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  1. John_Owl

    shifting gears

    Well folks, It's official. I'm burnt out. Not on writing. I took a week away while my mom was visiting, and that reminded me of something. I used to love writing. I enjoyed watching pages fill with words. But now? Now, I almost dread it. It's a hassle to sit and hammer out a handful of pages...
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    What are your thoughts on using IRL historical figures in fiction?

    So, in my current work, I'm introducing a new character. Thing is, I want her to be someone well known from the IRL world's history. She's a sailor that kinda bounces around different crews and sniping the best to her own. She works as a pirate, privateer, trader, merchant, etc. Whatever's...
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    The Farmer's Dungeon. New novel cover. Thoughts?

    This is a story about a guy. A guy who is struck by three separate means of death at the exact. Same. Moment. He gets reborn as a lowly farmer girl. He's happy with this. A nice, quiet life away from everything, only needing to deal with people when he goes to market. But there is a caveat...
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    What's your least liked or most hated part of writing?

    For me, I hate coming up with a title. Sometimes it's easy. As I'm writing, a title pops into my head (such as with DragonBound). Other times, I start with the title (Lay the Dragon). But more often than not, neither of these are the case, and I end up going through like 4-10 working titles...
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    Should dialogue and action be split by a period or a comma?

    So, I was always taught MLA formatting and while I've strayed pretty far, some things I was taught about it, I still use. This had a standard of a single tab (or five spaces, if tab doesn't work) before each paragraph, specific source citation formatting, etc. Under this, I was taught that in a...
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    Writing Prompt reincarnated as twins - one person becomes two people.

    So, my plate is full with my current story and the other two I'm actively working on and the twelve that I've got on the back burner, but I just had this idea. someone else is welcome to take it if anyone wants it. The premise: "I was reincarnated as twins in another world." So...
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    how much smut to be considered smut?

    Let me clarify: How much of a story has to fit a genre before the story is considered to be "in" that genre? If a story of 100 chapters has one scene, would that automatically classify it in the smut genre? or would it need to be graphically detailed? If every chapter had a "fade to black"...
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    Death Isekai - Ideas on how to kill the MC?

    So, I'm dabbling with another idea. One that's been done many times, but I wanna take a crack at it - a death isekai. that is, MC dies, reincarnates in another world. but, moving on. I want to start it off a little funnier than normal. So, here's my question: Does anyone have any ideas on...
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    How's my new cover look?

    I just wanted to get some opinions on it And just for fun, here's the original before the editing to make it a cover. It's far better than my current one, I think.
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    Honey Select 2 Renders

    Still learning the program, but I'd like to showcase my most recent works! Rather simple, but I like the lighting and composition! First up, we have Mininda and Enduri (from my story Fractured Bonds) just out for a stroll. Followed by Xenon and Mininda on their first date, Taking Enduri...
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    Adding music to your novel?

    I don't mean including an MP3 or anything, but when it comes to a character singing, do you leave it vague (i.e. "He sang.") Or do you write the lyrics being sung, despite a lack of means to convey tempo, pitch, etc? Personally, I do a bit of both, depending on the situation. Right now, I'm...
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    How far is too far? (tw: Parental abuse)

    I'm asking this as a writer... In your experience, how far is too far? I've got an MC that was abused by his mom and neglected by his dad. It was described in general terms. But I'm currently about to introduce a character who is currently being abused by her parents - it's a societal thing for...
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    New years memes?

    Happy new year!! Shall we share our favorite New Year's memes? I'll start!
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    Is plot armor actually that bad?

    Basically the title. Is plot armor actually as bad as people make it seem? I don't mean trillion-to-one plot armor, but common plot armor. Someone escaping a battle by the skin of his teeth because he's the main character while 95% of the rest of the army died. This sort of thing. Hacksaw...
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    Any requests?

    Any requests, folks? I've got two girls To work with (and a guy, but he looks kinda... meh. HS2 kinda sucks for that). I'm not doing anything paid and I'm not doing NSFW requests. They should be postable here. So, any ideas? I'll try as best I can. Trying to learn the systems for the studio, so...
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    cool anime weapon for a protag?

    So basically the title. I'm looking for a cool anime weapon that a "god" could provide to a champion of his. I want it to be easily recognizable from a specific anime, but still vague enough to not violate any copyrights. The champion is a warrior that uses sword and shield. Any ideas? And it...
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    My third HS2 model.

    I'm proud to introduce Yukiyo! She's an older japanese woman working as a cook in the restaurant her now-deceased husband opened to put her daughter through college. (Made at the behest of a friend of mine I'm writing in a shared world with).
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    HS2 Character art for Fursekai (art is non-furry)

    Just wanted to show this off a bit. I've been dabbling with different programs to create artwork. I tried Daz3d, but can't afford the packs to make a half-decent character. So decided to default to HoneySelect. I hope it's allowed here. They are fully dressed, so please, enjoy! Elena (red hair)...
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    Likeable but annoying characters?

    So, I have a deity/world developer that I'm using as a tertiary antagonist. I want readers to like him, but also find him annoying (those of you with friends know the type I mean. He's annoying, but you can't help but like him at the same time). What are some behaviors he could have? I want...
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    Tir Na Nog story?

    Would anyone be interested in a story based on the mythical land of Tir Na Nog? Basically, I was planning a one-shot based on the classic story of a prince being taken there by the faeries. But as I planned and thought it out, it evolved into a potential full story. It's public domain since...
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