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Gods... I HATE when an author doesn't bother with the research because they think their readers Won't Know.

Watch the movie; Equilibrium. -- It has Gun katas. Find movies that have the type of combat you want to write. Watch Them. Take notes on what you See because that's what you want to appear on the page. Tutorial: [Tutorial] NSFW! Creative Narrative - A Description EXERCISE And for the sake of...

To go into just a tad more detail, he was rating the levels of writing -- the author's level of Craftsmanship in writing fantasy. It was an excellent video. I find it very telling on who skimmed it vs. who actually watched it.

Have you solved all the Issues (Plot+Emotional) that you brought up at the Beginning of the story for ALL your Main POV Characters? If YES: You're story is officially Done. If NO: Tie up those loose ends -- then you're Done.

I did not forget. You're welcome, and thank you. I'm glad I could be of assistance.

Plot Pacing and Narrative Summary By Randy Ingerman (Posted WITH Permission) Featuring: Harry Potter & the Sorcerer's Stone ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ If there's one thing that any writer is guaranteed to hear too many times, it's the dictum, "Show, Don't Tell." There is a lot of truth to this rule of...

I agree. That's why I posted these tutorials: [Tutorial] Is Description really needed? YES. [Tutorial] Tricks to Tight 'Sneaky' DESCRIPTION [Tutorial] NSFW! Creative Narrative - A Description EXERCISE LOL! I actually own some of the books where a lot of this came from! ☕ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~...

That would be True, especially since both the anime companies and the manga/manhua companies prefer books that are already popular in their own countries. It's just good marketing for companies to create and promote something that is already selling. And it's the Marketing Department that rules...

A worthy goal. -- Why not try to find a Publisher for it? For authors looking for a publisher: these are the best Progression Fantasy/LitRPG publishers Patreon is not a Publisher. They are a platform for promoting and selling products, like Etsy, only a lot more involved. Stories posted on...

Where do you want your litrpg WIP to Go? -- Or rather, where do you want your litrpg WIP to end up? ☕

I was going to ask why someone on SH was asking questions about the rules on a different story post site, but I've noticed that there seemed to be a lot of cross-posting on the two sites. Personally, I am not fond of RR, even though the quality of writing is a tad bit better on RR. It's not a...

That's a relief! That was the point of the essay. -- To show what the word 'Critique' actually means to the writing industry. I noticed. -- However Critique Does Not mean: "give me your honest opinion, and does anything stand out as problematic?" in the writing industry. And that is the...

Never mind.

It takes literal Hours for me to critique just one chapter. This is because I'm not just pointing out the mistakes, I point out how to Fix those mistakes too. The most frequent mistakes are addressed in this tutorial: [Tutorial] The Secret to Proper Paragraphing and Dialogue I won't commit to...

Thank you! -- and...DONE!

It can be. It's not too detailed for those of us that get asked for critiques and reviews multiple times on the daily. When you're reviewing a story, you can skim the work and just talk about the characters and plot. When you're doing Critiques though, it's a Lot more involved. It's...

So you want a Critique? WARNING! Incoming Rant! A Critique...? Really? Are you sure that's what you want? From the responses I've gotten on many different forums, and the responses I've seen others get, plus the resulting peanut gallery commentary, I'm not so sure a Critique is what some of...

There's these too:

Yes, writing a story as it comes to you, until you just can't write it anymore is called "Writing by the Seat of your Pants." Such writers are called Pantsers, for short. Those of us who plan before we write are called Plotters. This is one of the simpler ways that I Plot stories: Link -->...

For scene breaks in my published works: * * * * * or * * * between lines. For my fan-fics I use: ~ * ~ between blank lines, or the initials of the fiction I'm fanning: ~ ZL ~. I've also been known to use an emoji between the tildas: ~ ? ~