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I may be a novice, but I already can't count how many times characters in my story have gone "Fuck the plot!" and done their own thing instead. Had to rewrite a large chunk of my planned plot because of it, and I still keep getting surprised by their choices.

Been slowly working on my first story and feel similar. I've got a few weeks of backlog stored, which is good since I can't write this week. Save your chapters, you may need them. Or do as others say and put them as early release on patreon. Or do both, backlog for your early release is good...

I'm writing because I want to share the worlds in my head with others in the hopes that they enjoy them as well. Still a total novice though, so it's a bit difficult. I also write because people enjoying my story makes me feel better about myself.

The way I see it, authors are people who create a world and observe its actions. We are gods to the worlds we create, though at times the characters within them can display free will and go against your own plot, depending on how you design your personal reality that you observe. In my case...

I've only recently started writing, but I find google docs to be great, plus it easy editing if you find someone willing to edit your work. I also highly recommend using a laptop and touch-typing due to the massive speed and accuracy bonus compared to trying to type on a tiny phone keyboard...

Yet to publish anything, but I have a story with a ton of content just waiting to be written that I shelved due to stress, depression, and lack of writing skill. Then a story about an AI that I never wrote yet due to deciding to focus on one about magic instead, which is barely getting written...

In my world I'm working on, magic is applied mana, as in many others. The trick is that mana is both a byproduct of all life, and it mutates living beings, reducing their intelligence but strengthening/mutating the body if they get too much too quickly, or increasing intelligence if they get...

There are a handful of major issues with immortality, or even just extended lifespan in a human. We have limited memory, you will eventually forget almost everything that has happened to you. It won't take long before you can barely remember a tenth of your life, then a hundredth, then you may...

I believe there is a sort of middle ground. It is possible to create the world and guide the characters, but it is also possible for the characters to disagree with your desired direction and choose to act differently than you want. This has caused multiple major changes to my first attempt at...

One of my favorites may or may not count - Blue Core - the main char is technically a dungeon core, but they form a strong bond with a female foxkin, who acts as a 'secondary main char' and the primary way they interact with the world. Pretty good fantasy story, IMO. Modern world gets changed...

Cannot recommend Mother of Learning enough. Perfect Run was also pretty good, but I dropped it due to personal tastes being different. Both series involve time loops that reset upon death, with MoL being a static loop and PR having a reset that can be changed. There are also a ton of time...

Haven't read that story, but seems pretty obvious to me. Acid, napalm, explosives, poisons, debuff potions, buff potions, etc. One of the worst types of people to fight, if they have prep time to make and start carrying combat gear. If you catch them unaware that combat is a possibility, they...

Existing, for now. I haven't enjoyed much of anything for the last two decades, merely found ways to waste time while I wait to stop existing. Can't really do anything at this point, even simply eating takes almost all of my motivation for the day. About the only high point in my existence is...

In my view, a 3 is 'pretty good' with 1 as absolute trash, and 5 as practically perfect. Unfortunately, it appears almost everyone disagrees, and you get swarms of people voting 'this is perfect' on absolutely everything, and 'this is trash' on things they simply dislike the style of. Quite...

For what I am currently working on, the system is based around mana, generic magical power. Too little causes sickness and/or death, and too much causes sickness, mutation, and/or death. All life produces mana, and releases some of what they produce into the ambient, with the rest remaining in...

I would say it highly depends. If you get advice on how to do what is already there better, or how to improve things you already want to do, then absolutely listen to readers. If readers want to you to change or rewrite the story in ways that do not fit your vision for it, then do not listen...

Sometimes core features of a world setting would be good for games, but generally, stories are not a good basis for a game. That said, I've taken to trying to work on a game based off a story, though due to mental health issues it isn't going so well. If you want to try a computer game, I'd...

Personally, I'd say the RR review system would be great, but something more like youtube would be better for ratings, just a like/dislike rather than a scale. I can't tell how many very low quality stories I've seen get multiple five-star ratings. If essentially 90% of ratings are only the...

As mentioned by others, there are a number of factors involved. Personally, I believe reality warper would win, as my understanding is that they can alter anything rather than just time and space. Alter opponent's mind to no longer want to fight. In the end though, both can simply erase the...

Quick note for those discouraged over comments of people leaving, and/or low ratings... Just keep in mind that those mean people think you are important enough to actively put effort into interacting with. Someone telling you they are not reading anymore could mean any number of things, but it...