Recent content by JayDirex

Stick figures! practice your shapes, body movements. get accustomed to drawing ovals attached to skeletons so that you can get the composition down. by using stick figures you get the basics of "spatial placement," anatomy, how a person sits, stands. how pretty girl would sit, how an action man...

Ah, yes I'm also a connoisseur of "Lifetime Romance" especially writing in the Female Lead perspective. But trust me, the OP wants a manic pixie romance. They're easy to write from the "Male Lens" and is the standard formula for anime. I specifically said that is not the entirety, but that...

I wasn't kidding. this exact formula is every single anime romance: Loser ass boring dude is in class, exciting pretty girl that everyone loves FOR SOME REASON OR ANOTHER she has to talk to him this absolute BORING PIECE OF CARDBOARD. have you ever seen any movies? DO YOU THINK IM KIDDING...

#1 Nobody on this site reads romance unless it's Gay. and even then it's usually angst filled because all readers are virgins. #2 Romance writing is a different beast than the description of "romance" Pay Attention: Romance writing is Typically about (not entirely, but for a beginner, just...

the work itself is now moot. you have access to it so you can still do what you want with it off site. However, you yourself are not banned. you can still start a new fiction, and do follow the rules when you do. but this particular story you have up is now no longer allowed on the site. But do...

The reader is also human, and a wall of text can be blinding. Hence a sprinkle of the name of the character maybe doing something, or an occasional, "Jane said" in a wall of dialog. Just an anchor so the reader could see a name even if they look away.

he didn't say they "did" anything, He just listed them as popular and said you if you follow his formula you will beat them.

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Bruv.... possible business venture? Shield Maidens in glorious armours, behind a paywall? (runs to AI to formulate business plan) - AI says it's a WONDERFUL IDEA and that I'm a genius among geniuses for thinking of it. (those things are getting smarter :blob_salute:) - good times.

Bro, take it down and resubmit it -_- the approval bot gets stuck from time to time. and don't post all 10 chapters. get your title, cover, and first chapter approved first. then start posting additional chapter. Too easy. happens all the time. I don't why everybody took you down a rabbit...

All of this nonsense only matters to those of us who don't write to the genre of this website. if your story fits what readers want up here, you can write your story with crayon on colored construction paper, then email it to readers every now and again. Those readers will absolute 5 star it and...

All the time. if not days, sometimes years later.

Scrivner is a nightmare of a learning curve. It's truly for those who love reading instruction manuals instead of writing. I have it and want to use it but it's like jfc

Kawaii!!

This is good! :blob_paint: 1st POV flows so naturally from the prompt. However, i still see 3rd person limited as the better option for this story. meh~ :blob_melt: