Recent content by TinaMigarlo

I'm supposed to want a bigger number, because bigger is always better, right? Right?? or maybe I've been going about this wrong...

a vote for *characters*... a vote for *plot*... on another site, we've had the "plot vs characters" arguments many times. I mean you need both, but... its hard to say one is more important. maybe technically I sometimes lean more towards character, especially with a straightforward plot. but...

What causes the players to lose items of clothing in this game?

Okay, time to share the "secret weapon" again. (bear with me, OP, you will *never* forget this) When I started out, my MC was reading "okay", but I myself complained about the side characters. I heard a reviewer call some movie "cardboard cutouts" for characters, and I realized THAT was what...

I think for less than one full day, that's doing really well. Some people don't get that after 18 days, let alone 18 hours.

this person gets it. Take the pulp serial paperback "Casca: the eternal Mercenary" (Barry Sadler, author) First paperback, a novelty premise. But as stated by this poster, it was a *complete* story. It had editorial gatekeeping, minimum standards. True, the premise was open ended. Every...

I admit, that the text visible in your post... it does seem different. I hear it in my head reading it, as one of those soft melodious hypnotist voices.

As I look around at web-novels, the difference between writing WNs and trad paperbacks becomes glaring. While the mechanics of writing are much the same, much is different. If you look at a traditional paperback... a well paced 80k word story, was very normal. But there's not as much numbers...

I was once in college. Twice, actually. To get any degree you need a certain number of credits. Some are in your major. Some are in specified fields. Some are whatever you feel like. Some might be in your declared minor, if your degree requires that. Yeah, I had to take X credit hours in the...

WHEN do you mean. Historically, I used to write a first chapter thoroughly representative of the other chapters in the book. Nowadays though, I honestly think of the "first chapter" (in my head) as chapter 0. by that I mean... its done after the story is completed, and its contrived. polling...

not if that tag only has ten stories in it, LMAO (sorry, I couldn't resist) okay. "nightmares" came about like that for me. (the one the system selected) I mean what do i know about tags anyways. I dread going through *that* list, trust me. Must be a million entries. is this one me? no. how...

yeah. that's why anytime I talk about any ranking, always relate... page # (my screen always shows 25 per page) # of pages ranking # total number in the tag ranking I always lean towards a mathematical way of looking a things. for rankings? The only way I can compare, say a sparse tag and a...

*sigh* Strawberry season will get here eventually (wink)

Bitch ! (kidding)

I could "see" incest in a novel. But for me and my general style, it would be a noir revenge. You know, the older brother used to "R" the FeMC, incestuously. First dealing with it then seeking cold blooded revenge would be the conflict. I would only deal with it, in flashbacks. Maybe night...