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Peace in Fiction Achieving peace has become a cliché motivation in mainstream fiction. For example, in isekai fiction, the protagonist defeating the demon king is considered a quick way to achieve world peace. In superhero fiction... the demon king is replaced by a supervillain. Some dark...

Who is the character you use as the gold standard in narrating the main antagonist in your fiction?

What's the best and worst feedback you've ever received as an author?

Journey of A New Author... Every author begins writing fiction with the first ink stroke (or finger tap). Even best-selling authors... began their journey by learning to write fiction. Therefore, what differentiates between stablished authors and new authors is simply "experience." When it...

My question is, what kind of feedback would you like to improve your narrative?

Managing Named Characters in a Dense Chapter Imagine you're writing a character-heavy scene. For example, a crowd scene, a dungeon party scene, or a battlefield scene involving many characters. As authors, we can remember every character's name, appearance, personality, and role in the...

Feedback to Measure the Reader's Perception of Character Identifier Could you help me gauge how readers perceive multiple characters in a chapter? I'd like to know how causal readers identify characters in a narrative. If you'd like, please follow these instructions: 1. Read only the chapter...

Character Introduction Given two character introduction scenes with the same biodata and different narrative delivery below: Scene 1: Scene 2: The question is, as a reader, which character introduction scene is more impressive (the character is easy to imagine and remember)? Why? Edit...

Reader Position in Third POV Look at the following 2 scenes, which do you think is more impressive? Scene 1: Scene 2:

Feedback on Fight Scene Visualization Can you rate how visual the fight scenes in the following a chapter are in your mind as a reader? Please answer by selecting an answer option based on the scale provided, with or without providing a reason. The visual scale is explained below: Scale...

The Narrative Map for Writing Quality Fiction The following is a narrative map that we can learn to write quality fiction content. Each Author can have different goals related to the standard of its fiction content. We can consider the following narrative aspects: Originality: the content has...

How often do you use the Lounge feature?

Grimdark vs. Nobledark Grimdark is a dark fantasy with a gloomy, dark, traumatic, corrupt, and hopeless atmosphere. The characters are usually broken, cynical, and corrupt or morally gray (including MCs). In general, the moral of this fiction is very nihilistic, emphasizing how broken the...

Inconsistent Character Descriptions Authors are also human and can forget. It's possible the author misread a character's description. For example, in chapter 10, side character X is described as having blonde hair. In chapter 100, the same character is described as having black hair. Well...

Imagine... you're relaxing and want to read fiction. You open SH and start browsing through dozens, tens, or even hundreds of fictions. Every time you open a page, you read a synopsis of about 200 words. You frown, realizing that the protagonist doesn't quite live up to your expectations...

Imagine you wrote an autobiography or a diary based on your life experiences. What genres would your story fall into?

What is your favorite protagonists hair color?

[Help me] Determine Writing the Priority of Fiction Works Based on the Story's Premises Well, I currently have five fictions in progress (or some on hiatus). I'd like to resume writing fiction. However, I realize my capacity is limited to handle all of them. So, I'm forced to prioritize my...

Visibility vs. Recommendations vs. Rankings Visibility is a platform's approach to promoting fiction, focusing on showcasing the fiction and making it easy for readers to access it. For example, promoting fiction through the latest updates and using searching, tags and genres to access...

Someone told me you're not a true coffee lover until you've tasted coffee made from civet droppings. Don't drink coffee before breakfast. Also, don't drink sweetened coffee and leave it out in the open. Or, you'll cry if you ignore this warning and end up with a cup full of ants. Lastly, I like...