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Got a dude took money to renovate the house from Ai-chan's dad. 10 years later the house was still not renovated and the money was still not returned. So Ai-chan changed the name of the worst scoundrel in the novel into his name and maybe if the book becomes famous one day, his kids will read it...

There are plenty of real life horrors, such as taxes (Ai-chan still can't figure that out), racism, neighbourly malice, motorcyclists, food poisoning and rat piss. But Ai-chan doesn't think any of those are scary to anyone other than Ai-chan, so Ai-chan never wrote them.

Short answer: Yes. Long answer: Still yes. Remember, the majority of your readers will be reading on the phone or tablet. 9000 words looks horrible on phone and gives readers headaches.

Myanmar is one. North Korea is one. Plenty of korean dramas about North Korea. Thailand is basically monarchic democracy with regular military coup. Half the time they're a martial empire. The other half is democracy, until the democratically elected government gets couped again.

Foreshadowing is the "Ahah!" moment. If readers forgot about the foreshadowing, it has dragged too long. Put it anywhere you want, it's your story. There is no right or wrong, anything you do just becomes your unique style. Just remember, for a fully completed novel, getting to that "Ahah!"...

Light novels rely on the writing being 'easy to read' and 'fast to finish'. Therefore, narration is often preferred as the pacing needs to move forward. The story needs to be told without being mired in exposition and descriptions. Dialogues often bulk up the chapter, overexposition and...

[Ancient Romance+Fantasy+System+Melon Eating+Female Protagonist+Comedy] Chu Zhuyu was a surgeon at a prestigious hospital in the capital. On the eve of her promotion, she was sabotaged by her competitor and died. Transmigrated into the body of a poor farming family's mother, she had to fight...

Goth girls produce simps and depression.

Why is it okay for cows to be incestuous but not humans?

Opened the main site. Excited to see 12 alerts on Ai-chan's stories. But all the alerts were scammers and already got deleted. :(

Some people are mean. Ai-chan doesn't like it either. However, it is a valid vote. If the readers really don't like the story, it is their right to rank it as low as they want. Learned that the hard way with Ai-chan's older stories. Just have no expectation and you will not feel angered.

Xitong is basically a litrpg genre, but less on litrpg and specifically on the system part. Unlike the sterile system more common on RPG trope, the xitong genre makes the system itself a character. The common start is usually, "Congratulations host for successfully binding xxx system. Here's a...

Indeed it used to be that way. Authors share their stories for free, intending to improve through suggestions and criticisms, usually with the hope of making it big in the future or merely just to share what's in their heads. Back in Ai-chan's youth, we had blogs and shosetsu ni naro which...

Psychological horror is so hard. Why do some people make it so easy. Looking at you, Junji Ito.