately after the verbal description of the thing or person depicted. I try to write with the assumption that I’ll eventually cross post without the art or that the image host will crap the...

What was set up, and what are we aiming at? What are the consequences, what is the moral? What are the established power levels of the sides? What is the genre? All of these questions matter. The question is meaningless, nearly to the point of rage bait lol.

Yeah, that’s rough. I don’t know enough to provide any real feedback, but I can say that large scale battles have often been my bane in my stories.

Yeah those scenes are rough. Is this the culmination of something or an important beat that you just need to get through before the actual climax?

I do have a consistent schedule for my primary story, but I’ve done something similar to what you’re describing for my B story (which I write when I need a break). Finish a whole arc, then post that arc a bit at a time. It means I’m not as pressured to continue the story, because each arc is...

Your portfolio of high quality 3d renders was incredible. They really got my creative juices flowing. My story, At Least I’m a Magic Pirate Now, contains both dragons and pirates! I’d be happy to allow you to create renders for my story for a very modest fee!

Your course on journalism really changed my life. My eyes have been opened by the insights imparted, and I’m fired up to pursue my new career. Before that, however, I need to find homes for these puppies that my thoroughbred poodle had recently. They are adorable, and extremely reasonably...

If you’ve got an endpoint, and you don’t have a plan to get there, my best suggestion is this: Get closer to that endpoint every chapter and you will finish eventually as long as you don’t make up new obstacles for no reason. It worked for me on my very first fic. Admittedly that was a...

Gonna go obscure on this one. The Wood from Uprooted. Without going into spoilers, it’s a forest that wants to expand and wipe out all of humanity. It is capable of fairly strong fey coded magic focused on corruption and mental manipulation. If you go on a walk through The Wood and don’t die...

I actually like that as an idea for a dumb curse. You will be extremely attracted to anyone you establish a positive relationship with, perceiving them as a super hot person of your preferred gender. They will absolutely never consider you to be an acceptable sexual partner and will be...

Having it be on the first is almost purely a thing you’re doing psychologically for yourself, and it’s incredibly unlikely that you’ll immediately get a large following. A consistent release schedule is vastly more important than what the initial release date is, so make sure to worry about the...