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If you want to read AI writing, every chapter of my stories are around 50% AI written, which is the limit for ScribbleHub policy on AI (has to be mostly written by a human, not an AI.) I’ve gotten better at AI co-writing and steering over time, and the AI models have improved, so I feel like the...

I feel I don't have a choice since my distant ancestors actually served one of these daimyo, so as the descendant I have to pay some attention to that. (Also he's a pretty good character in Sengoku Basara...)

I always wonder if this is because MC is meant to be reader stand-in / self-insert.

MLA in the manga (haven't watched the anime as far) is an example of the "Revolutionaries are Hypocrites" trope. Basically, it's a stereotype about people who seek to change the social order that really, those people are just self-serving; instead of creating a better social order like they...

I prefer Brandon Sanderson style prologues ( and epilogues ) where they’re short “in media res” scenes that show something happening elsewhere in the same world from another POV than the protagonist. (I think Worm did this as well, as section break, though not prologue.)

Oh you’re right, I did do that! Too many cybernetic parts mixed in… but in there somewhere (checks access panel) are lady parts too

busy writing weird smut, sorry

I heard from another friend that they got two one-stars in the last 24 hours as well, and then I noticed that all the new series with either BL or Gender Bender in the genre have gotten one-star ratings as well. Maybe it is actually a job for @Tony if someone is on a “spree?”

Maybe it comes in waves — I got two one-star ratings yesterday and they appear to have added the story, rated it, and dropped it. I don’t imagine one or two of these “drive-by troll one-stars” is enough to be a review-bomb, but doesn’t Tony intervene if there are a bunch of them? Like, one or...

I agree that Conflict in Africa is the most interesting/exciting potential story arc, but that’s part of why I voted for school conflict instead. It sounds like your story has had a lot of big plot-development action story arcs, and the MC is still dealing with inner trauma. “Quieter” story...

Since the sequel is set on a fantasy world structured by jobs, and the prequel is set on Earth... then is it the story of how the fantasy world was created? Or is this a full-dive sim kind of story? Either way, if the prequel involves the creation of or evolution into the fantasy world, then you...

Since you’re talking about the kind of changes to already-published chapters which could affect further writing… it might be useful to think about “editing” as a few different kinds of things: Rewriting: starting over with the same story, doing it again. Revising: almost rewriting, but leaves...

In my mind nothing can compare to the late-90s Segata Sanshiro commercials from Japan It's even better / more ridiculous if you have seen the Akira Kurosawa film about the judo champ Sugata Sanshiro, and/or know that the actor is one of the original Kamen Riders

@DeirdreH ’s answer is the correct one if you can only ask them one question, but if there’s no restriction like that the quickest thing to do is ask something like “is it raining in this room?” Or “am I dead?” Or “do I have fifteen eyes on my forehead?” And then after that just ask “which door...

Orgasm production and harvesting

Big rat trying to get a baby.

If you go back and look at originals, a lot of Disney villains just get killed, not redeemed. Snow White: falls off a cliff then crushed by a boulder Sleeping Beauty: stabbed in the heart, assumes final form, falls off a cliff Little Mermaid: impaled by a ship, struck by lightning, sinks into...

Of course an author should listen to the readers and consider the idea. But then the author has to make the decision alone. There's no guarantee that any one idea from readers, even if it is "objectively a good idea," can be stuck into your writing process and work. The "imagined scenario" from...

Answer from Raw Human Writer Answer from Cyborg Writer With Grafted Pantsing-Tool No way Yes, even if it's just 500 words on a commuter train No, breathing is easier, editing is also easier Yes, almost too easy, editing is the real work No, but most days Even more no Sure , if I ask...

I don't use them but I was always impressed at how Joe Abercrombie managed to turn a boring line like "You have to realistic about these things" into a really good catchphrase for his most iconic badass character