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  1. Moonpearl

    Truth about Virginity

    I really don't get what's supposed to be erotic about your partner bleeding (outside of intentional BDSM fiction)... It's just plain body horror to me. And all hail the great goddess, Yuri! :blob_party:
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    Down with discord!

    Hm... I still think that SHF is far less sociable than other serious writing communities I've been part of before. More posting will probably ease the tension.
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    Down with discord!

    That's pretty helpful~! I think people have trouble finding the places they want to go too, though, like the Yuri Garden and the BL threads.
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    Down with discord!

    Ah, I see... I personally hate real-time chat due to the amount of time it eats up and how people expect immediate answers. Forum style is just nicer to me because you can answer posts out of order or a day later and it's all fine. NUF can be a little bit confusing. I wonder if we should make...
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    Down with discord!

    An NUF Discord would be the death of NUF, though, as it is with many threads and sites. What's putting you off NUF? We can maybe help out.
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    Writing What to do when writing dialogue is a pain?

    If it's the first draft, I personally rush it and just make sure that the dialogue states what it needs to. That way I get to the bits I want to write (and need to finish) faster. I take my time redrafting it in the second and later drafts. Then I can worry about working some things into the...
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    Senpai has noticed you! The thread where veteran writers guide their new apprentices!

    Right? I'm a "veteran writer" and I still find the advice of people just starting to write invaluable as I grow and learn. There's already not enough free-flowing discussion in this forum without trying to create a class of "untouchable, master senpais" with the assigned role of "telling" people...
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    Senpai has noticed you! The thread where veteran writers guide their new apprentices!

    As I said, there's nothing wrong with giving advice, but putting yourself purely in that role in a community - as this thread suggests - is pretty unhealthy.
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    Senpai has noticed you! The thread where veteran writers guide their new apprentices!

    I can see people signing up for the job, sure, but talking the talk and walking the walk are two different things. There's nothing wrong with taking turns giving advice and feedback to other writers, whether less experienced or more, but anybody taking a stance of "I have finished learning and...
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    Senpai has noticed you! The thread where veteran writers guide their new apprentices!

    Is there anyone here actually qualified to be purely guiding, though...?
  11. Moonpearl

    @Scribbler It can definitely be difficult for different types of writers to talk properly.

    @Scribbler It can definitely be difficult for different types of writers to talk properly.
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    And yeah, I do enjoy reading other people's work~! It's really fascinating to me how people can...

    And yeah, I do enjoy reading other people's work~! It's really fascinating to me how people can come up with such wildly different ideas, or can produce completely different stories using exactly the same concept. I learn the most from seeing how others did or didn't achieve what they were...
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    There are various improvisation exercises that can help force writing, such as the "Scribble...

    There are various improvisation exercises that can help force writing, such as the "Scribble Thread" here on SHF. They can be fun, I just don't think I can sustain them for longer than a few paragraphs.
  14. Moonpearl

    Some people write purely for light-hearted fun and to see if they can. There's no shame in it...

    Some people write purely for light-hearted fun and to see if they can. There's no shame in it, but it does produce quite a difference in a mindset. There are also people who are new to writing who are serious about it but don't quite know how to be self-critical yet.
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    I'm very jealous. Unless I'm feeling particularly inspired and blessed by the writing gods that...

    I'm very jealous. Unless I'm feeling particularly inspired and blessed by the writing gods that day, I can never make things feel natural or flowing in the first draft. If I spend extra time trying to force it work, I always burn out and never finish the piece I'm working on - though it's fun to...
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    I've been told that most of the writerly discussions happen over on Discord, but I'm not a fan...

    I've been told that most of the writerly discussions happen over on Discord, but I'm not a fan of the site.
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    Another great trick that I did learn from writing help books is to copy and paste writing that...

    Another great trick that I did learn from writing help books is to copy and paste writing that you like but can't keep in a story into a brand new Word document to save. Makes it easier to be brutal when editing, and it cuts down the time you spend resisting the edit.
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    @Scribbler Sadly, I learned this process through writing university essays rather than fiction...

    @Scribbler Sadly, I learned this process through writing university essays rather than fiction writing. Seems to be universally applicable, though.
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    After a couple of times of that, I might hand it to someone else to read for feedback or change...

    After a couple of times of that, I might hand it to someone else to read for feedback or change font, print it out and read it aloud to check for spelling errors and awkward sentence structures. Ideally I do both, but which order I do it in depends on what I'm writing.
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    When I come back to it, I either cut into those scenes to fix them or I rewrite them entirely...

    When I come back to it, I either cut into those scenes to fix them or I rewrite them entirely with my altered version in mind. I especially aim to cut down on the excessive blunt dialogue and add more nuance.
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