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I have a doc (sometimes google, sometimes word, sometimes both) where I keep all the information and key points. Even character details I don't want to forget. I organize it by separate lists: characters, geography, political system, glossary. If I write a scene that I plan for foreshadowing...

I'm not a stellar fight scene writer or anything, but you're missing detail that intense fighting scenes need to be intriguing. All you have are quick and short actions. This is like a fight scene you would see if children's books had fight scenes. There's only one sentence action words. It's...

Just shot out a post asking about this too. It's what I figured: it's all scams. You can tell because the accounts are made the days you got the message, and after about a day, the accounts are already deleted

Wish I had the talent to draw ugh I'd go crazy

I seeee. Yeah I'd only trust it if there was 1. reliable backing ofc but 2. if my story was even popular lol. I think it's crazy to be like "hey I really liked your book" but there's zero trace of activity with the book like come on.. I'm not stupid

Oh never would but I didn't know I'd get them so frequently

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Has anyone else been getting messages about people interested in illustrating and turning out to be scammers??? I've gotten two in the last couple of weeks. It's always a red flag because it's someone who created the account the day the message was sent. I always make sure to wait a little bit...

Literally my first thought was mitosis lolll

Everybody is different. I think it really boils down to personal preference and your style of writing. I try to finish the entire work before I start posting anything. This allows me to be stress free when it comes to posting work; I know my chapters won't catch up to me. If I can't get a...

I'd answer it if op confirms but welp :blob_dizzy:

Is your question how do you make your readers like your characters or how do you write character relationships so that your readers understand the feelings and/or dynamics between them?

I plan out my entire novels before writing, so I always have my ending planned. When it feels like the end should be the end. But I don't feel like the answer of "when your views get low" is quite good advice I've been seeing here... Paying attention to view count will drive you insane. If your...

I think it's cool! Danmei writer Meng Xi Shi does it in her books. She did it a lot in Thousand Autumns. There are quite a few characters like so, however, she only did this with background characters. But there's nothing stopping you from doing it with main characters. Maybe it can make your...

Self-inserting is so fun sometimes. I made a character who has horrible vision just because I do, and I throw in all the things I do because of it. Like replacing the top of my shampoo bottle to a different color of my conditioner in the shower because I can't read the bottle so I go by the...

LOVE THISS. Oh my goshh. I used to have a doc filled with fanfic ideas. Maybe not around 60,000, but they existed at least. One of my favorite original character pairings (which is the book I'm going to post next after my current one) was originally a fanfic of a ship with maybe three fans and I...

Right away is crazy. I envy you though. I could never do that. But I completely get it. I have a story I really want to start posting, but I keep forcing myself to finish what I have first. Nope! Nothing wrong with writing in the moment. I do it sometimes. Like randomly adding in a scene I...

It is good! I've been doing it this way for years and it's always worked for me. Foreshadowing is a good reason why I like to plot everything out too because I can make sure to slide it in enough. I do so much back and forth and rereading. I use bullet points too! Just a bullet pointed list...

I'm curious how to other people function in their writing ways. Let's discuss and see how different we all are! When do you get comfortable to start posting your work? Personally, I like writing all of or at least almost all of my work before I start posting anything. I usually only do the...

From what it sounds like, it's still probably a good idea to redo the whole thing. Little things or not, you're still adding in additional information that any readers who have already read the first chapter most likely won't jump back to check out. 100% not meaning to seem harsh but you seem to...