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The old Bambi quote. If I got nothing good to say, I rather shouldn't say anything. I'm extremely nitpicky about stories. Small issues are pretty grating for me. This may also apply to novels I like. At the same time, I know how much effort lies in making a story. I don't want to drag down the...

As conceited this may sound, I look at times if my first story got in any way closer to becone Nr.1 in views on any of its many tags. Right now, only "medieval" seems like a very distant, possibly achievable dream. It's frustrating in the regard that two of my other stories got to be rank one...

Seems like I'm too late. Although my Slime Girl saga starts with disturbing body horror into a somewhat cute relationship between the protagonists. (Basically, I could Bingo all your genre mentions) Well, you asked attention-starved author if you could read anything they'd recommend. The...

On a less serious, and more isolated note, I prefer writing on my tablet. And I often do so late at night, when it's quiet, and I can let my thoughts drift. However, at a certain time, my body literally gives out on me. When I notice, I'm getting really tired, like when my eyes start to drop...

To me, it usually helps to try take some distance and really look at a dialogue and ask oneself: "Do human people really talk like this to each other (or possible other species for that matter)?" A talk usually has banter, yet also a certain playfulness, or heaviness if it's a serious one...

A backlog is absolute standard. Don't write without one. Even if you wing your story, once it's out, you can't take it back. You need at least twenty chapters advance so you can react if you realize something doesn't work, and you quickly need to adjust details several chapters prior.

I have a deep-seated aversion to "false" protagonists. Anyone familiar with the anime "Plunderer"? That one featured a girl as "protagonist, even going so far as making the synopsis about her. Turns out, she was only the one observing the real MC. The Plunderer. Her whole thing was either being...

It's interesting that in most media, particularly movies, it's quite the opposite. I mean, how often gets the author of the plot get truly credited, but the big name on the film is the director? Yes, the director compositions the movie, just like a ghostwriter would, but the one creating the...

Oh, right, I almost forgot that one. To me, it's fine if the MC at the start gets some crazy ability. Like in an apocalypse story, they awaken something really special they can make use of. Because then it's the premise of the story. That one-in-a-million chance the story is about. If it turns...

Usually, I stop a novel if I find too great faults with characterisation, or if something happens that quite severely throws off what the story was about. The first makes me stop being interested in a character if they can't even be one. They do things I don't think sane people do, they behave...

Might not be quite that kind of thing, but the story "Collective Thinking" on RoyalRoad is pretty weird, but even more confusing. It's about some kind of institute for Psychics. Yet it's the really weird form of psychic abilities. More the SCP variant, where you look at something and next it's...

I always found that talisman stuff pretty weird. They place it somewhere, and suddenly the thin paper is indestructable and irremovable and does whatever, while some can still treat it as the scrap paper it is.

The New Series list is a wave of exposure you should ride as best as possible. Start out with a minimum of at least 3 chapters. Any less and there's a low chance that someone gets invested enough to save it as a possible read. Also, continue with one chapter each day for a short while. Many...

Does it count if in my story the MCs only clashed with one member of the group, and everyone then decided it's fine to neutrally go separate ways?

I write simultaneously three to four stories. For this reason, I can simply swap my focus and change things up. This helps avoiding getting too caught up and jeeping things fresh. At least for me, I think it works. My stories are dissimilar enough not to grow bored of always the same.

Wait, did I do that?! I was consecutively for two weeks in trending with my first story, without an idea why. What did I do?!! Also, I though as well that my newer stories would get me there, as those had a decent fanbase and should make that jump. But it didn't work. Hard to see through the...

Not sure how much sense it makes, as my stories are fantasy, but maybe it could be a fit. If you're fine with non-human protagonist transformation stories it could work. For example, in my "Slime Girl" story there are a lot of comedic elements, though the story itself is mostly about the...

Afterimage! The best Metroidvania I ever played! No exaggeration!!! Even with the big ones in mind like Castlevania that holds true to me. I basically loved everything about it. The fighting system works great. You got a lot of fun abilities, spells, weapon arts, and movement abilities. And...

I guess I was super lucky with my first novel. My style wasn't even all that good back then, but for some reason, I got several weeks in a row trending, often first place, and the reception was so much better than I imagined. I had like three hundred readers after some weeks, and seriously...

There are just a few "sins" one should avoid. Most prominent being repeating the same word in short succession. Especially as a sentence start. As long as your speech doesn't end up monotonous, simple may even be considered better. Just draw a lively picture with what you're given.