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    Do you write the characters or let them write themselves?

    For main characters, I start as the former and end up as the latter. It's like I formed them, and then they became their own selves that I have to now kind of adhere to. Haha. I've had to revamp my entire story plot multiple times because of that :'D For side characters, they usually just form...
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    Recommendations Manga/Manhwa/Novels where Female Mc is an observer to others love lives.

    +1 on Marielle Clarac! Also, I will try my best to remain a mob character (on this site, hilarious) has a similar vibe! Very well-written imo and worth a read. :D
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    Have you ever written a character that you started off loving but grew to hate?

    I've been frustrated with my main characters before (because they refused to be written the way I wanted to write them sometimes, or because they were so hard to write after some time, which ._. so fickle) but so far, no, I've never come to hate one. that's really interesting, though, that you...
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    What do you do when you get like a brain fatigue while writing a chapter? How do you go back in the 'zone'?

    Knowing exactly what you want to write is sometimes good as start-off points (or points to build up to)-- I usually have ideas in the middle of public transportation (i.e. in bus) or before I go to sleep, so I jot down excerpts rather than ideas that I save for later on my phone, then use in...
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    How do girls give hints when they have a crush on a certain friend?

    Really depends on the type of personality the girl has. I, personally, tend to despair the moment I find out I have a crush on someone and do my absolute very best to avoid them at all costs. It works wonders. My sister (extrovert) flirts, as in jokes around with them and like just chatters...
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    What kind of bender are you in the Avatar world?

    water bending because it's cool B)
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    Writing How do you find a balance in your leadup vs primary conflict?

    It's always a good plan to make the characters more endearing to the reader before you subject them to a torturous, long journey! It could make the reader more willing to stick by because they're that much more invested and like the characters that much, ahaha is this even what you're asking...
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    Create a character you don't understand?

    I think it might be possible not to understand some characters in your story (at first, at least) but to write a story without understanding your main character(s)... would be really hard for me lol It's hard enough as it is already trying to write knowing your main character! Imagine having to...
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    Why aren't people using quotes and dialogue tags?

    eyy that would be pretty cool! though also probably a lot of work, haha
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    Irrational hates

    I have an intense hate for love triangles, if that counts, which means most of cliche teenage dramas make me SO MAD Like HELLO, STOP USING THESE CHARACTERS FOR ONLY CONVOLUTED DRAMA WHY ARE YOU MAKING THINGS ROMANTIC WHEN THEY DON'T NEED TO BE AND WHY ARE YOU STRINGING TWO PEOPLE ALONG...
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    What advice would you give to others in life or just in general?

    Idk how old you are, but unless you're in your seventies, I'd say you're still young. Don't fear failure and explore, the younger you are the more room you have for exploration! If you're in high school, find out what you can do only at that age and try it out! If you're in college, take extra...
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    Which part of the writing process do you struggle with or fear the most?

    For me: RETAINING MY ORIGINAL STYLE OF WRITING THAT I USED FOR THE STORY This is usually a problem anyways because I change writing styles pretty often (D:) but it's particularly worse these days... and I think it's because due to the pandemic, i literally moved countries and speak my other...
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    Do you look at the glossary?

    lol I look at my own glossary because I forget some of my own settings otherwise :) but I don't think I've looked at other glossaries yet ._.
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    Dashes & Semicolons

    if you can replace the semi-colon with a period, you're doing it right. If you can't, then don't use the semi-colon! A comma would probably suffice then. EXAMPLE: If I replace this semi-colon with a period; it won't work. --> If I replace this semi-colon with a period. It won't work. (X) I can...
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    Recommendations Good fanfiction

    MY TIME HAS COME. HERE COMES a bunch of ff.net smol fandom fics! ._. I hope you know some of these, at least lolol --> fyi, I mostly consider 'great fanfics' those that managed to capture the characters well (as in NO OOC PLEASE NO) and had a really, really great writing style. Imo. So...
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    Are fanfictions really interesting?

    I usually think that, like all things, this really REALLy depends on the writer. I've read mind-blowingly well-done fanfics that I go back to almost every year because it just is so. well. written. If I was to compare these against the actual story they came from... some of them would very...
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    Rom com where MC has a scary face

    AH! You are looking for His Majesty Wants to Read the New Release!... though it do be kinda shoujo. It's SO FUNNY so give it a read. >:D
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    Recommendations Smart MC

    um! the folks above me have a very interesting discourse going on! but I (a lover of smart mc/heroines) have a couple recs for you so! from NU: Okoborehime to Entaku no Kishi - it looks shoujo but it reall isn't and is SO WORTH IT. Read it because it is so refreshing to see a logical female mc...
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    Do you get more interested in a story by how the chapter numbered?

    Don't know for anyone else but I usually don't really care, as long as it does have a chapter number, since some don't. :D
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    Writing How do you describe voice?

    you could also just say "his voice was not deep, but also not that light" That's a valid description in my book haha
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