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  1. Keene

    A Writer’s Heart Awaits Your Honest Words

    It's a small thing, but the inconsistent capitalisation of your chapter titles already set my expectations low. I'm already expecting that I won't like it. There's no need to start in hard-mode. Fix those chapter titles!
  2. Keene

    Live for tipsy chapter 52 [MEDIA]

    Live for tipsy chapter 52
  3. Keene

    I want to get honest reviews

    I wish I could write my fiction half as well as Tempokai wrote that review.
  4. Keene

    I gained another negative rating on RR :(

    In RR, getting onto Rising Stars is infinitely more valuable by buying ads. Rising Stars seems to favour posting novels frequently (about 1x or more a day). When I started posting Amelia Thornheart there, I had a backlog of about 25 chapters that would get uploaded almost daily. This got me...
  5. Keene

    7 hour writing stream finished for 6k word chapter! Not bad! :blob_cookie:

    7 hour writing stream finished for 6k word chapter! Not bad! :blob_cookie:
  6. Keene

    Live now for chapter 50 of Amelia Thornheart! [MEDIA]

    Live now for chapter 50 of Amelia Thornheart!
  7. Keene

    Should I finally extend the word count of my chapters?

    My chapters average just over 4k words, and I've never received any complaints from readers regarding the length—only positive feedback. I think 3-4k is a nice sweet spot to let scenes breathe. Anything under 2k is a mental point against me starting to read a series. Anything under 1k and I...
  8. Keene

    Writing Live! [MEDIA]

    Writing Live!
  9. Keene

    Live for chapter 48! [MEDIA]

    Live for chapter 48!
  10. Keene

    Slow Burn or Fast-Paced? Let’s Discuss!

    Medium-burn. Get the best of both worlds. ?
  11. Keene

    Advice that is useless. A collection.

    The variation of: "Cut out unnecessary dialogue. People in novels and movies don't have conversations like normal people." While true, and excessive casual speech such as "Hey" "Hey" "What's up?" "Nothing much, you?" "Mmm" should be eliminated... I've found that a certain amount of fluff is...
  12. Keene

    RR vs SH stat comparison

    I'm in a situation where my RR and SH are oddly close with some but others (like favourites) is way out. I did start cross posting to RR mid august whereas SH started at June 26. Royal Road ScribleHub Followers/Readers 1711 1755 Views 199k 203k Comments on last chapter (not including...
  13. Keene

    Pros, cons, & audiences of every writing/webnovel site[a continual discussion]

    Might be worth taking NovelPets off the list - development is on hiatus while I focus on writing Amelia Thornheart!
  14. Keene

    Do you only post your stories on scribblehub?

    SH and later RR. Part of me would love to post on many other sites but having to correct missed typos or other mistakes in past chapters is bad enough with two sites. I can't imagine doing it for 10+ like some people on here :P
  15. Keene

    I'm already #63 in the Survival Game tag

    Sometimes, things slip through the cracks and leave unexpected impressions. Your novel is an isekai litRPG, which is RR's staple, yet you've found better success on SH which is GL central. Mine is a GL, yet it's doing better on RR and is #140 all-time. Even within a genre that is typically...
  16. Keene

    I'm already #63 in the Survival Game tag

    Great job! Having four reviews with only 16k words is even better and a good sign of reader engagement! You're doing something right ^.^
  17. Keene

    Your thoughts on Brandon Sanderson?

    This reminded me of Scott Lynch's great Red Seas Under Red Skies. He did an enormous amount of research to try and make the sailing in the novel accurate and authentic and it was still somewhat ripped apart by actual sailors. This is why I've settled on the "make it sound authentic to the...
  18. Keene

    Receive a collaboration offer on royal road- legit or something to avoid?

    Similarly, has anyone been messaged about publishing rights for their work? I recently was messaged on RR by someone representing https://podiumentertainment.com/, and I was wondering if anyone here has any experience with them or their site.
  19. Keene

    Writing What stories do you use as references for your work(s)?

    Skies of Arcadia: Legends, a Gamecube JRPG, was the primary inspiration for Amelia Thornheart and served as a basis for much of its worldbuilding, including floating islands, airships, and moon crystals. Everything else, such as the magic system, is "original." Of course, "original" really just...
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