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    Litrpg system justification?

    It is a mass hallucination after generations of game addicts.
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    Thoughts on the claim that Google docs is deleteing documents that go against their TOS?

    They've been doing that for ages mate. At least for copyrighted materials and porn. But I 'spose they put some serious energy into upgrading their algorithms if it has become more prevalent.
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    Sequel to fanfic thread. All fanfics are trash.

    The Flashman Papers are a great work of fan fiction and a decent work of literature.
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    All fanfic writers are creatively bankrupt thieves.

    Another series of works that would be considered literature despite being a kind of fan fiction are The Flashman Papers. I can highly recommend them. The main character was "stolen" from Thomas Hughes' Tom Brown's School Days. He even has his very own Wikipedia page. If not for Fraser's...
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    The cuts may not hurt, but bottles are not exactly clean and all sorts of dust and dirt will get...

    The cuts may not hurt, but bottles are not exactly clean and all sorts of dust and dirt will get in. You may get an infection. Your immune system is likely used to the local diseases, but if you do this on vacation, it may end badly.
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    There must be fewer drunks in your area. If you walk barefoot here, your feet will bleed. I...

    There must be fewer drunks in your area. If you walk barefoot here, your feet will bleed. I feel superior as a drunk who properly disposes of his bottles.
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    Someone wants to Translate and post my work on tl.rulate

    For the Chinese as far as I know, my mate used MTL and when a part/phrase did not make sense, manual translation. He knows both Chinese and Russian, so it is easy to tell if a translation is correct and MTL saves time. For a novel with that many chapters and... limited literary value manually...
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    Another thread about ratings.

    You may joke, but one of my former neighbors is in this business. It has a proper, fancy name, too: creative reputation management. His specialty is "social endorsements". Go figure. It must make some decent money, too, judging by his socials. I check if a novel has negative reviews. If...
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    What do you think of an evil protagonist or head of an underworld organization?

    If you do a little more research than watching Godfather twice, your novel will stand out. Otherwise, it will join the ranks of countless "evil" protagonist novels catering to middle schoolers.
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    Someone wants to Translate and post my work on tl.rulate

    One of my good mates helped with Chinese novel translations over there (https://tl.rulate.ru/book/422). That was in 2018 and I remember it being around even before that (~2016ish), so it has been around for a while. Some translators there earn money through donations (ЮMoney). You can read...
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    Webnovel, the site

    Yes. Example stories from their last contest: #TrueLoveonTapas Romance is not my genre, so I cannot recommend any one in particular. You can find general information here: Publish on Tapas Their website layout is confusing, so I recommend creating an account and learning as you go instead...
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    What's the deal with Penana?

    Can you be sure? With AI as it is, who knows. Very normal scheme. Someone likely has a few bots running this shit. Never encountered it over there, but that shit is all over the internet. And even offline. Ever been called by a marketing sales rep? One boss would hand me his phone so I...
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    Webnovel, the site

    I can not recommend Webnovel. Their enforcement on content guidelines is very arbitrary. It's not great for earning money either, but they pay bank transfer, so you do not need PayPal. At least they did in 2021. Tapas is not bad, but there are payment limitations for some countries since you...
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    All fanfic writers are creatively bankrupt thieves.

    I don't know, mate. Your usage of "verbatim" is much more of a stretch. Have you ever read The System's Black Tech Internet Cafe (系统的黑科技网吧)? The author did a good job* using all the different settings. After reading it, I even tried some of the video games, because he made them sound so...
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    Children and death

    The worst way is a pointless death. Torture is difficult to write well if you have never witnessed the actual thing. And if you have, you do not need to ask that question. Write a (few) chapter(s) of the girl tragically surviving alone but full of resolve and will to live... only for an...
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    All fanfic writers are creatively bankrupt thieves.

    I think no one stained your honor in the first place. Is there anyone qualified in this thread? I am not qualified. Some people are obviously very confident, speaking of laws and money. Telling people they will not be able to sell their work or find a job as if that were the mark of literary...
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    All fanfic writers are creatively bankrupt thieves.

    TL;DR: Standards for fanfiction are lower. But fanfiction is not inherently lesser. Every writer poaches from his predecessors. Read Gilgamesh... or Mahabharata or any of the greats. Where do you draw the line? If the author changes the names of the characters, is it no longer fanfiction...
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    What Good Thing Happened Today?

    I found my emergency cash in a forgotten boot.
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    "A" you serious? https://en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/a-#English That's a lot for one letter.

    "A" you serious? https://en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/a-#English That's a lot for one letter.
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    My head is a-splitting

    My head is a-splitting
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