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When I get the itch to keep writing (I'm really bad about this and probably need to change it if I want to do a series of shorts that may or may not culminate in a novel), things from the real world only serve as connection points. Mentioning popular tv shows/actors/actresses or taking...

Maybe more like the media portrayal of China than actual. Been living here for about a decade and I feel like I've got more freedom than back home. Speaking of home, the more I see in the news, the more I think it's just the movie Idiocracy on repeat...

It's explored a bit here, but more in a "OH! So that's how that works" kinda way not the "I must sacrifice this in order to become stronger" kinda way. https://www.scribblehub.com/series/678706/demonic-devourer-first-i-eat-the-babies-book--coming-down-in--weeks/

Keeping track or as a means of progression is a great use of it. Leveling up the World does both in that the system provides the numbers but is also necessary for advancing those numbers. Level Up Hero (which has more chapters on RR than on here) is great at showing how skills can be combined...

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Jian is Chinese for sword and, as StrongArm said, Dao is also knife/sword (so Dao dao 道刀 could be a stupid name for "way of the sword", like anyone who knows any Chinese would sit there and say "bro, that's f'ed up"). Put them together into "Jiandao" and you've got scissors, but don't forget his...

My MC made Goku, so using parent logic: "I brought you into this would, so I sure as hell can take you out of it". Then again, my MC is a rock-egg that doesn't really care about shit.

I FOUND A LIST! One each for removal and deprivation, I'll give links for both. Sense removal powers (not deprivation) are used by: The Epidemic (Perfect Sense) The "White Sickness" (Blindness); vision only Kaname Tōsen (Bleach); via Suzumushi Tsuishiki: Enma Kōrogi Grimlocks (Charmed); vision...

I mean, there is Daredevil...

Absolutely right. Shorts won't gain in popularity unless the author is already popular themselves. I'm looking at having about 200 views after 2 months of posting my short as a new author. I'd actually call that successful because it got read at all and had 1 person asking for more (which I'm...

This. Exactly this. There are writers out there who are skilled enough and know their systems well enough to do litRPG justice. The majority that you see posted arbitrarily include it as a bit of clickbait to gain readers. Like me, they don't plan anything for it and just include it for whatever...

unless you're @Iamnotabot , then it's just an exercise in futility

Regarding the new info in your edit, I can make your life much easier. Commoners in dynastic China did not have family names as they were not deemed important. The nobility and the rich were the only ones who had them and the family names were given by the emperor, who also had a family name, or...

If this helps any, typical naming conventions in Chinese have a sense of the parents wishes for a child's personality and future. Taking Jack Ma's given name (云 yun）for example, it means "cloud" and that could have a lot of interpretations. There was a famous admiral in Chinese history named...

Slightly off here, but I had a beta reader suggest adding art to my short story a couple times. I simply asked him about different rocks. If the average reader doesn't know schist from shale, it wasn't going to do anything for my story.

These both kinda sum it up. Loving what you write is really an exercise in self-love (not the narcissism of @CupcakeNinja, but it isn't NOT narcissism). If you love what you've written, it would ideally have a bit of yourself in it and something that couldn't be anything other than you. Even...

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饕水鬼 or 饕水鲁（tāo shuǐguǐ or tāo shuǐ lǔ）when translated literally would be "greedy water ghost/demon". I think that we might be able to give better advice if you gave us more details like the appearance (demon or monster can both be applied, but demons are more of the spiritual nature), where it...

Bob beat me to it, a lot depends on what/how you're writing. My stories are combining mythology and well-known published works into outrageous short stories. As such, my story planning is pretty much nil. At the same time, I have to plan how my characters will move about and interact with the...

Everything said so far is absolutely right. Writing my current short, I simply thought about different films I've watched, different people I know and their mannerisms and even what kind of characteristics and qualities I wanted them to have in their personalities. I'm not afraid of making...