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Number 4 types of stories are quite rare on web novel sites in general, from what I've gathered. Or at least are rare nowadays. About a decade ago, such sites were practically non-existent or deeply obscure (Wattpad being one of the few exceptions), but they had mostly... ahem, "traditional"...

Here's my feedback. I'm not a target audience of this type of story (from what I've gathered), so take it with a grain of salt: - The narrative is ok; it didn't grab me stylistically, but neither did it have any noticeable drawbacks, so it's fine; - The pacing is serviceable; I would've liked...

You sit down and write. That's the actual hard part of writing. Coming up with the story is the fun easy one. Or you become a pantser/gardener and write from moment to moment until you reach a logical ending. Or take a third option and surprise yourself by finding a unique solution. This is...

Topics like "If X from A interacted with Y from B in N circumstances, what'll happen?" are superfluous in the vast majority of cases - because they do not take into account things like in-universe boundary constraints. For example, the MCs from both of my books will almost assuredly defeat the...

Suit yourself. Bear in mind that making hyperbolic, one-sided claims tends to preclude most open-minded discussions. Just FYI. Also, I'm usually a person who dutifully reads all posts, including lengthy text walls, but there is such a thing as "too much" even for me. Like when someone drops...

... Ok, that's a genuine hot take, if I've ever seen one. Imo, it's an extreme view on things, and certainly lacks nuance.

Oh wow, The Sting?! Somebody actually remembers that game?!? It's like the og Thief Simulator from wayyy back (2000 I think?). Literally nobody talks about that game, even obscure game reviewers. It had a neat gameplay, but I don't know how much it holds up by today's standards. Clive Barker's...

Haven't found my favorite so far. Probably isn't discovered/invented yet.

I can't quite remember the title, but there was a recent trad novel published where "the chosen one" was a grandma in her 60-70s. Tried searching it, but memory's cloudy. Darn. Cosplaying as a geriatric pretty good today. There's also Michael Chabon's The Final Solution which is basically about...

You can enjoy life and the fruits of your labor. Consider it the blessing of a morning person.

Criticism, like all things in life, is a skill that can be developed and refined. In the case of fictional writing, criticism is a tool for discussion which aims to improve and elevate a given work of art, via various means and methods. The vast majority of people never do that. What they do is...

(The TL;DR version is at the end.) I kinda have a special story and at the same time I don't. To elaborate: For me, writing "simply started" one day when I was in 9th grade in high-school. I took a notebook and wrote my first short story, about a fantasy football match that was basically Chaos...

Hello, Trinary! (Stephen?) Whenever it's convenient, please offer your opinion on the prologue of The Celestial Way: https://www.scribblehub.com/read/888135-the-celestial-way/chapter/891329/ Thanks in advance! Regards, Sagacious

Hello, Corty! If this thread is still active, please offer your opinion on The Celestial Way: https://www.scribblehub.com/series/888135/the-celestial-way/ Thanks is advance! Regards, Sagacious PS. The full list of chapters can be found in "A Table of Contents".

HOI4 is... to paraphrase Ross Scott, one of those games that's so hard, that I start to wonder if I shouldn't be learning some actual skill, instead of investing an inordinate amount of time mastering just one game. Stellaris mainly disappointed me with its empire/species builder, which was...

Oh! I like "defenestrate/defenstration", too. Especially given its origin: "fenestre" means "window" in French, and the term was coined during the storming of the Bastille (when the French Revolution began), and people threw government officials through the windows on the upper floors to fall to...

I usually disable any economic/point-based victories in the games I play. In Endless Legend I always disable all victories except Conquest, Quest (getting the starship off-world), and Technological (activating the dormant device(s?) of the Concrete Endless).

Depending on what is one's definition of "sniping", this is certainly possible. High-grade hunting shotguns loaded with slugs/sabots can be pretty accurate up to ~100m or so. Which is enough to "snipe" in urban conditions, where any distance beyond 50m is considered long-range. On open terrain...