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You can have all of the immediate problems be resolved and call it a happy ending. A tacit acknowledgement that there were still issues but things never got *that bad* again is still a happy ending. It’s also not implausible that the loose ends just can’t get their shit together enough to be a...

I made a deal with myself when I started writing. I’d keep going until it wasn’t fun anymore. I’m up to around 450 chapters across 3 stories over the course of 3 years. I’ve slowed down quite a bit, with the tradeoff of somewhat higher quality. In terms of external motivation? I know at least...

Eh. Bummer. Buuut I have a mortgage and a daughter and other hobbies. I wouldn’t even need to make all that much for it to be life changing amounts of money, and “people want to make a broadway adaptations” is diving hard into the real job money zone. If I really wanted recognition I’d proceed...

Given that the only book I have actually finished thus far was 330 chapters of smutty fanfiction, I’d take the deal just for the sheer surreal glory of seeing it become a bestseller. I’d also like having enough money to stop working at my dead end job. The lack of personal recognition would...

You noticed a problem in your process and are attempting something to address it. I hope it works and even if it doesn’t I suggest you keep iterating until you are the kind of writer you want to be.

To paraphrase a book I read recently, “Did you understand what I meant? Then it’s a real word.” If it communicates as intended, then it’s a perfectly cromulent word. That said, something deep within me shuddered when I read offeringly. It feels off as a word; wrong, despite being perfectly...

The mouse is of course guilty of many crimes, but the majority of anime adaptations to live action are also not held in particularly high regards. Of course there’s also the more fundamental problem that adaptation is hard to do well in general.

Fool Moon is, IMO, one of the worst books in the series. Not awful in isolation, but the weakest entry unless you are very very sensitive to jokes about attractive women’s bodies, in which Blood Ties is probably worse. As far as the superhero thing… sorta? Changes, book 12, very much earns its...

Oh. And since I went off on a tangent I might as well respond to the actual thread. On my first story, a smutty isekai harem fanfic, I recieved multiple complaints about my MC not being more overpowered, making any mistakes ever, and not immediately mastering multiple martial arts. For context...

I kinda take the stance that the more you show your work, the more you have earned the right to use the creature. Either by going hard and building your own version that is entirely unique like a certain puppet said, or integrating the IRL culture’s beliefs into it. This goes double if there is...

This is the problem with Punching Up as applied to groups as opposed to individuals. It very quickly goes from “I can be an asshole to rich people and celebrities” to “I can be an asshole to anyone I want if I can argue they share traits with someone powerful.” That said, I hope the skinwalkers...

Me personally? I use the honor system. My players know they aren’t supposed to pull esoteric knowledge out of their asses, and so they play dumb most of the time. They call each other out more often than I call them out, and sometimes they go out of their way to take the schmuck bait. If you’ve...

Forever DM here. It’s a different style of play, and a more demanding one, but neither better nor worse. Personally I like DMing more than playing. AS FOR BECOMING A DM. Everything I said about being a player is even more true, but with caveats. 1. Your job is no longer to know your...

1. Know your character. If you are not the DM, your primary responsibilities are to know what your character is capable of and what they will do. Improv skills help, as well as knowing everything on your character sheet in at least moderate detail. 2. Be patient, listen, and ask questions if...

I’m pretty sure that if I became immortal I’d end up with a progressively more alien mindset, instead of being overcome with desire to end it. Grief sucks big ol donkey balls, but everyone goes through it regardless. Probably the best use of my time would be to accumulate money and work towards...

Acquire a friendly, pro-social redneck homesteader. Best if you are already friends before the apocalypse starts. I know stereotypes say these don’t exist, but they are more common than you might think.

Might want to link it to the person you believe to be the original writer to handle it as they see fit, if it is indeed a 1:1. Not sure what you expect random forumites to do.

To be fair, even the cartoonishly evil from the beginning types should have something they are aiming at. Like, even Captain Planet villains just really fucking hate the environment for some reason. You don’t need to explain it, but you probably shouldn’t have them shift tracks and hate true...

It isn’t cannibalism but I don’t blame someone for feeling squicked about it, especially if it ate a person super recently. Also assuming you don’t like… eat its stomach and the contents thereof.