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It depends on the character's level of selfishness. If selfishness here is prioritizing oneself and one's loved ones while doing everything possible to avoid harming others, then this type of selfishness is more pragmatic. In the real world... this type of selfishness is common, not because of...

Dude... don't lie. In "content warning", your fiction clearly contains sexual content. Why do you claim otherwise?

Foreshadowing is a creative author's way of engaging readers in predicting the direction of the story. Also, you can use foreshadowing to give a plot twist. The number of chapters you skip to provide a pay off, revealation, depends on the complexity of the plot. Take One Piece, for example...

Using first POV doesn't automatically make it immersive. Often, authors understand POV as simply the pronoun "I am," not the lived experience of the "I am" subject. As a result, first POV is more likely to serve as meta-commentary explaining other characters, world-building, plot and conflict...

It seems we need to redefine text in images and images containing text.

You keep giving ambiguous answers and full of promises. If you're going to provide feedback, please be direct and honest! That will be more helpful to the authors than empty promises and praise. Also, I hope you don't give any strange service via e-mail and discord. Other members are watching you.

Try writing from a limited third POV first. If your narrative can provide a limited third POV through the protagonist, it will be more impactful. It may seem simple, but writing a limited third POV requires precision. You need to write the narrative from the perspective of the protagonist's...

I actually have a lot of criticism... but I don't want to burden you with too much criticism. I want you to focus on solving the most crucial issues before moving on to other narrative improvement points.

This kind of synopsis is more like a mini prologue but is still better than a story summary.

Dude... I don't understand why you wrote first POV and third POV in a chapter. What's your purpose in using 2 POVs in a chapter? It's not that it's wrong, but using 2 POVs without a clear narrative purpose can actually backfire, breaking the reader's immersion. If you want to build subtle...

Honestly, the first four sentences are descriptive narrative that slows down the pacing and isn't suitable for character (villain) introduction. I prefer to start with the fifth sentence to build atmosphere and subtle tension. Readers are more likely to imagine the horror and cruelty of a...

Did you forget, dude? I was the first member who seemed to like your first status because you came in using your authentic name.

If that's the case, that's good enough. It's not that I hate telling... I just don't like narratives that tell so much that emotions become flat, like reading a report. Telling is still necessary to summarize scenes, avoid repetition, implement timeskips, and provide thematic conclusions...

Honestly... I wanted to answer Pain (Uzumaki Nagato) but when I looked at the thread's question about the most memorable villain, not the most memorable antagonist... my shoulders slumped. Pain is more worthy of being called an anti-villain than a villain. An anti-villain is a character who has...

Well, I ignored your misplaced thread. This time I answer on behalf of causal readers of LN. My short answer... LN fans like telling, not because they like telling, they might not know that there is a better storytelling through showing. You know, right? Telling and showing are not just...

What you need to ask yourself: Does your information advance the plot? Does it emerge organically through character interactions? Does it contain foreshadowing for an important plot? If the answer is yes, then it's not an info dump.

I suspect the quiz maker created naive and careless operational questions, he couldn't distinguish what the essence of the Marry Sue character is compared to the general character. He took the definition of Marry Sue at face value. Maybe he divided the questions into something like this...