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I pretty much assume any comment I get is someone trying to lure me into a scam, especially if it's filled with praise. Readers nowadays rarely comment on chapters, much less send messages. Popular writers probably get legitimate comments and messages. But I think these scammers specifically...

I'm not sure if mine classifies as satire, but it does have an underlying commentary on how divisive the US has become and what the future could look like as a result. The laws and the world itself can get a bit over-the-top and extreme to where it might qualify as satire if I'm understanding...

For me, the hardest part is getting the words out. The first draft can take me years to finish, just because of how often I get stuck/lose motivation. Even if I know where I want the story to go, and how it'll end, I still find myself staring at the word doc instead of actually writing. It's...

I'm going to be blunt- you've only been writing for a year. That's barely any experience. Personally, I consider someone who's only been doing something for a year a beginner. It takes years and years of practice to get good. Literally everyone who has only been writing for a year sucks. The way...

I think it's because of the angle and positioning of the woman, along with the hand caressing her face. To me, it looks like something sexual is about to go down whereas the others are just a front shot picture of a woman sitting or standing. That's my guess.

I would be slightly annoyed if someone sent me a personal message that had been ran through/prompted with AI. It ruins the authenticity of the message, because it didn't actually come from the person sending it. They just typed a prompt and copy-pasted. If it's just an editing thing, like you...

Yeah, not gonna lie. I would have put it down after the first couple paragraphs because I heavily suspected it was AI after seeing the third em dash in one paragraph. One or two scattered here or there doesn't raise my suspicions, but that many does.

Anyone advertising themselves is a scam. On top of that, anyone trying to get you to talk to them on a different site (Discord, Instagram, etc.) is also a scammer. Honestly, I assume any comment I get that compliment-bombs my work is someone trying to sell me something. (Sometimes these people...

About a mix of both. They all just feel so equally bland to me but I can't figure out why. Maybe it's just not a style I like, or maybe I'd like it more if I read it within the actual book. But I also hate lengthy prose/description, so that could be a big part of it too.

Just about every passage sounded like AI to me, but my brain is also a bit fried right now. My result ended up being no preference. (Though only three I chose the AI option for, and those were a "this bores me less" type of choice instead of actually liking it.)

You have to stop paying attention to the stats and analytics. Stop checking them, remember why you started writing in the first place, and write. If you're struggling to write, or are starting to feel like your story sucks, take a week off from writing. I've been going through something similar...

Yeah, I think this is the best way to go about it. I've never been comfortable giving unsolicited feedback because you don't know what kind of person the writer is. You might end up in an argument. You might make a depressed person give up writing. They could be a really thin-skinned person...

I'm fine with it, as long as it's not the only interaction I'm getting from the person. To me, it comes off as critical otherwise. Like, you can point out the smallest, most meaningless mistakes but can't be bothered to favorite a chapter or say you liked the story? It makes it hard for me to...

I took a quick look/skim and from what I picked up, the beginning seems okay to me. I prefer when stories dump you straight into action instead of giving a long-winded history lesson. (I do think the opening scene could benefit from a bit more interiority from the main character. Like, why was...

I don't know if I'm missing context, but I don't see how simply mentioning two characters shared a past would confuse the readers. Just drop a sentence of two of how they met in the past. Maybe the first scene you write of them meeting, you could summarize what happened the last time they saw...

I agree with everyone on how people will just dumb it down to "I like this" or "I hate this." Inkitt has it so you have to write actual words for the review, and even states above the text box to give details on what you liked or disliked. I think it even has a word minimum imposed. Still, a lot...

Is it possible to break it in half into a part 1, part 2? If not, then I don't see any other solution other than to make sure it's an amazing first chapter that'll keep people hooked. Personally, I'm not a fan of large chapters when it comes to online stories, but because I need plenty of...

People can do whatever they want with AI at this point within reason, but people who use AI to write stories for them shouldn't call themselves writers. Part of being a writer is, well, writing. If all you're (not just you but, in the general sense) doing is feeding a bunch of your ideas to a...

I didn't mean a first time trend. I meant it started the trend up again. There was a huge boom in dystopian trilogies coming out after Hunger Games (Divergent, Legends, Uglies) and vampires got really popular again with Twilight (though I can't think of any major examples at the moment aside...