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Do you have any story ideas that you gave up on because there wasn’t enough substance to the concept? Just curious

Don’t see it all too often, but occasionally I’ll find a story on SH that has missing chapters. Either it will start on chapter 30 something, or it will jump from like chapter 7 to 50. Usually it’s because the author got a deal with kindle or some other entity, but doesn’t change the fact it...

A character needs to struggle. If they don’t then your story is uninteresting. Often see someone struggle for the first few chapters and never have any issues ever again until they become a power that no one can compare to. If your character powers up but the threats stay the same your story...

Will George RR Martin finish ASIF before he dies?

One of the troupes I hate the most is the predetermined divine right stories. Where there’s a world where people are born with certain abilities, and have nothing they do to change it. These stories usually have a character with a ‘weak’ ability but it turns out that it’s actually the strongest...

Don’t care if it’s a novel, manga, manwha, interpretive dance. I just want a fantasy story that isn’t about some blue blood privileged pos, or a story about a peasant who gains some bit of recognition from nobles, and then suddenly forgives all their transgression. Or the ’some nobles are good’...

I’ve noticed there is a subset of writers that try their damnedest not to copy the world building of Tolkien, and I think a lot of the time it just makes what they write suck. Almost all of medieval fantasy is based of what Tolkien did, which was extremely innovative for the time. I see authors...

A few days ago I made a post about guns & magic. Was curious more broadly speaking what people thought about balancing magic in general. How powerful should it be? How easy to use? & such I’ve read a ton of stories where magic is so convenient and easily accessible that it makes the setting...

What are your thoughts on Fantasy stories that have guns instead of being largely focused on medieval melee weapons? Do you think guns can be as cool as swords in fantasy? What do you think is the best period of firearms for a fantasy story? Personally I find like anything after 1900 to be a...

Reading other threads made me want to do my own feedback thread. But if I earnestly tried I’d probably give up after like the first 2 stories. So here is a post-ironic and largely unhelpful feedback thread. I may or may not read your story, but either way I’ll still give advice. Standard rules...

What's the last non fiction book you read? If you read any at all. I don't read them very often. When I do it's mostly boring political books. Last one I read was Perestroika by Gorbachev, but that was like 6 months ago almost. I'm not going to count textbooks, manuals, or anything you are...

Seems to be a pretty common troupe. Personally I find it kind of corny. From personal experience I don’t think you’d have enough time to think about something like that while fighting. See it in a bunch of stories, so curious about what you think.

It’s not a secret that I think isekai is a boring trash genre. I particularly hate the isekai’d into the world of book/video game genre. I’ve still read a ton of it though just because of how numerous it is. Usually skim through the first few chapters and then pretend it’s a normal fantasy...

I feel a lot of authors underestimate the scale of time. A lot of times you'll read a story that has stuff dealing with ancient civilizations from tens of thousands of years ago. Or a story where a character is reincarnated 10k years later. I feel like these authors don't understand history...

As much as I think LitRPG is a trash genre, I’m curious to know if any LitRPG readers/writers play any mmorpgs, and which ones.

Anyone have any turns of phrase they’re particularly fond of? Personally my favorite is probably “Though it had never been said in so many words……” for describing an unwritten rule/common knowledge. I think it rolls off the tongue very well.

Had fun reading SallyG’s thread. So I straight yoinked it and thought doing this would be funny Rules are mostly the same (I stole them) except #4 it’s a yes or no question, so I feel anyone can answer. Also added 5 1. You post one character at a time. If you want to post one more, wait for...

Write an extremely specific simile or metaphor to convey an extremely specific emotion. Here’s my example. “He felt frustrated and more importantly betrayed, like he had found a previously free gas station air pump that now had a three dollar service charge.”