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Absolutely. Whenever I read a dark scene in a novel, or see it in visual media, my first question is "is this necessary?" A no is...

I agree wholeheartedly. It's context, context and context. If you need dark scenes, you need them.

Figuring out what the status quo of your world is, even if it isn't chapter one, would be an amazing place to start. If you know what an...

You're completely correct. Very very rough draft of what i had in mind and yeah i need to put more effort into worldbuilding ( I think...

Docs has a hard character limit. I'm not sure what happens when you reach it, but you wouldn't be able to type anymore. The clunkiness...

Yeah luckily the autosave was very regular, I think I lost about 3-4 paragraphs and some editing. It was more an intangible panic than...

That's an author horror story. Geez. Was the previous version super far back? I wonder how corporate/government workers and lawyers get...

To be honest, I'm unsure. This draft is extremely rough. Even ignoring the major grammatical issues, it's unclear what the actual plot...

I agree. I use the dark themes to create the conflict. Its the meat of the "hero" sandwich. Take those dark themes out, you just have...

Tell us more. Does this apply to Docs too? 50k really isn't that much for a document, so I wouldn't think it would corrupt so easily...

It's a ticking time bomb the further you step away from mainstream writing software. I've heard too many horror stories. Working in Docs...

I think any topic comes with risks, and sensitive ones come with more risks. If you're not taking risks, then are you really creating...

Just in case he started to get comfortable.

The good way to smother inspiration is to pander to an audience. The author would constantly second guess everything that is written...

That's the scam. They get "Das Boot" when reported. "well, its *technically* legal" isn't an argument for allowing it to exist. at least...