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I don't claim to be an expert, but I say stick with your vision. You know your story best, including how volume 4 should end. And if your readers enjoyed and were engaged with the first thee volumes it likely won't bother them... but switching gears in a way you the writer are less enthusiastic...

The real tell is that they say they're a professional editor, and are from the UK. Clear shenanigans. No way they'd let any editor or publishing affiliated individual visit any site as free expression tolerant as Scribble Hub without being tracked, monitored, and detained for thuggery...

Sometimes I'm on a roll despite being up against the grain. :giggle:

I'm relatively new to loafing around in this neck of the woods myself, but if you are getting a lot of readers and you check your story statistics and can see consistent views across your chapters- that's not nothing and indicates people probably like your content. Even if they aren't leaving...

THAT sounds like it has a lot more potential. But you see where precedent brought my mind and expectations

This probably boils down to personal taste. As a frustrated teenager who often felt taken for granted, unappreciated, not respected... there was occasionally a certain edgy catharsis in putting myself in the shoes of the guy who knows what he cares about, takes what he wants, and tells...

:blob_aww: Much obliged, thank you. Hope you enjoy it! https://www.scribblehub.com/read/2196940-the-gestalt-archives-i--summer-/chapter/2196984/

Want to clarify before I share my story: Every chapter is 100% author written, but my work contains a couple optional/skippable worldbuilding addendums with additional context for neurodivergents like me, and one contains a fictional piece of legislation that is author created, and formatted to...

There are readers with arbitrary "chapter must be between x and y number of words", so it will impact your reach, but I reject arbitrary rules like "chapters should have x number of words" or anything else where the key argument has nothing to do with the content and boils down to "it's simply...

Hello fellow call center survivor :blob_highfive: That's actually a pretty compelling point, even if I think silent consistent readers matter more in the abstract intangible value sense. You're making my thinker box rattle

When it comes to worldbuilding I think there is a real tension between writing what you want to write and optimizing for reader reach and retention. I think what you describe as your current approach is going to have more potential to retain readers than bounce them, especially if your first...

1. What is meaning "peace" to your protagonist? I don't think he'd be able to articulate it, per se, but being fully integrated in his family, friendships, and relationships with interdependence and reciprocity- rather than feeling out of place or like a utilitarian convenience. Learning to...

I want to say a draw between character dynamics and effective use of tonal whiplash.

Steady on :blob_salute:

Off the cuff, Aegis's behavior feels very authentic for someone very much on the wrong end of power imbalances (and I like that they're demonstrated, not preached). I found his physical details blended in well with the momentum of the scene where I could picture him without feeling like...

Step 1: System Detox & Update Make an effort to get seven hours of sleep every night. Shower every other day or whenever you leave home (water on, body wash, shampoo, conditioner, all that jazz). Limit drinks at home to 2 - 3 a week. With consideration for allergies, get mixed nuts, blueberries...

The romance in the story is a major pillar of the protagonist's arc, and I make considerable effort to make both members of the relationship fully realized agentic interdependent characters. But I would not call it a romance novel so much as a Dark Urban Fantasy with a prominent romance...

Oh, okay. That's definitely data. And frankly sounds much better than status quo. I consider myself persuaded.

Here you are, hope you enjoy it. https://www.scribblehub.com/series/2196940/the-gestalt-archives-i--summer-/ And I hope more people respond to this thread. Something about a request for two green flags in a romance going unanswered makes me run my hand through my hair like "aw man, we really...

I actually think this is a really interesting idea. An effort barrier and genuine feedback mechanism. I do feel my high functioning autism systems thinking activating: Does the ever so slight effort barrier mean that a lot of people who would genuinely give 5 stars now do 4 stars because...