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  1. FrankieCheng

    Open for comms again!

    Might hit you up for some character art once I've determined the contents of my wallet. :D
  2. FrankieCheng

    Do I need to rewrite this story?

    Looking at the stats again, it seems people are either just staying on the first chapter (the majority, as you say, and as @Prince_Azmiran_Myrian said, that seems to happen with people adding a story to a read list) or they actually read the entirety of what I have published so far. So that...
  3. FrankieCheng

    Do I need to rewrite this story?

    It does have the bi tag, I've just got GL in the genre list. I get bored working on one story, already tried that. In any case, the stories are all set in the same universe and have interconnecting parts, so I'm technically just working on one giant story from multiple viewpoints? For your...
  4. FrankieCheng

    Do I need to rewrite this story?

    I have four stories going - one in particular features smut. It's tagged as yuri because that's the end game, but the main character is bi and gets it on with whoever takes her fancy. Judging from what I can see from the stats, most people are reading the first chapter and stopping there (not...
  5. FrankieCheng

    Help this newbie choose a novel to focus on.

    As someone who probably has undiagnosed ADHD (hey, I'm working on four stories simultaneously and I know I'll get bored if I try to focus on just one), you should probs modify that poll so people can pick multiple options. If you can work on two stories at a time like you mentioned, that would...
  6. FrankieCheng

    Recommendations Scholar in a Xianxia/Wuxia world

    There's Tale of a Scribe Who Retires to the Countryside - I've only read a bit of it, but it seems pretty good so far. Looks like MC has weak to strong progression.
  7. FrankieCheng

    Easy way to schedule chapters?

    If you find out, please tell me. Doing it manually while cross-posting to RR and Wattpad is giving me repetitive strain injury.
  8. FrankieCheng

    Disability Rep

    I've got characters with ADHD and ASD coding, quite a few with mental health concerns, one with endometriosis, and one with Joint Hypermobility Disorder but I don't explicitly state this anywhere in the stories. That said, I'm only up to about chapter 16 in all my stories so those things might...
  9. FrankieCheng

    Writing Female Mob Cultivator

    Sounds like a fun concept :) Give it a go.
  10. FrankieCheng

    Writing Female Protagonist Cultivator

    I think it sounds cool. If there is a bit of social commentary involved that would be my slice of toast, but I'm aware that many people go to read wx/xx/xh so they don't have to think too much haha Maybe you could reference or at least consider the Mosuo people of Yunnan/Sichuan...
  11. FrankieCheng

    Writing How do you plot backwards from the end?

    Tsuru's got it right - look at how other people have done it. Analyse those who have done it well and those who haven't (so you know what to avoid). It might also be useful to look into characters from history - sure they're not magical beings with the ability to turn into a monster and gnaw...
  12. FrankieCheng

    Favorite elements of your books?

    I get to geek out on language and how it can change as society shifts. I mostly started writing the four stories I'm working on at the moment because I got tired of reading cliched heteronormative wuxia/xianxia/xuanhuan. I mean, I don't mind reading that every now and then, but it's a bit like...
  13. FrankieCheng

    The tank is empty

    I think you're pushing yourself way too hard (says the person simultaneously writing four different stories). Enjoy that break to its fullest.
  14. FrankieCheng

    Is English restrictive?

    English is my first language, but I grew up with a lot of exposure to other languages. There are times when I will borrow words from those other languages even in just everyday conversation, because there is no way to succinctly express the idea in English. So when I write, I like to use...
  15. FrankieCheng

    What is it like to post on AO3 and/or RR?

    I started out on RR, writing original works. I've been on there nearly 3 months now, and have had pretty good feedback. Since my stories are still flying under the radar, I've avoided the 0.5 star bombers, and people that have engaged with my stories have been polite and supportive. I've been...
  16. FrankieCheng

    If you were reborn as your novel's mc what would you do?

    Hmm... MC 1 - ... My libido is nowhere near as high as hers. I'd be exhausted by now :sweating_profusely: MC 2 - I'd mostly enjoy this adventure... except what's coming over the horizon would traumatise me -_- MC 3 - Yeah I'd probably be dead already. I don't have the skills that he has. MC 4 -...
  17. FrankieCheng

    Introduce your character(s) to us!

    This guy makes an appearance in three out of my four stories (he may yet pop up in the fourth). And he has a different name in each one ?
  18. FrankieCheng

    What's up with the MC always having some tragic background story? Views on this.

    I actually hate it more when an author tries to shoehorn in a tragic backstory for the villain. Like, I get it, hurt people hurt people, but when it then becomes an excuse and you're supposed to forgive the antagonist or something, it annoys me no end. I have seen it done well, but there's been...
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