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Didn't know you were such a sucker for rules @tiaf :P -70

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According to you, what are the certain pet peeves and mistakes that a writer should not fall into when crafting their protagonist ?

Depends on the level of world-building you want to go for. But I don't advise you to. Just keep the same animals and change the names slightly like adding a noun or an adjective before them. It can be either be an attribute or a location. For example, there is a province in my work called Kersa...

I just don't understand the appeal. Like...what's so satisfying about such abusive narratives ? why are they trending to begin with ? Feminism fought a long way and definitely not for this.

It's quite disturbing actually. Writing fanfics about fictional characters is okay but actual real people ? that's when it becomes weird. Imagine someone out there writing a fanfic about you having sex with them ? The thought of it alone would make you hide under your bed and never come out.

I need to get this off of my chest because if I don't, I might explode or smthg. So, few hours ago I was browsing Inkitt and I noticed a trend among the most viewed novels on their hot list. I will give you some of the tittle just so you can get an idea : Falling for the Alpha, Rejected by the...

@Hungry welcome aboard the ship, fellow LGBT writer :blob_party: :blob_highfive::blob_hug: I was also pleasantly surprised by this when I switched over.

Wattpad, while more liberal than RR, is a brutal place for newcomers. Their trending page is also the same YA crap of the same genre, which is a similar problem to what SH has. SH is more chill overall and in here, a writer can find an audience even for their most 'questionable' of works. RR is...

Thank you @Moonpearl for taking the time to reply :blob_hug: Truer words were never spoken.

Now I'm imagining little,ugly green things with blond bob-cut wigs, god-awful purple lipstick, pencil-skirts and spiky red heels dragging carts around. Thank you for the imagery @Cascadian :blob_joy:

The premise is interesting but I have to agree with @Assurbanipal_II . There is much more dialogue than needed. Generally speaking, there are three main purposes as to why a writer would substitute narration with dialogue. The dialogue needs to : Reveal characters Progress plot Set tone If the...

You are incredible. I wish I had tenth of your persistence :blob_teary::blob_teary:

There is very little of me to add after the many, great and thought-provoking replies others have already given you. But I can say one thing, if your novel is about world-building, including religion is a great way to give your universe more depth and tangibility. To effectively write about...

A good character is a 'human' character and by 'human' I don't mean the race aspect. A human character is one who isn't perfect, who struggles, who has ideologies and convictions, who has fears and dreams, who loves, hates and hurts. The whole purpose of literature and fiction is to understand...

That sounds like a great and effective way to get over what I'm experiencing. I'm sincerely gratefully :blobthumbsup:?. I will go and move to a different scene in the chapter and go back to the one I've struggling with later on.

Thank you. Reading this actually made feel a bit better.

It's not the thought of rewriting that makes me angry. I rewrite and edit all the time. It's the dissatisfaction and the disappointment of retrying something many times over and still not getting the result you desire. I think this is a curse of being a perfectionist or an overly self-critical...