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Do you really calculate all the exp gain from the amount of monsters the mc kills? Or do you just estimate it?

A serious and dramatic story for excitement and tear-jerking moments, or a non-serious and humorous story that will make you laugh your ass off, which one do you prefer more?

To all the authors out there who write a power-fantasy story with an OP mc, how powerful is your protagonist? What are they capable of? What can they do? What’s their most powerful skill? I wanna see how powerful can one character get, so please share~

When I read, I always imagine myself as the protagonist. I feel what they feel and experience what they experience. Their pain, their anger, their sadness, their happiness, their pleasure. I feel all of it as if I’m the protagonist himself. This leads to one thing—I hate drama and tragedy...

I HATE drama. Yep, there I said it. Though, despite saying that, I’ve been reading a lot of stories with lots and lots of dramas. Not that I like it, like I said, I HATE it, but the stories I‘m interested in always have elements of drama in it. Now, I know that drama add a lot of depth and...

For me it’s this; “Don’t bore the reader. Writing must not be boring. It must not bore the reader, the writer. It must not bore anybody.”—Charles Bukowski Oh, and also; “Forget about the sentences, just tell the damn story!”—James Patterson What about you? Do you have a writing advice that you...

Which kind of prose do you prefer to write in your story? A descriptive one filled with vivid details, or the short and simple one that’s get the story moving fast. Which one would you prefer to write or read more? Why?

I’ll be honest, I LOVE wish-fulfillment story. I heard a lot of people accused such story as being poorly written, trash, and stuff like that. But I LOVE it! And let me be clear here; All fictions are wish-fulfillment to some extent. We read because we want to escape or distract ourself from...

As we all know, James Bond is awesome. So I want to read or watch something with mc similar to him. Though, mc doesn’t have to be a spy or anything, just have a similar characteristics or personality like James Bond. Any recommendation? Thanks in advance~ ??

If you have to choose one and only series on this site as your favorite of all time, what would it be? Why?

I really love pulp fictions of the old time. You know, the fiction that’s not deep and just purely entertainment and nothing else. It’s fun, fast-paced, entertaining, very easy to digest, and just full of wonders! So, do you know any novel on this site that has a pulp fiction writing style...

I’m looking for a novel with badass mc. Here’s a few requirements; - He is overpowered. - He is Attractive. Handsome, charming, confident, charismatic, or whatever it is that makes him attractive. - He has a badass personality. The opposite of Japanese harem protagonist, if you know what I mean...

We all know that there are two types of writers in the writing world, a plotter and a pantser. As for those of you who don’t know, a plotter plans the story before they write, while a pantser doesn’t. That’s the gist of it. If you ask me which type am I, then I have to answer with both. Yes...

I have a confession to make. I—love slice of life. Yep, the story that’s might be considered slow and boring to some people, but I just love it. I heard some people criticizing this genre as being boring, there’s not much conflicts, the stake isn’t high enough or almost nonexistent, it’s just...

Have you ever read something so good but then dropped it half-way just because something you don’t like happened in the story or the main character just did something stupid? After that, you were left frustrated and tried to move on to another story with the similar elements to the previous...

You know, in Japanese light novels, especially written in 1st person POV, there are a lot of mixed tenses between past tense and present tense? If you‘ve ever read the writing advices from everywhere on the internet or the books about writing, you’ll find the strict rule about sticking to only...

Now, I know, when hearing such question most people will answer “balance of both”, right? I understand that to write a novel, you need both. But if we talk about preference then it’s another story. Which one do you prefer more between dialogue and prose? For me personally, I love dialogue...

**I want the vote to be from the reader’s perspective, so if you’re an author, please vote as a reader.** ——— You know, when you read a story, there are usually a lot of elements that you like, right? Action, world-building, character development, character interaction, epic plot, smut...

You know, the story that the readers can choose the action the protagonist gonna take, just like the visual novels. What I’ve found on this site is more like a vote though. Have you ever written one? How did it go? Did you have fun? Did you come across any problem? Please share your experience~

For me personally, I love both. When the writer ”tell” their story instead of “show”, it makes things progress much faster and easier to digest the informations. Especially in the boring but necessary part in the story, it’ll be quite tedious to read all of that in the “showing” form. I’m...