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I'm stubborn and don't use numerals. That said, I do use numerals in the rare cases when it's in a written note, a letter, on a system screen, etc. I write those EXACTLY as I want it to be seen. I've even been debating on using images to convey those in future stories. (I.e. screenshot the note...

I normally knock out 2-3 chapters in a given day. I spent yesterday and today on 2 chapters because my attention kept going "check this! Go there! do this other thing!" ADHD sucks. I got a lot done, but not the thing I wanted.

Alice said it. don't think of it in terms of views/readers/favorites/etc as plain numbers, but as percentage gained over X period of time. I think it updates weekly, so if your story gains more readers in a week than others, you're more likely to get on trending. That said, I also don't believe...

dangit! not again!

I spend most of my day actively avoiding writing (like now, with this post) but I somehow still manage to stay on schedule. I recently finished my second novel and Just kinda jumped into the next project without taking time to properly mourn (celebrate?) the ending of one that I've put so much...

It's normal. When I first started (and even recently restarted after a 4 month hiatus) I was barely able to do a chapter a week. It's habit-forming, however. I'd recommend you work that one chapter a week, but have a series of side projects that you may or may not post the rest of the time...

each has a different school of thought. The typical isekai anime title works if you want to give a synopsis without giving a synopsis. "Oh, this anime is all about a vending machine in a world that doens't have electricity yet. how does that work?" These titles are also different in that they...

Slice of life? And when it's evil IS good, yes. But I do like evil protag stories. Like megamind (but less cartoon evil and more genuine evil).

This. "If a character never suffers, is it even really a story?" Like, yeah, we hate to see our characters (be they who we wish we could be, who we wish we could be with, or who we want to see more of in the world) suffer, but it's that suffering that makes the end goal worthwhile. no one would...

My keyboard only has " which is straight. I know they're supposed to 'support' the dialogue, so you'd have open and close quotation marks, but every keyboard I have ever owned only has the standard "down" quotes, rather than different keys for open and close. occasionally, I'll find a word...

"I don't have to believe in luck for you to get lucky" -Sheldon Cooper. Quotes aside, yes. If you must choose between one, I'd recommend SH. It's rules are less arbitrary. RR, they'll ban you for nothing.

just tried. I got to like 4/5 on some. If I factored all my novels (excluding only the one shots) I'd have 2 bingos. But neither one fully meets a full bingo.

For low fantasy, I look to The Ranger's Apprentice, where the MC is told "7 times out of 10, magic is just peasant superstition. 2 times it's some trickster calling himself a wizard." "What about the remaining 1?" "Pray." (obviously this is all paraphrased). For dark fantasy, I tend to think...

I just checked out your stats (Though I haven't read the series' yet). Those both look to be doing fairly well considering they're brand new. My notes: Tags look fairly good. Boys love isn't as popular as girls love, but not bad. I'd focus more on one (That is, you can work on both, but I'd...

First, this likely should've been posted in "story feedback". You'll notice most posts there offer swaps. You read mine, I read yours, bartering. Second, as was said, Cover, more tags, properly select the genre. and generally, for your first story, you want a lot of chapters to start with. So...

I use uBlock origins. free and I haven't had any ads. better than paying them to not run ads. It's google. they make enough from selling my info, I don't need to effectively sell them additional time as well.

You might be surprised. Sports manga is quite popular, even here in america. It's worth a shot. If it's well-written and engaging and marketed well, it could be a breath of fresh air in a genre that's over-inundated with dime-a-dozen JRPG or MMORPG storylines. In short, I say go for it. Maybe...

Any creature can be humanoid or non-humanoid. Following this, I'd say a griffin would be the most prideful, as, depending on the specifics of your setting, you could make them humanoid. Supernatural did this with many (Dragons, Phoenix, etc. humanoid despite not being human in their original...

sounds similar to one I read called WIld Animus by Rich Shapero. https://www.ebay.com/itm/175377782645?var=0&mkevt=1&mkcid=1&mkrid=711-53200-19255-0&campid=5338590836&toolid=10044&customid=1df9ac7f481b1bd0a338cb65e504e383 (sorry about the Ebay link. Amazon only has the modern edition, which...

Discworld was another good one. Only read it once, but it had quite the impact on modern fiction, nearly as much as Tolkien did. And about as much as Salvatore's Drizzt series did. Another book that had a profound impact on me (not nearly as much as Tuesday's with Morrie) was No Man's Land by...