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I must have started writing somewhere around 2012. I had the pleasure of experiencing an 85mph car flip on the median of a highway, and I suddenly found I had a lot of free time and no car to actually go out and do much (it was a 100% car dependent place). I don't know what my first story was...

I do it differently for every book. I used to forego chapter titles altogether, but I found that isn't good for web novels. For my current one, I have every chapter be a new word that starts with "S" and ends with "ing". I plan to change it once a new arc starts, but it's been a fun way to get...

Happy New Year! :blob_cookie:

My stories have always been unique. I always start with the idea of a setting and what major themes take place in it as the crux of the novel before ever considering genre tags or tropes. It makes things less marketable and accessible, but I don't mind that. Back in the day when I did more...

That sounds like what would happen if you force a story to be a slow burn. My current story on SH took twelve chapters before the protag even had a name, but I like to think none of the time up til then was wasted. Just more condensed, to put it politely. I think the appeal of slow burns is...

Gin is a magic potion that turns thoughts into words. Or into a mess to clean up if you drink too much of it.

I haven't written self inserts since I was a kid. I treat characters now like if the setting I'm writing has a history, and I'm giving a colorful retelling of it. Though I usually end up focusing more on the psychology of characters than a biography actually would. A lot of times, rather than...

There's nothing that stands out as egregious. Just go and write it out and see how it flows when you do. Worst case scenario, you get a learning experience of how not to do it next time.

The simplest answer is that you don't combine the two. When things are dark, keep it firmly in a serious tone and don't try to lighten the mood with gags. They probably won't go over as well as you think (look at YIIK's golden alpaca scene for an infamous example). On the other hand, when...