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  1. CarburetorThompson

    If you guys are wondering if I died. I did not. I just feel weirdly ashamed whenever I post on...

    If you guys are wondering if I died. I did not. I just feel weirdly ashamed whenever I post on the forums when my story has gone without an update for awhile.
  2. CarburetorThompson

    Does no one use footnotes?

    Only time I used foot notes was in my Interwar inspired fictional dogfighting aerial combat short story, because there was a ton of aviation terms like AGL, altimeter, etc, that I don’t expect the average reader to know
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    What are you most hated novels, why?

    Re Monster. The MC is a hypocrite who constantly goes back on their word, which isn’t inherently a bad thing, but when the ’words they back on’ are ‘I’m not gonna rape people’ and ’I’m not gonna own slaves’ its off putting to say the least. Don’t know if I’ve ever hated an mc more. Honorable...
  4. CarburetorThompson

    Never read the comments on a manwha translation site. Big fucking mistake

    Never read the comments on a manwha translation site. Big fucking mistake
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    What are your first books you read that impacted you?

    A to Z mysteries series. Was popular in my class in second grade. So I tried reading it. A teacher asked me to read it aloud to them one day, that combined with my recent test scores was how I got diagnosed with dyslexia. Pretty much completely over came it, but I never finished a single one of...
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    Roy Liechtenstein is another artist I hate with a passion, but he’s dead so I usually don’t call...

    Roy Liechtenstein is another artist I hate with a passion, but he’s dead so I usually don’t call him a retarded scammer like I do for Banksy
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    I fucking hate Banksy. Hack fraud of the century. Art is dead. Yet another victim the 20th...

    I fucking hate Banksy. Hack fraud of the century. Art is dead. Yet another victim the 20th century. Modern/Post Modern art is nothing but the larvae of maggots on a festering corpse.
  8. CarburetorThompson

    Philosophical question?

    I know you asked this as a philosophy question, but for me it feels closer to a world building question about someone's magic system. Or maybe it's my fault for having a stiff suspension of disbelief. But to me it feels like the answers is whatever the author feels like. There is only so much...
  9. CarburetorThompson

    How would you survive a zombie apocalypse?

    Wait. Seriously, think about it. Zombies are rotting animated corpses, they can only last so long before they quite literally fall apart. Give them maybe a month or two max before they are incapable of movement.
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    Why don’t the monsters in your world attack cities often?

    In my story there is hardly any monsters in the setting. Like the American greywolf most large predators deadly to humans have been hunted to near extinction. Those that still exist live in the unexplored places far from human society. The only ‘monsters‘ that are actively detrimental to...
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    Do you still read Japanese, Chinese and Korean novels after knowing about Scribblehub which provides free stories?

    Yes, I read way more translated novels then I do novels on SH. The reason is, for a product to receive a translation it either A: Has enough success to which a publishers thinks it warrants an official translation, or B: Has enough success in its country of origin that a fan translator decides...
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    What strange creatures have you found in mythology, legends, or depicted historically?

    The Dark Watchers (Wikipedia link) Genuinely terrifying bit of NA folklore that is almost completely forgotten. Excerpt form John Steinbeck’s short story Flight, probably the most famous of the references to the legend
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    What strange creatures have you found in mythology, legends, or depicted historically?

    This a monster concept I made for a story that was never released. It’s basically like a hydra snail abomination thing
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    How to overcome writer’s block?

    There is only one way to get over writers block and that is to find inspiration. The real question is what exactly inspires you and your writing. This is something unique to every individual, which is also why it is inherently difficult to give a definite answer on how to over come writer’s block.
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    Guys I don't know if I'm doing alright or doing badly at writing my story.

    Don’t rewrite it. You only just started, if you only ever rewrite the beginning of a story you may get better at writing beginnings, but you’ll get no such practice for the middle or the end. Writing a story whilst simultaneously updating it can be frustrating, as new readers will always see...
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    Guys I don't know if I'm doing alright or doing badly at writing my story.

    I’ll give some advice. First for your chapter titles it would be good to number them, and make sure the formatting you use is always consistent, that includes things like punctuation and capitalization. I prefer to start my chapter titles with ‘Chapter # - Title’ but everyone does them a little...
  17. CarburetorThompson

    Ai-chan is ruined!

    Don’t worry Ai-Chan. If you want to write a light novel you can just work backwards. All you need to do is write a normal novel, and then delete all of the prose that describes the detailed environment, and any in depth description of character emotion. Easy.
  18. CarburetorThompson

    What did you learn today?

    I learned what the loudest thing I’ve ever heard in my entire life sounds like. Likely over 150 dba with no ear pro. Was in between runways when a fighter jet took off, was really cool to see but hurt like hell, my head was ringing for a while afterwards
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    Writing Question - How do you keep track?

    The only real answer is to retroactively edit your chapters and then gaslight readers into thinking there was never any plot hole or contradiction
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