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    I want to write descriptive but… nya

    I have a vague decade old memory of some kind of specialized dictionary for poets. If that doesn't work, try googling "synonyms for________" Last but not least, look up terms for design in particular. Fashion, anatomy, interior design, architecture, and landscaping terms will probably allow for...
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    What would be your canon lore about sex toys?

    Handyman Saitou in another world chapter 6 has also has some lore that might belong here. Slightly off topic though.
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    UM, BEARDS

    If there is nothing to shave with you can just say it grows over time until a barber shop is found. The it depends on the culture your character and their friends finds themselves.
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    Is it just me or are these problems just obvious?

    It could be bleed in from the cultivation novels. True love there is just shy of a death flag. Or because of a partly incel writer population coupled with a partly teenage reader population.
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    Do readers use the glossary for your story?

    As a reader I don't use it. As a writer I use it to collect my thoughts.
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    About material to make coin

    Dragon coins: Magic precast by a dragon that allows for certain spells to be cast. Each spell is contained in baked mud with powdered dragon scale. The ratio of dragon scale to mud determines the worth of the coin and mana contained within. Because the material is dragon scale, high ranking...
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    What would be your canon lore about sex toys?

    Have any of you read the manga What happens in the dungeon. That sounds like some good lore to pinch.
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    Adding new effects to main elements, got any ideas?

    According to film theory, the Kamehameha wave and similar attacks in dragon ball z are roughly what plasma looks like.
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    Adding new effects to main elements, got any ideas?

    Fire Emotion(fire+wind) Oath(Emotion+stamina) Wind Stamina(fire+earth) Enlightenment(Emotion+Intelligence) Water Intelligence(wind+water) Time(Intelligence+Life) Earth Life(water+earth) Transmutation(Life+Stamina) Light Order(light+oath+enlightenment) Creation(chaos+enlightenment) Dark...
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    Fuel for writing

    Use and abuse some kind of word editor to take notes on what you want to happen in your story. Then start writing without any clear idea of how to connect your plot points. Lastly make a final draft where you make it sound as if you planed it from the start. This may sound like a lot, but the...
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    What is the fascination with litRPG?

    Lite rpgs are about progression. Power can be obtained by collecting items x, y, and z and slaying 5 goblins. Also don't forget to practice your [attack lv3] skill. Information is presented that can be used to immediately give a goal to achieve, as well as spare mental resources to spend on...
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    Writing Nature Magic

    plant magic: -increased production of substances -increased growth -control of plant -plant trait modification -flesh to wood -ent/nature spirt creation -turn self into ent/dryad -create seeds/life from nothing -create plant portal -return to nature Less specific nature magic: -create fog...
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    How to write a cultivation novel

    Cultivation novels, while theoretically about spiritual enlightenment, is usually a power fantasy instead. Therefore, you must come up with: a series of levels that determine your strength, methods of moving to better levels, and people that want to take advantage of you using wealth, influence...
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    Writing How do make a character not a plot device

    Because I don't want to read an entire novel to understand the exact context, the following is generalized advice. Some people are in positions where they help people. Some people want to be joined on the dark side. Some people think by bouncing their thoughts off of others. Some people are...
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    Isekai Sucks

    Most isekai are actually fanfics about better isekai. The concept grabs and holds, but no-one ever finishes so the reader start to write only to realize that no ending satisfies, leaving a worse and even more incomplete version of what was already written. That said, the reason it grabs and...
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    How to manage stories

    Have you tried abusing the glossary tab? It makes a good place to put lore fragments to jog your memory. Also try keeping an unpublished chapter just for you. It would also help if you made a dedicated universe to serve as a unified operating system/ History.
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    Writing What Makes A LitRPG Good?

    The lite-rpg is supposed to have easy to track progression and easy to understand requirements to progress. It is important to remember that actual rpgs are carefully balanced to make every path theoretically equal, but stories don't need this balance outside of making valid parties and keeping...
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    What make a demihuman "Demihuman"?

    I recommend looking into the manga version of (age warning) Interspecies reviewers chapter 30 if you want off the shelf beast-people. To get more slightly more creative, assign traits to regions. Either have them breed together and create mixed chimera-like individuals, or have them divided into...
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    How to mash different power systems together.

    1. Attach conditions to using different powers together. 2. Assign different restrictions on individual powers. 3. Growth: different powers should have different stalling points 4. Every power should have something it does better than any other. Example: Using wizardry and martial arts halves...
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    Perverted protagonists

    Option 1: Jobless reincarnation Option 2: A non-violent sexual offender is the least morally compromised genuine criminal. Except for some petty theft and white collar crimes. An excellent choice for prison stories. Option 3: mundane slice of life about the mind wandering during repetitive work...
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