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Not really a fan of extensive research. But, hey, I write fantasy. Imagination is the most important topic.
(Still have to read up on philosophy but I enjoy it.)

Well, you're right. Will depend on your style, if you gonna research or not. Just be careful with plotholes, coz these pricks will hit you once they find it.

A popular writer-friend, @Corty , still gets stupid comments/logic from RR even when he clearly said his work is FANTASY, and Earth physics need not apply.

Yeah I blundered on my first draft. MC can teleport but only by himself. Wrote a scene where he teleported his gf to safety. The one guy that pointed out was understanding when I owned up to the mistake. Can only hope an authentic attitude also works on RR readers cause no matter how much you pay attention to plot holes, if you haven't perfected the story a few will make it through.

Ok the physics thing is lame. If your mcs have super strength and can create fire out of thin air you can't really use our planet as a frame of reference.

Ya can't perfect your story. No one does, even the professionals. We can, however, give readers a certain limit on their suspension of disbelief, which is also rooted in every reader's tolerance for the non-logical.

If it doesn't work, then we got readers who will leave/drop your work.

Would be nice if they drop it quietly. But we gotta prep for the possibility they get petty and announce their departure bybdissing your hard work and leaving low ratings.

Yeah nothing is perfect. When an artist is passionate it will never be good enough. By "perfect" I more so mean make everything rational.

Once you've made everything link together in a way in which loose ends are tied and consistent with your world building your writing is theoretically "perfect" in the fact that is technically doesn't have mistakes even though it likely will leave much to be desired especially to you, the author.

Aye, the word is 'excellence.' Like I always tell my students, "Aim for perfection. You won't be perfect, but you'll land at second best, which is excellence."

In human standards, that is great already.

Yeah, it sucks when the readers leave negative reviews but it's understandable. If you personally thought something was trash then it was trash. Still, I personally only give negative reviews to warn people about dropped works.

Well, tis their opinion. Likewise, I also have the right to hold same negative opinion to those, and the right to disregard those stuff that is useless to me.

That is not to say I only want good revs. Before I write, I plan my stories and set goals/directions. If feedback doesn't hit any of those, I throw it.

That way, I get 'thick skin' and protect myself from readers' bias.

There's still space for development, but it has a direction instead of being wishy-washy coz of readers' opinion.

True. I didn't use a lot of the criticism I was given because they were raised by people who couldn't even make it past the prologue, long as it might be. Some criticism was valuable though, like paying attention to how abilities work and keeping the main character's personality consistent.

So yeah, RR peeps aren't really where I would get my feedback. And if I'm going to put stress on myself, tis certainly not from RR.

Any case, I'm really hoping something changed in that site for potential authors, and you guys won't get to experience what we went through before.

Imma excuse myself for now coz I got some drawing commissions.

I'd post obvious rage bait but I am cursed. Everything I touch turns to gold.

Yeah, see you around, bud.

Share me some of your experience..