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  1. melchi

    https://youtube.com/shorts/O_tcCvgKoBg?si=YGX_hZ5dC5xY0NkV this guy's only pans is really hot.

    https://youtube.com/shorts/O_tcCvgKoBg?si=YGX_hZ5dC5xY0NkV this guy's only pans is really hot.
  2. melchi

    Maybe there is another envy

    Maybe there is another envy
  3. melchi

    But what about my plan to write as much as author out of envy for their success?

    But what about my plan to write as much as author out of envy for their success?
  4. melchi

    @CrimsonQueen then the story should hint or lead with that. Imagine if shrek opened with scenes...

    @CrimsonQueen then the story should hint or lead with that. Imagine if shrek opened with scenes showing how terrible ogres are, like trolls eating people in middle earth. It breaks the narrative
  5. melchi

    Building up a world just to deconstruct it is not a great way to write. For example, lots of...

    Building up a world just to deconstruct it is not a great way to write. For example, lots of goblins are savage. But then there is this one goblin, and that other goblin, they get together and make a goblin city that isn't savage. Why even lead with goblins being savage?
  6. melchi

    I heard that 50% of the traffic on the interwebs is bots anyway.

    I heard that 50% of the traffic on the interwebs is bots anyway.
  7. melchi

    Melchi's advise. People with no respect are worthless. Respectful people: 1.) Don't...

    Melchi's advise. People with no respect are worthless. Respectful people: 1.) Don't address other people in the imperative tense. 2.) Don't speculate on other people's motives.
  8. melchi

    C

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    ❄️

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  12. melchi

    Tell that brat that they need to get into gear so later can be realized.

    Tell that brat that they need to get into gear so later can be realized.
  13. melchi

    [daily] taking out the trash

    Hoping we get snow, it has been getting down in the 30s
  14. melchi

    How is everyone?

    I can haz sn0w?
  15. melchi

    random stuff

  16. melchi

    Writing Envy Lesson: Write to Entertain

    I suppose I should make the point better. Having characters that people care about is only half. There are a lot of stories on here that focus so much on the characters that it is more like a syndicated fiction, a series of short stories than building toward something. People come to this...
  17. melchi

    Writing Envy Lesson: Write to Entertain

    I would also add that for a novel, it needs to have a beginning middle and an end. 1.) Set a premise, or a hook. ex: Vampy wants to build a blood farm. 2.) An antagonist, or something gets in way of the blood farm ex: something with a certain number 3.) Deliver the premise in a way that...
  18. melchi

    @Iamnotabot comments are good.

    @Iamnotabot comments are good.
  19. melchi

    It has been a while last I got a chapter comment, but it was just a message from a spammer :(

    It has been a while last I got a chapter comment, but it was just a message from a spammer :(
  20. melchi

    Slow-Burn Xianxia, Rooted in Daoism. Your Thoughts?

    This! Also, was reading a translation of journey to the west (西遊記) and asked my Chinese friend to explain some of the stuff. Things like "Heavenly dragon god" have different meanings in western culture. So if the words are not chosen carefully it'll come across as offensive to certain...
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