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Jumping into writing fiction as a job isn't really something people do. They write on the side while working other jobs, and switch to full time if they are able. This is true of almost every successful author. Even just writing articles and such is pretty much a side-gig until you've...

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But then you've mashed tomatoes, and made the wrong salad.

"You say potato, I say Tomato. You put it in a salad, but it's the wrong salad."

*quoted meme* *whoosh* On a more detailed note (not actually directed at anyone) *My own wall of text incoming*: It's generally well accepted that showing is going to take longer than telling for matters of fact in writing. A picture is worth 1000 words. Complex emotions, however, can be...

Yet you've only managed to tell us this, rather than show us an example of how to do it without making it longer. Curious.

LotR doesn't have a singular main character though. We have a cast of main characters we follow. Frodo's failing emphasizes Sam's strength of character. The fellowship earned their victory, and despite a shaky moment at the end, the rest of the journey showed they earned it. Most people...

The idea of plot armor is an interesting one, and I think I can give a rule of thumb for good versus bad plot armor. Plots of stories generally follow an understood arc of overcoming adversity. Subversion of that theme can be interesting, but it rarely is as satisfying as actually overcoming...

I've been known to drop stories after hundreds of chapters. You gotta keep paying the quality upkeep fee for me. I drop most in the first chapter when I get the gist of the story but am not interested in it (either due to quality or due to it being the upteenth time the same story has been...

The soul of the story exists before the edits. The initial carvings of a statue made of stone can still relay the same message. The edits distinguish the quality, impact, and impression the story gives to the reader. You could simplify further and say that a stick figure sitting in a thinking...

I got a microsoft sam style audiobook that stole my work taken down on youtube. Like... at least put some effort into it. :cry:

I actually initially wanted this too. Sadge. Now I'm forced to use my degree in mathematics instead.

You've hit the nail on the head. It's far more useful to the author than it is to the reader. It lets you know how much of your potential audience feels alienated by some aspect of the story. A lower rating to a reader only gives them a lower probabilistic chance they'll either enjoy or not...

People should just rate how they feel. There isn't a reason not to, because ultimately, everyone will always rate how they feel, and you can't convince the masses to change their ratings in any way. So just rate how you want. Everyone rates differently, and that's fine. The best you can do...

Yeah. The thing about star ratings is people assume it means that a higher rating means a better story. All it means is that the people who read and rate this story give it a high rating. Those two things may seem the same, but they are very different at the fringes. This is a bit off topic...

That's fine to do. It's up to people interpreting a rating system to understand how other people use it, not up to the people using it. It's actually somewhat difficult to interpret the ratings usually, but it's possible to navigate if you're clever about it. Too many upstart authors freak...

People inherently do that already though. Unless you're completely unfamiliar with a genre, a search in that genre will show average ratings. This applies in all aspects of life. The best WNBA basketball team, still loses to mediocre NBA steams. People have internal gauges for all sorts of...

I said it before, and I'll say it again, the "average" value rating is subjective, but more focused around what people would consider an average story, not a story by someone trying to write a story. If you look at local McDonalds on google reviews, you'd expect something between a 2.5 and a 4...

5 is average, but more in the sense of "Average that a person could produce". Like, if I went to a random person and had them tell me a 'good' story, I'd expect a 5/10 story about a hiking trip to Europe they took in college. If I'm actively seeking to read something entertaining, then 5/10...