This is the way. There is solace in knowing that, no matter how shit you may think you write, people will read so long as the story is good.
It’s the same concept with even visual mediu. No one would say the art for the original One Piece or Mob Psycho manga is exceptional. But they work. They...
Shoot for making the trending page. That is, to say, shoot for consistency. Or just pray to the God of RNGs and hope he shines his divine light upon your story.
Oh for sure, for sure. Fanart time.
—what Rose from ‘RATH’ would look like if she were older.
—what she looks like now. But JoJo.
That’s all. Have a lovely day.
Completed Webnovel: Warlock of the Magus World — pure villain MC who tactically plans, kills, betrays, and steals his way to the top with an AI companion. Though he isn’t necessarily asexual, the women he has relationships with are more a means to an end to him. This is also a cultivation story...
Twist twist: The other guys are straight too, and the MC is just a big idiot who is too gong-ho about his sexuality and keeps misunderstanding male friendship dynamics for romance.
Perfect response.
What @NotaNuffian said. Though, even when I do plot things out, I do still tend to let the characters write themselves because (1) Writing is more enjoyable to me that way (2) I surprise myself with my own story and (3) It feels more natural to me. I never force my characters...
It depends on what expectations you’ve already set for your readers. You can’t just smack a gore scene in a none-gory story, but you can do whatever you want if you’ve already set expectations for it.
There's actually various lightnovels that touch on this. One of which is 'My Instant Death Ability is so Overpowered' and another is 'The Executioner and Her Way of Life'. The former focuses on an OP protagonist dealing with a world where OP people let their power get into their head constantly...