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Ooh, good to know~! I'll add for anyone writing BL and GL that there are also specific "romantic subplot" tags for those, which are: BL: "Shounen-Ai Subplot" GL: "Shoujo-Ai Subplot" I find that a synopsis doesn't always give an accurate insight into the story though, and sometimes directly...

"Erislethe: Valley of the Dragon Queen" It's a really interesting GL novel with literal dragon ladies, mystery, and really satisfying worldbuilding. There are only five chapters so far, but they have a lot of content. Too bad it seems to be on hiatus...

It really does affect women when they're fed these sorts of stories from birth, though. When I was a young girl, I remember the majority of girls I knew really buying into this shit because it's all that was available for them to read, and everyone treated it like it was a true and normal...

From what I've observed from the people around me (which may be wrong), those are popular with people who don't always have the best grasp of healthy relationships. It's usually young girls who haven't wised up to the world yet, middle aged ladies stuck in weirdly unhappy marriages, women who...

I feel like it might be too long for a synopsis. If you still want to go for the Chinese "A says, B says" thing, I'd suggest keeping it to four or five exchanges - maybe don't use it for the ministers' original exchanges, and simplify the second lot? You still have to entice the readers to read...

One overdue second draft finally complete... *curls into the foetal position*

Everybody has different stamina and ways of working. In general, though, you have to slowly build up to writing more words per day, especially if you start putting more thought into what you're writing. Terry Pratchett aimed for a minimum of 400 words a day and wrote his first novel that way...

Ouchie... Unfortunately, there's no way I know to cheat burnout. It's just mental strain, so you have to rest your mind like you'd rest a strained ankle. You'll probably bounce back in no time, though. You can sometimes help ensure it doesn't last longer by taking extra good care of your mind...

...? Can't he just have written too much in one sitting? I burnout that way all the time.

I take a day or two off and try not to think about my story at all. I'll deliberately do things that aren't related to reading or writing, like going for a walk, watching a film, putting a comedy act on... If I seriously force myself to do nothing for maybe two to three days, I'll be just fine...

“Time does not bring relief; you all have lied” by Edna St. Vincent Millay Time does not bring relief; you all have lied Who told me time would ease me of my pain! I miss him in the weeping of the rain; I want him at the shrinking of the tide; The old snows melt from every mountain-side...

Everything but one scene done for this second draft now... Yay for progress, but I'm so beat. :blob_dizzy:

(Sorry if this is incoherent or anything; my head is currently spinning from writing all day.) I find it helps to set a deadline, because then you eventually get to a point where you have to say "this is as much as I can do" because time has run out. It works best if you announce your deadline...

Welcome~! Always glad to see more GL writers. :blob_cookie: If you'd like to help people out or ask for any advice/feedback on GL stories, we do have a yuri-specific thread for writers, called the Yuri Writing Help Room. It can be found here...