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Hey all, I guess what I'm struggling with right now is balance. Specifically, I'm having trouble balancing the interiority of my...

Please, O goddess of writing, roast me until I am crisp. Burn this manuscript down before I inflict more of it upon the world. Then...

I mean, it worked for Gabriel García Márquez! I don't have a lot of fics on here, but I did write a lot of overdramatic works in high...

Hey, I've not completed a long-form WIP yet (though I have several in the works aside from what's on the site) so I'm all ears.

See, my momma is a Bene Gesserit & she always told me “Thou shalt not make a machine in the likeness of a human mind." I read my Orange...

Tbh, I only take a peek at readers who publish stories. I'm kind of interested in seeing what someone who likes my stuff would write...

I'm a serial pantser. Still am, but I've figured out some ways to avoid certain mistakes. Brain-Vomit Draft I used to write whatever...

You can answer this a million ways, so it's really a matter of opinion and varying strategies. I'll share my general process. Outline...

Depends. For fiction, you usually want to keep your outline loose. In fact, your outline might look more like a glossary than an actual...

Just briefly summarize the things you want to happen in a chapter? I don't think you have to do anything complicated unless you're...

This probably feels the most natural to me, just based on thinking about it. That being said, Emotica's points feel salient too. Aaand...

@Humanistheart writes a wonderful gender bender story called Cameron to Candy. It has BDSM elements, but the story has really extensive...

What it says on the tin. I know the principle for essays and longer works of nonfiction, but I'm kind of struggling how to make it work...

Welp, just posted my first chapter on here and kinda sad to see that all the glowing feedback is from scammers. Ah, well. Glad I looked...