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I'd say "Kid characters kill stories." Seriously, the reason I had to completely scrap and re-boot my first story was because a freaking kid character who I put in because I thought she was cute became the bane of my existence as she kept sucking all the air out of the room in every scene she...

My favorite character in my own writings is my Key to the Void MC's twin sister. I have reincarnated twins in my series, and the twin sister has a much more interesting history in her past life.

You wanna get even more disillusioned on this subject? You also need to pay attention to which tag it is that's getting that rating. There are some categories that attract a lot more traffic than others. For instance, my Key to the Void series is #2 in spies, but the "spies" category hardly...

I like how the chakra test somehow turned into a dumbed-down version of the nen test from Hunter X Hunter.

In regards to derailing the topic, I suppose I can accept guilt for that one. It's just that I saw something that was so ridiculous to me that I got flabbergasted and couldn't help but comment. And besides, neuroscience has actually shown that concentrating on two things at once at even a...

So, are you re-titling your series? Because it looks to me like you already have a title. I was under the impression that the top image was supposed to be a cover for a new series. If you're just looking for a shorter and snappier title, you could just do something like "The Players' Academy."...

That's taking notes. Taking notes means you write down the things that go through your mind as you are listening to the lecture (provided the things going through your mind are relevant to the lecture and help you grasp the idea.) Also, the things you write down are short-hand, and may even be...

... WTF!? How can you write while listening to an informative lecture!? I can barely understand people who read/write while listening to songs that have lyrics in a language they're able to understand, but I suppose I can understand it if they're tuning it out and just making it background...

Not gonna title something based on an image alone, not when it's supposed to be the title to a series anyway. I would at least need a really good summary of what the series is supposed to be about.

It is correct to tell all people you encounter to "Kneel before Zod!" Especially when it's your first time on an alien planet after spending years in an interdimensional prison.

I'd have to say the indisputable best power system is Parahumans. The one and only possible issue that can be called out about it is the fact that the Parahumans universe is so brutal it presents a high barrier to entry for anyone wanting to get into that writer's material, but it is incredibly...

That does NOT sound like a good premise at all!!! Are you just making fun of the link I made between "kicked from the party" and "Isekai" in terms of how prevalent they've become and how much they're just being used as a vehicle now?

So... I just found another example of this genre that handles the transition/pivot from the hero party kick-out portion of the story well, and this has caused me to realize the direction in which this trope is evolving. The ones that handle the transition well are all the ones that don't...

I've said it before, but I'd love to see a comedy Isekai full of Monty Python / Hitchiker's Guide era British Comedy. I even had an idea for the 1st chapter of such an Isekai in which the protagonist lives in a town where just about everyone has both had and returned from an Isekai adventure...

This seems like a somewhat dumb question, because the answer is simple. It's all of it. There is no one "ingredient" in isolation that will make a story great if any single one of the other aspects are neglected. That said, so long as everything meets a certain minimum standard, it is possible...

In my case, it was me suddenly finding her in her bedroom, having died of opiate related causes. Like, her pain-killer opiates she was perscribed caused her death at the perscribed dose. It is really hard to describe how that feels, being the one who finds the body of your dead parent. I worked...

It is also worth noting, there are certain life experiences that you don't outgrow. Rather, they are things that happen and afterward they eternally change your outlook on things. One of those things is the death of a family member. It's something I've experienced a total of 4 times so far in...

Well, it really ultimately depends on how well you plan out your power system. But, since you said this is already a story in progress, it's entirely possible you've already shot yourself in the foot for what I'm about to suggest. There are a few ways to deal with such a scenario. 1. The lore...

The entire point of Worm and the parahumans universe is that everything is asymmetrical. It's not perfectly balanced. That being the case, you can't actually predict who's going to win by looking at stats on paper on who has the more resources or power. By continuing to use normal human bodies...

So, in answer to this, I have been fan-gushing on Worm ever since I've read it. This is because Worm just does a whole lot of things right. Power balancing is one of these things. The theme of the series is it's a cape universe. As in, super heroes in costumes and such. The powers exhibited are...