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You know how I was so proudly saying I’d write something dark. Turns out depressing content makes me feel bad. Crazy, right? You’d think I would’ve figured that out earlier. Not that I’m completely revamping what I currently got. I’ve been inspired by games like Honkai (both) and manga like...

There are those on this site who usually ask how they can plan a story. The usual response varies but I think the problem in these responses is that they are way too specific. Ignoring the dilemmas a Plantser usually experiences when writing. Plantser’s Dilemma is being too immersed in the...

After considering many elements I created a new magic system based off the themes of legacy and heroism. The latter is less reflected because it’s hard to define it without losing its meaning in the process. I also made it very dependant on choice. ————— Blacksmiths offer their Mana Seeds to...

Now that the spine of the story is created (or maybe just the bone marrow idk what to define it as), time for me to move onto a step-by-step process where I blog > edit glossary > blog > edit again. Makes thinking a lot easier. Since there are some who want to actually plan a story but don’t...

I’ve recently realised that once this plan is done, I won’t have any excuses NOT to write my trilogy anymore (with the sequel being The One Being Protected [Magical Girl Urban Fantasy] and the one after that being a high fantasy I still have a lot of love for). As for why I’m writing this blog...

I thought it would be difficult planning a story with multiple arcs… then I saw a GoogleDoc I forgot about with a lot of backstory of places and events. Currently making a list of the places of where the protagonist will visit in each arc. It looks like I’ll have to Kill the Darling on the...

Honestly, my fires of passion have died down so much that I’m actually spending time outside (touching grass) and have zero thoughts related to stories I want to write. It used to be so fun, but now I’m just unable to feel the same way anymore. Honestly, I don’t know what to write right now...

It has to be said that there are a lot of misconceptions regarding the trope. Some writers get too fixated on the number 5, their roles as Leader/Lancer/Heart/Smart Guy/Big Guy, and try to morph their stories to fit the trope. Even though this is just an EXAMPLE of a group dynamic. If you’re...

I finally have an idea of what my first arc is going to be about. Having the main duo, Jordan Fisher and Lyla Walker, have to stop ‘Bad Endings’ that happen under specific conditions. One of them being the third member of the five-man band. They have to stop this future companion, Fritz Lazrik...

This is just me blogging about my progress on my work. It’s at the planning stage. There are those who find being an Architect a chore but for me it helps with my bad memory. Sometimes I give them a name and that becomes ‘them’. Anyone named ‘Alan Smith’ will always be born with Natural...

I don’t really have any problems but just wanted to make a blog post on the progress I was making on the story I’m planning. I found that I’m more committed when my plan is completed with no flaws from beginning to end. I have a similar level of planning made for my other works I’m actually set...

Sometimes, you see someone take inspiration from a game and create a captivating stories… or you get novels like “The Support Ate It All”. A very game-like novel in the worst way possible. It is fantasy without any of the fantastical elements. The main character gains the power to use Mana and...

I don’t mean specifically in The Novel’s Extra storyline. It’s more that I hate how people forget how to write villains when they use the Novel Extra trope. Mostly because they’re disconnecting themselves from the more dangerous aspects villains can bring them. You don’t see villains giving...

I usually have a main antagonist working with a more natural disaster in my works. An example is having Villain A constantly a threat to the main characters but unbeatable, but when Villain B is introduced someone either dies or gets injured. Then once they stop having to run from Villain A and...

I realised I got a weird view on romance. Most tropes I see of it don't resonate with me because life has taught me self-sufficiency. Almost none of the times reaching out for someone ever had a positive impact on my life. Instead actively turning it worse due to outside interference. Trust is...

I was trying to write a mature story as the first in a trilogy but my motivation keeps on fluctuating because I keep losing respect for my own story. The biases instilled in me makes me unable to respect my own characters and gradually makes me sick of writing about them. I know that doesn’t...

The example I thought of for this is Time Loop stories. Each individual loop can be contained and have meaning. Serving as building blocks towards the ending. Some loops are thrown away meaninglessly while others are absolutely important. Meaningful to the MC living in it. What other stories...

The “First Arc Popularity Poll” went amazingly well in my opinion. I’ve settled on “killer of killers reincarnates into a slave who is forced to become a saint”. They don’t even give him a proper name and just call him Saint all the time. At first his mother was a political hostage so he...

To make this clear I have a character that is about to be reincarnated with Berserker-like abilities. His alignment is Chaotic Good because he’s a rehabilitated natural psychopath that only kills killers. Killing dictators, tyrants, corrupt officials, syndicates and terrorists. I want to...

Learning from my previous mistakes, I chose to change the main character and alter the course of the plot to something I was more familiar to writing. This will be my last ‘attempt’ as I’m now satisfied with my prologue even if not confident it is immediately going to gain interest or not. I...