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    Need help with werewolf culture

    https://wolf.org/headlines/44265/ > When visitors come to the International Wolf Center in Ely, Minnesota, and observe our pack of ambassador wolves, many of them ask: “Which one is the alpha?” So begins a long conversation about the term and what it means. > It’s a term that started in...
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    Need help with werewolf culture

    > Stars above, thank you for all of this info. Frickin' GOLD MINE!!! Greatly appreciate it! So, continuing, "their saliva is infectious" is a false caricature of what went down. And "Gay people convert innocents to the homosexual lifestyle and give them AIDS" is a false caricature of what went...
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    Is there room for Urban (African) Fantasy?

    Go for it. See also: https://www.tor.com/tag/african-sff/ I think you want to tighten up your synopsis to be as punchy and catchy as possible. Workshop it with people. Read it out loud. And for the first few chapter, maybe include more paragraph breaks? They feel blocky, despite all the action...
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    Need help with werewolf culture

    > because any fluid of theirs is highly contagious. This is an allegory for AIDS, but I haven't researched the disease and popular movements and thought processes around AIDS. They are also viewed as subhuman, You'll want to handle the subject carefully. The US government, at the very highest...
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    slice of life concept

    > very underage girls President material right there.
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    slice of life concept

    "It's called Unpixilated Genital Syndrome, and ..."
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    Best Magical Girl

    Ranked: https://www.scribblehub.com/read/154400-stray-cat-strut/chapter/154405/ https://www.scribblehub.com/read/318554-its-no-game/chapter/318556/ https://www.scribblehub.com/read/626193-magical-girl-im-not-sure-about-this/chapter/626195/...
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    Is it typical for a good chef to also be an expert nutritionist?

    > Yeah, but I want to know if the medieval chefs were really as knowledgeable as most novels I read wrote them. Medieval chefs: butter + salt = tasty! Modern chefs: same.
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    Recommendations Cute Male MC (non-BL)

    ❤️‍?Xiao Hui❤️‍?! https://www.royalroad.com/fiction/47340/master-this-poor-disciple-died-again-today/chapter/765250/1-the-end (He's very cheeky.)
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    Women ☕️

    @Iamnotabot You getting enough sleep and walks?
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    No handdrawn Art?

    I find any art mixed in the text takes me out of the experience of reading the story. Except maybe some stuff tacked on the bottom.
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    Are fancy gloves sexy?

    Let us not speak of the gloves artists draw that only extend up to mid-palm. Those are icky.
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    To write a narcissist character with personality

    More subtly: Hey sweetie, I know you're new here but you shouldn't set up your experiment in other people's workspaces. ... Oh, whoops, it looks like you splashed some of your goop on my shoes, please be more careful, 'k? ... Oh, I'm really glad a human managed to test into courses here, I know...
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    Add ‘Discontinued’ as story status

    Stub is different, but a red Stub tag would be amazing. Just unknowingly read 4 chapters of what turned out to be a stub, and gah!
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    To write a narcissist character with personality

    DARVO: Denial, then Accusation, Reversing Victim and Offender.
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    Main protagonist that uses an umbrella

    https://tardis.fandom.com/wiki/Umbrella
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    I CAN'T REALLY WRITE A EFIING NOVEL

    Do up each scene on an index card.
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    Is this scenario ethically sound?

    Little tired of rape-must-happen-for-plot-reasons-outside-the-author's-control.
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    Prologue: yea or nay?

    > The only time I might be interested in a prologue is when it is a major change of scene. Like someone gets hit by a truck and reincarnated into a new world. Or they are walking home, then get kidnapped and wake up in a strange place with no knowledge of how they got there. Eh. Better move to...
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    Prologue: yea or nay?

    I tend to skip intros. Start "en media res", then backfill as necessary.
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