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    Writing Prompt The mysterious letter.

    I wipe my nose with that old paper, put back in an envelope with an added note to my brother. " Stop with these practical jokes. Get a real job, you little shit. - Signed, Your very practical sister"
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    Beta Readers and AI

    Tell it to behave like a goodreads user towards your story. If you like it on hard mode. Source. Made me take one month away from a single chapter review.
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    Piisfun's Canned Repsonse List

    Please can we stop talking about my ignominy? :blob_no:
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    Piisfun's Canned Repsonse List

    OMG, more than 4 years in SH and just learned about this link.
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    Piisfun's Canned Repsonse List

    I am really afraid to ask, but hey, but with my calvados infused courage, what is "The Lounge"?
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    Your MC is forced into teen drama.

    Hallie would have spiked the drink with her ADHD medication. True chaotic neutral at its finest.
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    What do you think about people who talk to themselves

    It's okay to talk yourself in public It's okay to also argue with yourself in public. It's only bad when you lose that argument.
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    Writing What motivates you to finish your novel?

    I finish my stories to start new ones. Not sure if my method applies to others, but I usually have some floating idea. When one consolidates into a tangible form, I write the first few chapters, then one of the MCs will make a cameo in my current story. So that is my motivation to finish the...
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    What's the most important part of a fight scene?

    More than the fight, it's the tension and build before the fight that matters. Imagine two gunslingers, squaring against each other. The fights are quick. Immediate. Definitive, but the moments before the fight. The stance. The silence of a graveyard. The exchange of glances, insults traded...
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    On a practice I have noticed as being somewhat common.

    I have to agree with every point from FRWriter. When I checked your profile, I was blasted with the 1*ratings spree. Your post, looks like the cry of an entitled petulant child who screamed because they didn't receive the new iPhone for Christmas. Look mommy, I punched the wimpy kid ten times...
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    Is addressing the reader bad?

    Look, I read Henry Rider, you might remember me from the comments I gave. This is my humble toss. Directly addressing the reader, given Henry's quirk, and personality, is very appropriate. That's exactly what she would do. I believe professional agents have a different metric, the kind that...
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    Writing How to gauge engagement?

    This is a key advice. Apart from genre and tropes, the tone of the story contributes a lot to reader engagement in online platforms.
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    Story Marc Guide to Worldbuilding

    I am more of a words and stories person than Youtube. Probably why I missed
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    Story Marc Guide to Worldbuilding

    Oh hey, I thought you fell into a hole in the ground or something and disappeared. Welcome back.
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    Who are the main antagonists in your novel?

    Actually, I got some rather interesting comments. So right from second chapter I have been tossing tidbits, inconsistencies in narration, where several characters' action and words do not correlate. But still my readers are hung on MC being a very reliable narrator -- also self-inserting played...
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    Who are the main antagonists in your novel?

    Oh this one is fun. My MC is the antagonist. I have been dropping clues but my readers are very trusting of their own instincts.
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    What are your honest thoughts on harem stories?

    Why go harem when you can go polycule? Maybe I am that person, who hates harem but accepts polycule. As someone mentioned in the thread above, for me harem is toxic and unhealthy. Polycule involves sharing.
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    How many people here actually enjoy this kind of story?

    Am I the only one who paused at this statement and asked which one? I mean we are, after all, smuthub. Please, please, tell me, I am not alone.
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    How was your first story received?

    My first story was a conflict between a mother and her daughter and the event that kept widening the rift between them. It was received as one would expect from such a theme. I wasn't disappointed since I knew my target audience won't be in scribblehub or in any online web platform. I had one or...
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    Why aren't there more female protagonists who are mothers in dark fantasy?

    I wrote one, but didn't get much reader traction. Wrote one story about a boy forcefemmed by his mom and the reader engagement skyrocketed. So that's your answer there. Also, this comes from a place of genuine well-wishes, I would love to see more representation So I am cheering for your story.
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