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  1. Assurbanipal_II

    Is it just me or are there a lot of GL smut books floating around rn?

    GL = sells Smut = sells GL + smut= 2xsells It is not hard to understand. Just business.
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    :blob_neutral: You should be more worried about the NSA.

    :blob_neutral: You should be more worried about the NSA.
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    Pro Tip: AI Assisted Glossary

    I have no idea what heinous literary crimes you must commit to get a 3.5 star on scribble.
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    Plz help new author out

    Genre. Genre. Genre. Carefully, choose your genre. What you write is half the rent. And if you rely on world building, plan ahead and keep lists. Lists. And lot of lists. Write down every location and character you introduce. Write down every potential plot development you hinted at. It will...
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    How to remove a bad review from a hater.

    :blob_ghost: Trust me, never. Got enough cases of vindictive reviews against me. Some I got them eliminated, but the clever ones you can't get deleted, regardless of how much bs they produce and how blatant they are. So tough luck.
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    Authors, do you write more fanfics or original fiction?

    Less work and reader disappointment. The amount of fanfics is proportional to the amount of plotholes in the story squared based on popularity. There is a reason there are so many Naruto and Harry Potter fanfics running around ... The respective stories ... improvable, to put things mildly.
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    Is it okay to...

    No. You cannot produce a complete "original" from public use, neither in terms of authorship, nor ownership, which would also exclude its commercial use by extension. Unless you use them merely as a template, but then public domain or not doesn't matter at all.
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    This is a bit dark

    Never saw such content, but I admittedly move in other spheres. As for what is displayed and perceived ... That is another matter entirely ...
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    This is a bit dark

    :blob_cookie: This is a classical case of lack of data. How can you compare countries, worldwide no less, when half don't furnish data?
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    Life is short. Our barrels are long.:blob_ghost:

    Life is short. Our barrels are long.:blob_ghost:
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    Insane poll for ElliePorter

    :blob_cookie: I see.
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    Insane poll for ElliePorter

    :blob_nom: Confused.
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    Low fantasy / Industrial fantasy

    :blob_cookie: It is one of the reasons why I set my fantasy generally before the age of discovery. Then you have an excuse for the lack of scale and can just talk about far, far, far away countries. Because face it, the landmass of earth is huge and your map points at a densely populated...
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    Low fantasy / Industrial fantasy

    "when some greater threat appears, such as a disease like smallpox or COVID-19, humanity tends to unite under a single cause" This is not what really happened ... Quite the contrary ... "other races consider humanity like a needed nuisance so if they get a chance yes they would certainly k*ll...
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    Low fantasy / Industrial fantasy

    If we know anything about humans, then that we are never united at any time. ? PS The world feels smallish. Setting it in an industrial setting causes a few issues.
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    Intelligence vs wisdom

    Intelligence = perception Wisdom = knowledge
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    How to have a character know things without making it seem exposition-y

    Do an excurse. You can easily explain from the POV of a narrator, but it depends on you structure.
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    What the heck even is prose?

    The classic distinction is drama, lyric, and prose (prosa). Drama, subdivided into comedy and tragedy, describes theatre pieces. Lyric describes "poetry". Lyric is structured and constructed with metrical units (metra) and verses. Prose (prosa) is narrative. It lacks the formal and...
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    Have you ever wonder what happens after the story ends?

    :blob_aww: :blob_aww: :blob_aww: ... :blob_reach: ... :blob_gift: ... :blob_cookie:
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