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    Writing How to: Survive awful readers

    The story is going to be carried then by a very strong MC (strong in the sense of presence). Basically the main character will carry the story if you're not in an established genre. The readers will continue reading because they want to see what happens to the MC and not because it's lets say a...
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    I have a lot of ideias but don't know how to write.

    Not only improve per story but also improve per chapter even. :LOL: Then we run into the problem that our later chapters are so much better than the start of the story. But it just goes to show that continuing writing will make us improve.
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    Separated BG (Boy/Girl aka M/F) romance genre or tag

    They're asking for a reverse of that. There are many people looking for BL/GL but do not want BG included. Which is not possible right now because if there's BG and BL/GL in the same story it will still get tagged as BL/GL while there are people who want to specifically avoid BG.
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    Are you 'Pantser' or a 'Plotter'?

    I'm a pantser. I tried to plot and it didn't workout. I learned something good from it though. What I do now is plot like 5-10 chapters ahead and then I barely follow it and still do pantsing. But because I have an outline it's easy for me as a pantser to change my mind as I move along. Makes...
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    I wrote a story about something weird...

    wow that is unique
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    What's Happiness for an author?

    I get really happy if the readers come up with theories about what's going to happen and it's way better than what I've planned. :ROFLMAO:
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    Reading with cover or not?

    Can't be denied that having a cover grabs a prospective reader's attention. Even just the barest cover can mean the author at least tried to put a cover so that's a plus I guess.
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    Harem or single heroine?

    Wow I don't know how to categorize that. If this is a TV show it's really fine to put romance/drama but readers are very fickle with the tags. Not sure what tags would that be.
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    Harem or single heroine?

    I usually read harems on romcoms and ecchi stories and don't really take them seriously and don't really mind them actually. I hate harem if they're in a "serious" story because to me it ruins them. But yes Mushoku Tensei is probably the only serious harem that I actually like the handling and...
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    I have a slight predicament

    Hmmm... One Piece? Oh wait... Lol, anyway is he still a merman that's going to be human? Or just a human that wants to be a pirate? Like what's the reverse of little mermaid going to be?
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    Characterisation of a Miserable Character

    I suggest you make it "flashbacky". This is telling actually but it's really fine to have thoughts like this at the start of the story, the trick or "cheat" is connecting it to something going on around him then segway from there. For example, on the bully thing, he could pass by a group of...
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    What makes a magical academy enjoyable to read about?

    I was talking about important scenes happening on the rooftop. I haven't watched the later Harry Potter movies. I recall he died in the book. Did something different in the rooftop scene? Or are you making a joke? I'm not really well-versed in harry potter world to get it
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    What makes a magical academy enjoyable to read about?

    Dumbledore died in a kinda rooftop scene (top of a tower) so you might be on to something there :unsure:
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    Ideas For Stories - Feel Free To Use!

    why do you not want to write these? No time?
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    Is this paragraph awkward?

    I think there's too many topics in this one paragraph? The first four sentences I dunno what they're about without context, but they can be separate paragraph I think. The angel sentence can be a different paragraph? And then the explanation about magic is another paragraph. If you're talking...
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    How do you maintain confidence in your story...

    Seems like we're going on a different route here.
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    How do you maintain confidence in your story...

    I think you can think more of it as being your own personal journey. Of course it will be worth it. Think of really awesome scenes and especially endings. That motivates me to move forward and write to reach those parts of the story that makes me happy. The story is really for me and I'll be...
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    Corrections and anxiety.

    Past and present tense, pronouns, sentence structures. All that stuff you'll eventually learn to make your writing more beautiful. It will take time, especially at the start, but as months of writing go by you'll become better and evolve your own style. When you go back to your earlier chapter...
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    Got my first bad review today on RR

    When I do receive 0.5 ratings I just tell myself I receive 5 star ratings from other people anyway because they like my story, not because my story is perfect. So there will be people who will drop 0.5 the moment they see something they don't like. Of course, we want people to actually review...
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