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Iggy begs to differ. He's a big, strong dragon! He can carry the weight of a whole story by himself, okay? But setting aside tiny and adorable dragons who think they're bigger and stronger than they actually are...I'd say the central theme of that story is an exploration of different people's...

What I listen to depends on how tired and spacey I'm feeling at the time. When I'm focusing reasonably well, I can listen to more lively music without lyrics (like lo-fi or epic music). Less well, I need more subdued music (like solo piano or classical guitar). If I'm having trouble...

Thenio is learning about dream magic and preparing to help out with the analysis of a very explodey enchantment. All while dealing with ongoing magic critter shenanigans, of course. Erin is recovering from a fight with the story's big baddie and trying to figure out how to deal with the...

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It really depends on the characters. Different people express their feelings in different ways. I think for most people, using the word "love" would be a bit much at that point, but for some particularly effusive characters, it could work. And on the other end of the spectrum, there are...

Here, have a dragon:

I like writing in a pretty notebook with sparkly gel pens. But in the interests of time and practicality, I generally use my laptop.

I like writing cute magic critters. I'm bad at writing characters with good social skills. Hard to write things you don't know about, after all.... :blob_hide:

Maybe this is an obvious suggestion, but since it hasn't been mentioned yet: Have you tried looking on Royal Road? I don't know if the quality is really much better (especially since a lot of people post on both sites), but different kinds of books are more popular there, so it might be easier...

I think the key there is "power fantasy." For most people, life is hard. We're surrounded by things and people we can't control (sometimes including ourselves...). We feel weak and inadequate a lot of the time. So sometimes people like to get away from all that by fantasizing about being...

For most of the stories I've read, they're somewhere in the middle. Like, maybe upper bottom or lower medium by themselves going up to upper medium or lower top in a group? Usually if the story has them living in a group, then the individual ones are set to be weaker than in stories where they...

I'm suspicious that a troll went through and gave 1-star ratings to everybody who posted their story on TheTrinary's feedback thread. I got my first one yesterday, too. So yeah, don't pay too much attention to it. Personally, I think I'd only give a 1-star rating if something is completely...

Hmm...I think you're right—that second part is where it kind of falls flat. I should probably rewrite that conversation to break up the world building elements and add a little more character depth. Maybe throw in some tidbits about how the father feels about his job and the pressure to provide...

Define "harass." Are we talking actual physical or psychological torment here? Or does nagging someone to use proper capitalization and punctuation in their text messages count?

Depends on the magic system, I guess. In the story I'm currently writing, necromancers are kind of like the magic version of neurologists. They study the magic circuits present in living (or formerly living) organisms. But one application of that is flesh puppetry, which involves the...

Happy new thread! ? I've been lurking on your threads for a while (here and on RR), and they've been really interesting and useful. Maybe I'll use this occasion to finally be brave and ask for some feedback. The reader response to my first chapter has been pretty good so far, but I keep...

A combination of AI and my own mediocre drawing/editing skills.

I personally think it's a lot scarier when there's a kind of disconnect between the nickname and the person's actions. So for example: a guy's nickname is something silly-sounding like "The Pickle Maker," and people call him that because he kills and dismembers people and keeps their fingers...

All. The. Time. With pretty much every chapter I post, I have a mini panic attack afterwards, worrying about how bad it is and how much everybody is going to hate it and how, even if they don't hate it, now I have to write the next chapter, and that one will probably be terrible, and everybody...

One of my stories, The Consequences of Meeting a Dragon, is kind of in that category. It's not exactly monster taming, but it has a similar vibe, since there are lots of magic creatures in it. (It's more like making friends with monsters via snacks and ear-scratches....) Enough so that one of my...