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    Where are you author?

    Kotohood is actually alive...if not, then explain this please (make sure to check the most recent chapter): https://www.royalroad.com/fiction/30454/waking-up-as-a-spaceship-whats-a-ship-girl-supposed
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    When does a character stop being a character?

    I'm going to disagree with this to a point as I mention Big O in the other thread. It has no voice or agency, and yet is a character because it's indispensable to the story being told. Others mentioned Wilson and it's the same there, no personality or agency of its own, yet is still listed in...
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    Can a mecha be considered a character?

    I was just thinking of Eureka 7's mecha, because it absolutely is a character with some level of sentience and independent communication with the pilot(s). An even better example might be that of Big O. Yes, it's the title of the anime, but the mecha is absolutely a character in that there'd be...
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    IS IT ADVISABLE TO RELEASE ONCE A WEEK OR EVERYDAY?

    Generally, there are "golden times" where you're going to get the most exposure time per potential reader and these have been discussed in other threads. Certain combinations of times and release days have been statistically proven to give you more time on the front page and more readers as a...
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    IS IT ADVISABLE TO RELEASE ONCE A WEEK OR EVERYDAY?

    Just going to kinda echo a bit. If you're doing long-form novels, then make sure you've got a backlog to prevent burnout (around 30-40 chapters) so that you can do a daily release for the first month or so. Check out the timing on when the best release times are and try to plan for those (lots...
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    Hypothetical Question.

    HAMMAR!!!!!!! If magic is off the table, then there's really only 1 good answer that combines what we're all talking about: the Bec de Corbin. You've got reach, you've got hammer and you've got pointy blades. Honestly, it's kinda badass when you've got complete mastery over the weapon because...
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    First time character building

    This may sound like a really dumb idea, but I'm going to provide something to try as a bit of a proof of concept for your character and system. Despite what we might think of AI tools like GPT, I'd suggest going and starting a chat with it using the prompt "I'd like you to DM a pathfinder...
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    Ideas for a new novel

    A better idea, he gets sent back in time to the renaissance and meets/works with Da Vinci or the early 20th century and works with Tesla where he then has to develop time travel tech. Those would be much more feasible than the dinosaurs and could potentially introduce the grandfather paradox...
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    Quotable Lines?

    "You come to ask me a favor on this, the day of my daughter's wedding?" "Whatchu talkin' bout, Willis?" (The first will last much longer than the second and if any of you knows where that second one comes from, give yourself a cookie.) There's not much I can add here. Paul's pretty much said...
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    What do you think about... (for writers)?

    I think another thing about the marketing question is what you're purpose in writing is. Now, this may just be me, but I tend to not read the author's notes too much until/unless it's an author that I've become familiar with. What I mean is that I may not read a note until about 25 chapters...
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    If you were given the ability to adapt to one thing, what would you adapt to?

    Impossible. The southern pole doesn't have any bears.
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    Writing Prompt Protecting What You Care About

    While Melchi is liberating the cattle from their slavery to the grandfather/farmer, I'm in the farmhouse preparing a steak dinner for Hound and I as I seduce him during the transformation.
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    When you comment

    I've made general statements in the comments, not really directed at anyone in particular. I've made replies to what others have said as well, so it could be more than just a note/message to/for the author. A lot of it depends on your purpose in commenting really. I tend to see the comments...
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    Weight of Mythos

    I swear to f-ing Carl... Jokes aside, the mythos has to be part of the world-building to such a degree that we as readers will catch on to things and take them as truths. Most writers work on this for their entire career with very few ever getting to see the true results of their works. I think...
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    DND Podcasts or Shows?

    There's also VLDL DND and deerstalker studios. They're how I got into it.
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    Funniest Typos You Missed?

    Maybe not a typo as it is author was misinformed, but I called my MC a "dense piece of dolomite" thinking that dolomite is fossilized dino poo (for clarification, my MC is a literal piece of stone). What I was looking for was actually coprolite, but I won't change it because only archaeology...
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    Am I the only one who thought of this idea?

    Apologies and thanks for the correction.?
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    Am I the only one who thought of this idea?

    So...Asimov's "Do Robots Dream of Electric Sheep"-turned-isekai?
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    Too much power?

    True Names are supposed to be difficult to understand, that's their whole point. I think that it would workout fine, power wise, as long as he had a more difficult time with it. One thing you could do is this: MC is isekai'd into this world; sister finds out and decides that he's not "part of...
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    Sun Tzu —The art of war

    The zero-G is exactly why I think it would be on space force and possibly navy lists too. While underwater isn't the same as true 0-G, a lot of the same skills and strategies can be applied. Ender also touches a bit on psycological warfare and how effective taking away a basic item (the...
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