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With my new novel updating for the first time this week, I wondered what day and time I should post it. Previously, it was 1:00am Central time on Thursdays. For non-central time people, that’s the equivalent of midnight morning time where everyone is asleep. However, I thought of other...

I logged back on my Royal Road account after 2 years and realized that my first (unfinished) novel is posted there. It’s super bad and stuff but it committed two sins. The thumbnail was so badly drawn that someone (on another site) told me to change it. I definitely didn’t know better...

I basically got some ideas and “What if’s” about a new story. So far, this has happened with every story I’ve tried to come up with. Whenever I sit down and start thinking and writing, I literally end up wanting to work on that story more lol. It also helps that I have a better idea of where I...

Required Reading books are books that schools and colleges force you to read. They typically revolve around some common themes. In my case, I literally cannot finish this book called “How the Garcia Girls lost their accents”. It’s not even that long (200 pages) but I have never in my entire...

Thoughts on the Shrek series? I remember it being pretty good. This info came out several hours ago so i’m later than most people on this.

Most (english) stories are set in the past tense. What this means is that dialogue will be something like “John walked to the store. He had a dollar in his brown coat.”, or “I didn’t know it at the the time, but he had a blue car instead of a red car”. In present tense, this same piece of...

I definitely have. I spent an entire week changing my story to be steampunk instead of pure futuristic sci fi. To be fair, I’ve improved the writing a lot more, as well as dialogue so that’s a plus. If so, what led you to doing this? I would presume that you had to go back and edit the...

Maybe it’s because SH doesn’t have a steampunk tag (but cyberpunk lol), but I have a hard time finding any steampunk novels. Steampunk in general is niche but still… Any recommendations in particular?

Sure, nothing is (probably) original anymore and ideas can be executed well. BUT there are some ideas and concepts that are typically less used than others when authors write their protagonist(s) or write their story in general. Select one idea/concept you would want to see more authors deal...

So in my novel, I have a ton of sound effects. Stuff like BOOM, SWOOSH, bam, etc. I wondered that when a reader encounters this, are they bothered by it? Is it cringy and objectively bad writing? Or do readers enjoy these kinds of literary devices? Obviously, not all readers are the same. This...

The most common typology system for working with characters (to my knowledge) is the enneagram system. Unsurprising since it works with character goals and fears in a detailed and (usually) nuanced way. I work with enneagram but also mbti (kind of a mismatch) but that’s about it. I’ve heard...

Several minutes ago, I inserted my first chapter of my novel into the text editor. (At the time of writing, it’s waiting for review) It should be noted that I inserted at least 1000 words of my google docs into Scribble Hub’s text editor. When I pasted it all in, the words were of larger font...

I’ve noticed in a lot of novels, the protagonist is soemone of either high status (rich/well known family), constantly told to be beautiful/smart, special personalized powers, or is blatantly overpowered. I suppose it’s a popular method in general but I personally never go off of this lol I’ve...

(DAE= Does anyone else) I notice in a lot of novels and webcomics, the protagonist is a self insert. I dislike this 99% of the time since the protagonist (in my opinion) is usually boring and perfect in every way (except some quirky fault like being clumsy).. Bonus points if it’s a harem power...

(Note: This is a shorten version of key details from my outline) Aperol Sprtiz title Gist Theme: Perseverance, exploration, friendship Genre: Sci-fi fantasy, litrpg, action, lgbtqia+, 1st person Setting: Portunus (Ocean exo-planet), 2086 Tone & Pace: Fluid, dark, bubbly, moderate pace Conflict...