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    Is there room for Urban (African) Fantasy?

    For sure. There are literally infinite story ideas that can be had, and 90% of the fiction market are essentially a few people who did something new and then everyone else tries to copy/emulate their styles and stories. For instance, probably more than half of the stories on RoyalRoad are isekai...
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    Your Worst Writing Moments (A Non-Depressing Thread)

    Hmm, the story that comes to mind is when I was in the tenth grade, in my first creative writing class. Our first assignment was to write a short story, so I went home and wrote a thirty-page draft and submitted it the next day, thinking Hell yeah, I definitely got the best mark in the class! A...
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    "Guess I suck at being an author..."

    My exact experience, I found that classes like that overcomplicated the process by a ridiculous degree, and that people who excelled in those classes weren't particularly better than others who didn't. At the end of the day, it's all about how much time goes into reading/writing/editing, and...
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    "Guess I suck at being an author..."

    I've been writing full-length stories since I was a kid (going on thirteen years now), and while I'm not terribly successful or anything, I've learned a good deal about the craft. The best possible thing you can do (in my opinion) isn't to take creative writing classes in school, or to take any...
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