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  1. JayDirex

    Curiousity killed me...

    you don't need all that fancy cleanser my dude. Here's my regimen: 1. Dove sensitive skin soap for face 2. And YOU HAVE TO MOISTURIZE!! And funny you bring up Nivea because this is my every-single-morning after shower face cream. Use it every day, because you have to add moisture to your...
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    Does anyone secretly pay homage to their previous work?

    Absolutely!!! if I were of any importance as an author, readers would quickly see how I ret-con my old work to put in the new stuff. Readers: Wasn't this character a bounty hunter in your old story.......(two novels later) ....and now she's a Valkyrie??? Me: :blobthumbsup: :blob_reach:
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    Everything can lactate

    I'd breastfeed in public with a manly grimace! -_-
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    What would you consider slice of life?

    Google is your friend brother. Go ahead and Google psychological tag, cerebral, slice of Life novels
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    A not-so-OP MC.

    Jeez Sail, you know most online Authors (excluding our crew on the forums here) are amateur/hobbyist writing whatever pops in their amateur/hobbyist head. I promise you, whoever wrote that story wouldn't know a three act structure if it hit him with a rock. So you expect him to grasp character...
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    What would you consider slice of life?

    "Psychological" is a new age tag that's letting the reader know that that Author is "Cerebral" and I'm not saying Anima Aliena cannot be a slice of life. I've only read the summary. But to further explain slice of life without pretending to be an expert. Think of stories with LOTS OF DOWN TIME...
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    What would you consider slice of life?

    A slice of life is about the interaction between characters. And the good ones will have interesting characters dealing with personal conflict while trying to move on in life. And for a GIGANTIC market, these stories are not boring. It's just in these stories the conflict is not about finding...
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    Have you ever felt like picking up a dropped story again?

    To give a slightly different answer, our characters are our children. So there are a range of low emotions that go through us when we ultimately drop our stories. But in the back of our minds we (most of the time) lie to ourselves that we will comeback. Why? Because we authors are overcome with...
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    What is with all these dropped stories?

    Sir, this an Arby's.
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    What is with all these dropped stories?

    I think all of you PAINFULLY UNDERRATE how readers will not comment, not leave likes, drop your shit, say nothing unless it is to nit-pick about some character and then...at your lowest. Someone will drop a two-star rating with no review.
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    Ways to make mothers young in RomComs

    I love the "ara ara" older sister. and I love when the MC meets her and starts liking her too. Then he's like "I gotta stop staring at her."
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    Vacation spots in New York

    NYC NATIVE HERE. If you are in Brooklyn go to Coney Island. Also. Just walking around the city is the thing to do in the summer. Get your folks on the train, and get to 14th Street Union Square in Manhattan. That park is the northern most part of the east village. Enjoy it and start walking...
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    A new season has a new protagonist.

    I detest it!!! This is the tunnel vision of an author that believes it's time to tell this 'alt story' and probably will insist that it ties into the main story. When no! People are coming back for the same fix. Or at least a similar fix. But hey, every once in a blue it works.
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    Afraid of writting

    :blob_reach: :blob_nom: I know, bro. But I won't lie to you. If you want the love of the readers you have to write what they want. But that does not mean you can't write for yourself. I'm just saying, in this particular scenario, write a story both you and the readers will like. And it's Win...
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    5k words per day are too tiring.

    I promise if you didn't upload for a month they wouldn't say anything. Also, love your motivation. But relax. Unless you making 6K a month on Patreon (like some of the real authors here and RR are making). There is just no need for you to hurt yourself like that.
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    Which Trope Are You Most Tired of Seeing?

    We have mustard and mayonnaise, tho. And when we get isekaid we geniuses that could calculate 10 steps ahead.
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    Which Trope Are You Most Tired of Seeing?

    Excessively stupid characters. I particularly hate them because they are lazy ways for writers to make plot events happen because of some characters excessive stupidity. I don't write that character and I hate that character
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    Regarding a story's country background(?)

    Yes, because you can always come back to a JP story. You completed the EN story :) Now write a good CN with a "spoiled young master" and make sure he's handsome :blob_reach: :blob_okay:
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    Regarding a story's country background(?)

    The fact that you asked shows that you see it to be the problem it is. Therefore, remove all doubt, and put the characters in the correct settings.
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    what are light novels?

    By these metrics I am a light novel Author, and content to be one ^_^
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