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  1. John_Owl

    I was trying to be polite, but instead!?

    I worked with J1s in america, so I've got a lot in regards to cultural differences. likely the biggest would be the japanese. we were making small talk and I said "sweet". Which they took to mean sweet, the flavor profile. assuming I meant eat them. but obviously I'm not a cannibal so I had to...
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    Patreon Fall Out Shelter

    alright, so... my experience and what i've seen with others... ME: I use SS rather than patreon because while patreon "allows" adult content, it's basically 1 strike, false or not, and you're out. and it's an uphill battle to prove your innocence. SS seems to investigate allegations before...
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    Recipe for a lot of back and stomach pain.

    completely different issue, but I used to be able to eat enough to get kicked out of an all-you-can-eat chinese buffet. I had covid a few years back and suddenly, I can't even finish a single serving of spaghetti without feeling stuffed and mildly nauseated. even just reading that list of foods...
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    A succubus that is also Christian?

    I've since corrected that I missed that part of the original post in my original comment. that said, one could also say that it was intended as a christ-analogy. not specifically christ, but an AU version of the religion where a christ-like-being existed. That would be my go to.
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    A succubus that is also Christian?

    ah, yeah. my bad. I missed that part. Yeah, having a christian demon wouldn't make sense, as 1, in christianity, their demons are christian (That is to say, they follow the christian faith that christian demons are evil, ergo, they are evil). and 2, they are INHERENTLY evil, which would mean...
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    Writing I'm stuck. Please discuss ideas with me.

    the nice part of writing a webnovel rather than a paper book is that you can adjust and exclude and include details as needed. I said a week, as when I do plan (rare as that might be), its usually passive. I kick back, put a movie on my laptop and a game on my tv. and as i'm just chilling, I let...
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    A succubus that is also Christian?

    demons and their concepts aren't unique to Christianity. he wouldn't even have to bring up any religion when he could just say that the demons are a worldly species in and of themselves.
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    Writing I'm stuck. Please discuss ideas with me.

    that's just it. Writing is a constant test of your skill as a writer, and it's always a trade off. If you have more plots/restrictions/etc, its a greater test because you have more you have to remember and keep track of and get creative around. but it also adds more to the story for readers. In...
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    A succubus that is also Christian?

    i've got the perfect uno reverse card for this. Suspension of disbelief and "Demons exist outside of humanity's narrow scope". that is to say, in a fictional world, whatever the writer writes is truth to that world. if they want to write a repentant demon that tries to find salvation in the...
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    Writing I'm stuck. Please discuss ideas with me.

    alright, I'll start with 1: yes, it's an Isekai. SAO is considered Isekai, despite being a virtual world. As is .HACK//sign (Tsukasa is stuck in the game world and treated as an NPC, despite being a player IRL). 2, that's largely up to you. Romance will get a lot of readers, but you'd need to...
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    Which pov is better first person pov or Third person Pov

    i've seen that done to great effect, but it is a tenuous balance to walk. I'd mostly only do that if the events affect the MC, but the characters involved with the event don't make a show in the main story.
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    Writing The secret to a good worldbuilding.

    a common saying in visual art: What you don't show can show as much as what you do.
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    Which pov is better first person pov or Third person Pov

    there's not a lot of first person pronouns in english. But you shouldn't view it as number of uses per sentence, but their complexity. how many times is "I" used in the passage to start a sentence? Basically, how much information is passed from writer to reader, without seeming to get...
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    Which pov is better first person pov or Third person Pov

    as @LuoirM said, try using more complex sentences. it's tough, even for native english speakers. something like this: I opened the door to see the mailman standing there. After exchanging a brief word of greeting, he handed me a letter. I looked at the front to find it held my name. I bid him...
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    What is your opinion of 10k word days?

    nah. I write, at most, 2 chapters a day. for me, that's 5-6k, and even that's a rarity.
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    Formatting problem. Please Help.

    I'll reread it and maybe touch up a few spots, but overall I'm fairly happy with DragonBound. I'm planning on starting on the final book of the trilogy after I'm done rewriting Lay the dragon. I've also got a few other stories I want to work on, so I might take a short break from my Mysthavia...
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    Formatting problem. Please Help.

    lol Lay the Dragon is a rewrite. the original was terrible. no pacing, loose ends, etc.
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    Formatting problem. Please Help.

    everyone is a pervert in some way. it's nothing to be ashamed of. Just write what you enjoy, and to hell with others. And all my current stories are smutty. each story has the smut chapters marked as NSFW, so you can use the links in my sig to find them. for BDSM, you should look at DragonBound...
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    Formatting problem. Please Help.

    and that's fine. i was just saying that everything within the story exists within you in some small way. I've written visceral horror, fantasy, BDSM smut, and everything in between. the only thing i've written that aren't within me are commissions and requests. even if the things in the story...
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    Formatting problem. Please Help.

    not a specific aspect of you. But you as a whole. I write fantasy-smut. this doesn't mean I'm a horny dragon. but they are still works that came from my mind. same thing for you. If you write a story about a slime girl, it represents you in some way, shape, or form, even if that way is SIMPLY...
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