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As a reference point, Utawarerumono did something similar. The first visual novel (re-released under the subtitle Prelude to the Fallen) takes place about 20 years or so before the second and third. Each VN is its own story, and the they are all part of the same series. My suggestion would be to...

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Since I'm not sure if I'll ever actually get around to writing the story itself, I typed up all of my notes for it into a google-doc if you, or anyone else, would like to take a look. I also included an Open-use license for all the content contained within the notes in case anyone else decides...

It can definitely work in the horror genre. Especially for survival-horror video games (IE: Resident Evil, Alien: Isolation) and movies (Paranormal Activity, Blair Witch Project, and so on). In fact, you just gave me a good idea for the survival-horror story idea I had filed away as a "maybe...

As a full narrative, this kind of thing wouldn't appeal to me. Primarily because I'm not overly fond of reading narrative fiction written in the first person perspective. As supportive story bits / interludes, this kind of thing has a completely different feel. Imagine, you've just finished...

To the best of my knowledge, the double-use of quotes isn't something that is a correct form of English grammar. The grammatically correct way to write the sentence is as you did here: So as far as I'm concerned the other examples are just grammatically wrong, and shouldn't be used to express...

I let some people I know read my stuff before it comes out here as beta-readers. Then after finishing my editing process I release the chapters here, where anyone can read them. If my family, or my friends, read them, great. If not, that's up to them. They know where they can find the stories.

It really depends on your goals overall, but stats wise, things look fine to me. It's your first series, and so far is doing fairly well. If you're able to manage one chapter a week, then that would probably be the ideal. Don't push yourself too hard, or you'll risk burning yourself out. Your...

Write it however you want, but keep one rule in mind while you're doing it. There is always someone stronger. Another thing to try to keep in mind is the premise: Special, but not Unique. From a world-building standpoint though, it's fine to have a few powerful and influential factions. Worlds...

As far as where the line is drawn, this is based on my limited understanding of the subject matter, and could be entirely wrong. Furry = Anthropomorphic Animal Character (with fur) - Krystal, Robin Hood Movie entire cast (Disney), Nyanta (Log Horizon), Rowan (Duskfall), Jacky (Duskfall). There...

Just do it. Depending on the context when you do, you might want to change the default indent for the poem, but that's really the only suggestion I have to offer on the subject.

For Translation stuff, especially if you're starting out and English is not your native language, tools like Grok and Grammarly can be a huge boon. But they'll only help you get so far. What you'll really want is a native-speaker to help you as an editor. Specifically, doing Line-Edit work. As a...

Seconded. We humbly request your insight and guidance, @pangmida

Well, I wouldn't call it 'art' because nothing a generative tool can do for you, or anyone else, amounts to "art" by its proper definition. That said, it looks solid for a visual point of reference, and any good artist could definitely use it when creating the actual artwork for the story. I...

Duskfall Chapter 4.2 has been released. This is the second half of the climax of Duskfall's first story arc. Chapter 5 (to be released later this month if all goes well) is the transitional chapter into the second story arc of Volume 1.