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I don't tend to get blocked about choosing perfect words or anything like that. I only get blocked when between novels and after not writing for awhile. How do you get back into the rhythm after some time passes? I've been inactive in terms of writing from Christmas (I got some new games and was...

I read this from Matched, describing a "romantic meal out," and decided on this topic. Basically, come up with a paragraph or longer that completely captures how fucked up a society is. Bonus points if you make it sound positive. I'll try... (So yeah, social credit system, 70%...

This can be used for everyone, not just me. So like I made a chapter (it's a bonus section to a book, but want to get it done before the 18th of this month) , and it's really a transition between two chapters but it's very short, only about a page. Basically, the main character in this side...

Unless people post something quick, I'll use what I got, which is basically altered from an AI suggest. But I'd really prefer something made by real people. I'd also like a real tune. Backstory: Our hero (who takes the stage name Momo) is an amateur artist who joins a design company. One thing...

What is the darkest (or darkest comedy) chapter you've written so far? My personal record is making a McDonald's stand-in serve zombie meat. When someone balks, they're like "You're right, that won't do as part of our regular menu, it might contaminate the other stuff. Let's make it a special!"...

Okay, so one of my characters is stuck in prison, and they (begrudgingly) convince the warden to let them watch anime or read manga. But they basically are like "See if I don't pick shows that you will hate!" So they are picking a list of terrible anime. And so now I need that list, please...

It's like this, hiding (muting) books is simply bad policy. IRL, suppose you gave a book manuscript to a publisher, and he pays you money and you have every reason to believe you should see your book on the shelves. Actually he hates your book, and wants it never to see the light of day (the...

I updated my book with the new Superhero tag, and suddenly it doesn't seem to show up in the search engine for books. Nor in the updates. At least I think that's what happened. Maybe someone got offended enough by it to report it? Anyway. Yeah, it seems to have happened to someone else...

Like, I don't see it on updates, and I couldn't search for it (book name's A Hero Unmasked). I checked the others. Oracle of Tao, Tales from the Reaper, Town of Winter, and In The Moment all search (though the latter annoyingly has the same name as another book). Did I cross a line and got too...

I was reading the Black Magician Trilogy. It was my third time, and I realized that while I mostly liked Sonea's character, I was really annoyed that the author decided to shove in a gay sideplot. I think I was okay with it, so long as it was presented as a romance in context of Danny exploring...

How do you do it? How deal with people who critique your work, when you can't have a civil discussion because they've blocked PMs and chatting? Like, you can't explain why you put this and that in your book because they are unavailable. Me, I want to be liked, even if it doesn't seem that way...

And you know, feedback if you want. Though I suspect I know most of the feedback will be... It's too damned long, God, you're ranty, and of course... That's a few pop culture references and song quotes. And yes, it is a trilogy. Town of Winter and Tales from the Reaper were published...

I'm getting really peeved at the rise of isekai/reincarnation stuff. It basically took over the fantasy genre. Please please please can someone find me something where there is actual worldbuilding, where the character is born there, and there isn't yet another cheat character? Also, no...

If you re-sorted chapters so they were in reverse order, would the average person understand this? Basically, "Previous" takes you to the next chapter, because the chapters are ordered in reverse. Or would it be so weird that they'd stop reading? I'm thinking of doing it for Tales from the...

My story is a series of short vignettes, kind of like a Dragonlance anthology, each story is more or less self-contained, yet adds to the mythos. I like "Sick Girl" and "Well of Souls" chapters, but then I get to "Isekai". I don't like Isekai at all. It's deconstruction of the isekai genre...

So, I've noticed that sometimes as I am going through my own pages in order to edit, and then I look again at the page to see if format looks right, it adds one to the tally of views. As it is, I am not sure if 10 people have read my ending, or if nobody but me has actually seen it, and I've...

I mean, I saw earlier that there was someone who wanted to make a journal. Granted, it was a fantasy journal about the plants or animals of some world or something, but it seems like there should be a Journals and/or Nonfiction genre. I've made up religious books or D&D-style tabletop RPG books...