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This may be an over-simplification, but in my understanding it is a genre of fiction that leans heavily on game elements and game systems; usually combined with Isekai in the form of characters being pulled into, or reincarnated into, a game world.

As one of the folks who offered you some narrative-writing advice, I'll check it out later and leave some comments when I have. I can also DM you a full critique as well, if you like. Just let me know if you want one.

It's simple. Change the challenges they face into something their OP abilities can't necessarily solve. Alternatively, put them up against their foil. An antagonist who's abilities are the protagonist's inverse, or one who has counters to what the protagonist can do (if you're looking for more...

Thank you to everyone who took the time to weigh in so far. I'm seeing a fair number of differing opinions here and can't say that wasn't expected. I'm going to stick with my less-is-more approach to my stories as far as in-line stats go, due to the nature of the setting itself; and will focus...

I've seen a wide array of different approaches to writing in the LitRPG genre, especially with the explosion of the Isekai/LitRPG pairing, and I'm curious to know how much "RPG" you, as readers, enjoy being included, and how much breaks your immersion with the story? Personally, I'm a firm...

1) Yes. I enjoy both reading and writing it (especially with our mutual definition here) and have built it intrinsically into the shared universe of all of my original works along with the gothic-horror vibes of the setting's backdrop. 2) I personally enjoy the grittier, oftentimes more...

In my first story, the protagonist's intended love-interest went on to become the protagonist of her own parallel story (which admittedly was significantly better than the original) There were also a few fan-fiction projects where the side-kick went on to be the favorite character, and was...

A friend of mine back in high school was working on a story based on our TTRPG campaigns, and let me beta-read it. That was when I first figured I could give it a try as well, and started writing my first piece of general fiction. I still have some of the old drafts backed up on my google-drive...

In my experience; the script-writing is good for notes and personal reference stuff to get your thoughts out on paper and in-order, and to generally give a direction you want your dialogue to go. Writing 'Narration' as you called it comes with practice, trial, and error. The best advice I can...

As someone who writes both in the genre, and in others, ultimately it comes down to the type of story, and the setting where it takes place, that will influence my decision on whether to include those elements, and how strongly to do so. Primarily, though, I try to keep those elements as...

That can certainly lead to a number of interesting twists in a story when it is incorporated well, and lends itself well to both systems depending on the how of the magic functions. But based on how you described it, that sounds more like a foundational structure than one way or the other, since...

Was just wondering what other authors, and readers, prefer as far as their favorite types of Magic Systems in the multiple and vastly different types of stories out there. Personally, I tend to prefer a subtle mix between the Hard Systems and Soft Systems, when they are executed well and strive...

As for the most 'creative' it would probably be the Rune Magic system that I used for my Mythbound story. It wasn't fully implemented yet as more than a planned feature that basically let mages create runic formulae for their spells, and the protagonist used an atypical combination to create...

?️ Weekly Progress Update #1 ✒️ Aethara: The King's Path * Prelude -- Rough Draft Finished (~400 words) - Release planned with Chapter 1 * Chapter 1 -- Rough Draft Continued: Sitting at ~850 Words (+ ~700 words today)

Work has formally begun on writing Aethara: The King's Path (Chapter 1). Progress is slow, but steady, and I hope to have the chapter posted (with the prelude) by the end of the month.

Honestly, for me [as both a Reader and Writer] it depends entirely upon the kind of story being told, its themes, and nature whether an OP protagonist or protagonists can be interesting and entertaining. When it is done well, they can certainly be entertaining and interesting stories. When it is...

Yeah. I'd call my first attempts (Also around 15) as little more than literary catastrophes steeped in every possible literary sin and aged for a few centuries in their own ichor. I do still have them backed up in my google drive, so I can remind myself how far I've come when I start to doubt...

For one of my stories, each of the lead characters is the foil to the other, and that includes acting as the other's moral compass as you described it. I can't go into too much detail (Spoilers), but I can say that Morrigan "is" Hope in that story, and the one who keeps Lucius 'human' during...