Recent content by CynicalStrawberry

Thanks, you guys have good suggestions. The thing is, my story could very well be complete at this point. It doesn't match my initial intention, but enough has happened that I could see it as done (the romance hasn't developed though, it's left more open). But I just can't tell if my readers...

I've been writing a story for a while (couple years), and I have 40ish chapters. I'm losing my interest in it, so I'm thinking of ending it at the nearest stopping point (45 chapters). Originally, the story was going to have one more arc (two out of the three arcs are done), and the last chapter...

Yeah, from hearing everyone's responses, it seems like most people do use their real life emotions in some way, but I guess it really varies from person to person. Some don't; some use it in a similar situation, and some do in a completely different situation with similar emotions. So I guess I...

I've recently experienced grief for the first time in my life, and I wanted to leverage the emotion into my stories. Have you guys ever done that? Not necessarily with grief, just using real-life events or emotions in your stories. How would you do it? Put the mc in a similar situation? Or do...

Personally, my idea of comedy (or the type I can write) starts with a comedic scene: in other words a situation that's funny or awkward in some way. Then I have a narrator who describes it in such a casual way that you're like is he/she just going to ignore the fact that that's wierd? That's...

That's an interesting strategy and I agree that if I take a break I'm unlikely to write. But if I edit I'm worried I'll also not write but I'll just keep editing what I have.

I'm sure I tried writing other small things, but the first somewhat substantial thing I ever wrote is 8 chapters in my old Wattpad account from when I was 13. The story starts somewhat abruptly with a girl whose sister is kidnapped by some random "strange guy in black" who turns out to have...

Oh that's a good idea, I might leave this part for a bit and transition to another.

Huh, I didn't think of that. I thought it was the story as a whole that was bothering me. Maybe you're right though. It all just feels like so much work...I'll try and redraft the last chapter though to see if that works!

I have a story that I stopped writing a couple of months ago because life became busy. It's at chapter 35 which, for me, is longer than anything else I've ever written. I know where the story is going, at least in the next 15 chapters or so. However, after reading the latest chapter I have...

If the grammar is horrible, I'm dropping unless I'm choosing to read MTL. If it's a tragedy, I'm usually dropping because I can't handle those. Otherwise, it's more of a mood-emotional thing. If I'm in the right mood, I can almost read the most cliche, brainless novel. Generally, though, I don't...

I used to write on Wattpad years ago when I was into fantasy romance. Then, I stopped. Then I discovered the world of Asian light novels and I got super into shoujo, then eventually BL. At some point, my interest in BL became so strong that I had an itch to write my own and after googling...

I think a "story" goes beyond these bounds and we could debate the philosophical question of what is a story any day. But when it comes to writing or even telling stories, it always starts with one thing for me: a scene. A scene of something that happens or one single moment. If I'm telling...

Personally, I'm all about the relationship between the two leads; how like friendship or brotherhood or even enemies suddenly discover that no one knows the other better than they themselves. That's why I'm big on the enemies to lovers trope or doting love interest: because the two guys have a...

Of course, no problem! Um, you can read it if you want but it's also on SH and CG, plus it's a modern slice of life type story so I don't know if that's your cup of tea. It's called "You Are My Protagonist". https://www.wattpad.com/myworks/260683774-you-are-my-protagonist