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Having a mute or silent character is actually pretty common in survival stories. Look at Robinson Crusoe, for example. He doesn't have anyone to talk to for over half of the book. Survival stories are often a single character alone in the wilderness with no one to talk to, but I don't see why...

I know this isn't Goodreads, but on there they tell you to just ignore negative comments. They have a feature where you can report bad comments, but they suggest not responding to the comment because it's so easy for a potential reader to think of you poorly based on what you say in those...

Hello all. I'm hoping to start self-publishing my current story via print-on-demand and ebook but before I do that, I want to get it professionally edited. I'd have it edited one arc at a time (about 15,000 to 20,000 words) so I'm thinking someone who works with short stories and/or web fiction...

I work full time and have two toddlers. And yes, I do put off writing sometimes for my other responsibilities. My best advice for keeping the word count climbing is setting aside part of your day, even if it's just an hour, and use that time to write every day. For me, that time is 5AM, while...

Pokemon zombies would be terrifying!

Totally. In fact, it would be awesome if the main character was someone else and the story is built up as a necessary revolution to overthrow the king that is supposedly exploiting his people. You follow the leader of the rebellion who doesn't even believe zombies exist. Then you discover first...

You mean, they eat everyone else, but when the MC interacts with them, they try to sell the MC their wares? I assume the MC would create a kingdom. People would flock to him because he's able to reason with the zombies. He would become a king and daily go out and talk to the zombies while...

I agree. Some of my favorite characters are bad guys that turn out not to actually be bad guys. They're just broken, like everyone else. It definitely helps make your villains not look like Saturday morning cartoon villains too.

Good point. I hadn't thought about consistency when writing up this question. In that case, how long does the author have to be consistently releasing chapters for you to give them a shot?

I know there are a lot of factors here, like cover art, synopsis, whether or not its a known author, etc. But I'm curious to hear how long a story has to be before you'll give it a shot. Let's say you were on the fence about a story after reading the synopsis. If the story had a larger word...

Some of my favorite stories have made me fall in love with the characters, the world, and the lore. I write because I want to craft stories that provide that kind of experience for others. I want to build worlds and people that others will fall in love with. I also think it would be a pretty...

So I don't know the genre, but this is something used all over the place to increase tension. Add a time limit. If the the MCs are trying to protect a political leader, give them the time of day that an assassination attempt is going to happen. If they are looking for a murderer, maybe the...

I'm writing a fantasy serial about a girl looking for her people on a mysterious island while war brews all around her. Here's the link: https://www.scribblehub.com/series/39938/sprig/

I might try. I've been doing the camps this year where you set your own goal. So far, the farthest I've gotten in a month is 25K, but I don't see any harm in signing up and trying. If I fail, I've still made progress on my story and the challenge is a little extra push to write more words than...