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Aight, bet. Is there a reason you dislike putting more than one sentence in a paragraph? Not every sentence needs to be it's own paragraph. It's difficult to know what you're emphasizing. You use a lot of adverbs, but "directly" and "suddenly" and "completely" and "instantly" don't add much...

How many chapters of theirs did you make it through?

Undergrad (studying Mechanical Engineering and English) wrung all my joy for reading out of me, until my then gf/now wife mentioned waiting for the second Broken Earth series, by N.K. Jemisin. I ended up reading the first one (The Fifth Season) and enjoying it so much that I finished the trilogy...

Writing 50k, 100k, 200k words before recognizing core holes in The plot, character motivation, or cohesiveness of the novel, and then having to decide how much, if any, to keep as part of the rewrite The sneaky suspicion that my book might suck Community members who don't understand why you...

Fair, but are you snobby in the same ways?

Ok! That's a fun distance to unpack. What do you like about the genre, and what keeps you from ever writing it? This makes sense at least. You're in control when you write it. You and the characters are at the whims of the author otherwise. I will say though that I think I'm the opposite; I...

Do you have distinct differences in the kinds of works you read vs the kinds you write? It might be a difference of genre, or a difference of format, or anything else. I believe there should be a delta between what you write and what you absorb, to leave room to pull ideas/tropes from outside...

Because my least favorite part of Role Playing was reading the other person's responses. I recognized that the actual thinking and writing were the parts i enjoyed. So i left co-op to play single player. Also, I've wanted to game design since i was in middle school, but i have long since...

I'm not even finna lie; the prospect of "no more isekai" filled me with a distinct, pervasive glee. Then i read the article and had a real "yes but no, not like this" monkey's paw moment. Real rollercoaster of emotions here at 0430

My sole feedback swap here linked two authors with vastly different ideas of "smut" who quickly and painfully discovered that we did not like each other's work, approach, characters, or worldbuilding. We politely agreed that we could not provide useful feedback to each other. I'd be down to...

I have a cheeky, bantering superhero/supervillain romance that probably fits this criteria more, but I've taken it off SH while i retool it posted what i have to SH in the meantime while i prepare to retool it. (See the scary witch below) On the other hand...

Good question. I like writing (sexy) fights in MMA, pro Wrestling, or Boxing leagues. Each time i say "oh, I'll write this fight as short, truncated, summary," i end up with something more detailed. More character work. More impact. "Describe a fight in 400 words becomes 800” Im splitting...

It's not a perfect comparison, but consider pro wrestling, where the goal is to entertain. Can you imagine a 5 stars/5 match where you don't know why they're fighting? What style does either wrestler use? Are they matching each other spot for spot, move for move, or is it a story of contrasts...

I think my fights are an 8/10, based on the limited feedback ive gotten. The caveats there though is that I (currently) write fight erotica, either combat sports like Boxing, MMA, and Pro Wrestling, or flirty superheroes. I think my scenes are great in that context, and if i didn't enjoy...

Understood, thanks! I hope those last two weeks went great. Undergrad was a long time ago for me but I still remember the stress and tension of finals week like it happened last month.

Aight, I'm late to the party but I'm intrigued by the prompt. I fix a harem story by letting some members fall out of love with the MC and in love with each other. Letting their perfect harem devolve into a messy polycule where scenes with harem members include the tension of dealing with exes...

Thanks all! There's some really useful feedback here. Ive been writing for a decade, always as a hobby, but there's always things i can work on. I'll look at some common issues or guidelines as well as the ones mentioned here. I'm excited. I think asking some other writers or readers for...

I'm too verbose. Whether it's including too many details, or my desire to paint more vivid scenes, or my affinity for dialogue, or the aftereffect of writing stories and commissions for audiences with very niche tastes, my word counts spiral out of control. How do you, personally, keep your...

I'm convinced (partially from experience) that "coming up with a cool, meaningful name" is just an escape from actually writing. Writing is way harder than thinking about writing, and deciding names certainly counts as the latter. Obsessing over a name is easier and more pleasant than trying to...

No worries. Happy to help. I am currently writing erotica, so im biased, but there is a huge gap between "boring sex scene" and "smut" You might not be writing to make your readers horny, but there's still plenty of opportunity to write a compelling scene and provide tons of characterization...