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  1. BearlyAlive

    Turning stories upside-down by changing the perspective

    The challenge is easy: Completely turn around the plot and message of a story by changing the POV. You can also do this with TV shows or movie plots. Example: A young man eternally shunned by his beloved accompanies her in a journey to satiate her own vanity. On this journey he gains...
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    Editing Anyone looking for a paid editor?

    I've noticed there's no active "Editor looking for work" or "Looking for Editors" thread where people can shamelessly promote themselves. Guess I have to do this the annoying way... Let me keep the self-praise short: I've been working as an English <-> German translator and editor for a few...
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    How do you write my story?

    How can I make it possible that you write my story for me? What prompts should I use? And how many letters per question should I use? Anyway, how would you write "your" story, and how and where do you emulate the style of others and why?
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    Ever planned a real crime for your story?

    Ever planned a heist, robbery, murder, K-Pop concert, extortion scheme or some other crime in the name of your story? Ever since I got into heist stories I always tend to think "How easy/hard would it to break in/out of this place?" or "where are the cameras and where'd be a likely blindspot?"...
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    Is "slow life" becoming a trend?

    I just watched todays Nintendo Direct and noticed a trend that isn't just about games. There's a surge of life simulation games. Blame Stardew Valley for copying Story of Seasons/Rune Factory for that. It's gonna be the next grand trend after open worlds, heed muh prattling. But I've also...
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    Why do you write Isekai?

    What are your reasons to turn your story into an Isekai story? Why did you drop Mary Sue, Gary Stue and Larry the Cat in front of a truck? Where there no other ways for those characters to exist? Did you really have to rip them out of their universe and create a power fantasy just for them...
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    Need help naming an ability/phenomenon

    I need help in naming an ability and/or pehnomenon that is a central plot device. In my story there are certain people that got in contact with higher beings and are scarred/wear a sign of those beings and are cursed to act as personification of the aspect said being embodies. I'm calling them...
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    I wanna ask opinions before I post my first story

    I'm finally thinking of posting my first story here (The procastrination is stronk in this one) and I want some feedback on the story idea and the synopsis. So Let's-a-go! Synopsis:
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    Need help deciding the title for my story

    I need help to decide the title of my story. It's a standard trope-y isekai story about a guy getting summoned by some nutjob kingdom only to go "screw it" and joining the demon lords side after 'kidnapping' the only other seemingly sane person in the castle. He gets tricked by the demon lord...
  10. BearlyAlive

    You ever thought about making a Visual Novel?

    For those that don't know, Visual Novels are those chinese powerpoint pornos with choices as the only player agency. I mean are something like a crossbreed of anime and manga. A few of the biggest and best animes were previously VNs, so it might be cool to check them out. Aaaaaanyway. For those...
  11. BearlyAlive

    Heist stories

    I just noticed (or maybe didn't look hard enough) that there aren't really any heist stories. I want stories where people plan their steps carefully (and not in the angsty paranoia kind of way). Think of Ocean's Eleven and stuff. I mean sure, you have the hero party think about how to storm the...
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    How to balance OP powers if you don't care about power-ceilings?

    Heya, everybooty! I'm currently (planning to somewhence start) writing a litRPG with MMO setting where the characters are all aware of how broken their own and the other's skills are. So how do I balance the power scaling when "Infinity" is just another number? For example the antagonist has...
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    Writing Prompt You are a Trope-savy and selfaware villain in a typical Isekai novel

    What would change if you were an Isekai villain that became aware of all Isekai tropes. Here's the timeline: First you get isekai'd, then you find yourself in one of the many typical 'villain' positions. And THEN you remeber the tropes. Would you still send the sexy assassin after the...
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