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Now I'm feeling bad. I only manage 5k words a week. And that's if I have a decent one.

I guess for me, it's if I don't like the given rules of a story. A character can be consistent, if they're a total asshole, then I don't want to root for them. The same is with established rules in a world. Some stories have such a bleak setup that no adventure can ever make it better. My main...

Certain songs help me immerse in action scenes, as I can imagine certain characters to dance around attacks and move smoothly. This kind of vivid pictures can be a good groundwork to describe a scene better. On the other hand, for pure concepts I don't get much value out of music. There I'd need...

I'm asking this more for personal clarification: My MC in my story, Slime Girl there's girl-shaped slimes. Romance is not the focus, but she got a dynamic with the second MC. Does this fit any bill, because I personally don't think too deeply about this while writing about non-human MCs.

I can say, the two things I dislike most about Xianxia novels would be dismissing characters that become too weak. At some point, everyone is a god, and mortals can be completely disregarded, which I find rather poor in terms of world-building if mortal influence just doesn't matter. The other...

Handsome Jack from Borderlands 2. Easy to hate, but still so good to listen to. And dangerous as a character, instead of being all passive the whole time.

What makes the whole genre idea a little bit difficult is how there's the trope that children are in stories usually supposed to be better than theor parents. They are thought as the beings who will continue the legacy of the parents. Yet if they do, if they become better, you got the issue that...

The first stories I ever made up were about a race of cosmic Water Angels, who serve as agents for an all-powerful water goddess. I think in my head would be worth an anthology of 25 of them. Now I used some of their names for half of my MCs in the stories I actually published here (I mean, why...

It likely depends. I got one kill for a more important side character. Yet in general, I fear killing off the cast is doing more harm in the long run. For some reason, some say that killing main characters is a brave choice, but to me, this seems in many cases like a stupid decision in the long...

For villains, there are two kinds I accept, and one I don't. The first, most easy to write would be the selfish type. This kind of person exists. If they see an advantage they may go for it, no matter the cost (for others, but that's a sacrifice they are willing to make). They'll steal, ploy...

Wench good-for-nothing... (add occupation) Scoundrel Douche Any of that helpful?

Clearly water. As this was what my first original character was about. A perfect elemental being that can form any possible structure with water and accelerate it to incredible speeds. To me, it's the most versatile. Although, depending on what you attribute to darkness, it may do similar...

In general, for a common fantasy world, I'd like to avoid all those where magic allows individuals to change the topography. Weapons like swords and shields have to remain relevant, or every non-mage simply gets lost in irrelevance. This kind of nobody can carry any weight is like the worst for...

Depends on whether one wants traditional cuisine, or just to eat well. In the former, I'd recommend for Germany, to find a restaurant that serves "Haxe" (pork knuckle; though, you likely won't find it under that term). (it should look like this) However, I should warn that one could use to have...

But please not when the MC is a guy! Those covers are LIES!!!!

Not sure if this counts, but I'm working on an anthology about a group of angels in my Eldritch story (the first having made its appearance in the most recent chapter), each featuring an individual angel's origin. Those would be more short story-like.

I think a strong influence was how disappointed I was about the second twist in "I'm a Spider, so What?" For those who know/don't mind the spoiler: I felt so betrayed back then. Like the one point of the novel was suddenly erased. After that, I was quite often disappointed by how non-human MCs...

Are we specifically talking about heroes? Because I got an OP character who is absolutely in no need to do any heroic act, but has severe mental issues that come with the way her powers manifest. Yes, she's OP, but she's also a mental wreck, and kinda was so even before the powers.

I usually write longer continuations. My stories are transformation stories with heavy emphasis on the psychological aspects. I pretty much like the concept of "power you don't want". The MCs struggle with their fate, and are meant to act as realistically as possible, as someone, who got just...

Then don't add the human in the first place. I was talking here specifically about transformation and reincarnation. If you want a monster MC, then write an original monster. Why add a human into the mix if you don't want a human?