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When I encounter this type of situation, I like to base my 'swear words' on the character. For a beastman or a wherewolf, it could be "You flea !", "Fluffing Hell !", "Oh my Dog..." and other things related to animals. For a carpenter, it could be something akin to "You splinterful slab !", or...

I agree with you. If there isn't any physical growth, the story needs emotional growth. A story needs to move forward, and to do so something must change. A story that stagnate isn't a story, it's just a very long (and not so fun) description. I like OP MC who have a moral dilemma, or OP MC...

If you want to use the script format, study scripts. You won't ever learn maths unless you study maths, you won't ever learn english until you study english, it's the same thing. Search online for scripts from theater, operas, movies, etc... And study how they narrate, how they describe the...

Eclipse

I checked it out quickly and here are a few hints that could help : - Number your chapters (ex : 'Chapter 1 : Like hot bronze pouring through his mind'). Without a number, it is very hard to remember where you stopped reading and where you should go back. It also helps when you go on the...

It's obvious, but I need to know if the story will suit my tastes. Having an intriguing and mysterious blurb is fun, but ultimately I won't know if it's the type I like. You don't need to be deadpan about it (like, clearly saying 'this is a regression story with a tower, except the MC is a...

Nothing beats an interesting and original story. Or maybe just a blurb without any spelling mistake and chapters that have an actual format (with chapter numbers and Majuscules in titles, please dear God I beg of you make authors number their chapters, I'll die otherwise, it's so hard to know...

From my experience : With a laptop my writing speed is 550 words/15 minutes With a computer keyboard it's 500 words/15 minutes The difference is minimal, but I think it's because on a laptop the keys are more compact, more grouped, but on a mechanical keyboard there is more space so it takes...

I was stuck in a house without any electricity or any real enjoyment, and was really bored. Thankfully, what I had were a lot of paper and a few pens. I then started writing to pass time, and wrote my first novel that way, in two weeks. It was years ago, though, I didn't have a portable phone...

Going back to the topic at hand, I noticed that the exercise that helps me the most to improve my writing is narrating what I'm doing in my head. Like... When I'm cooking : She opened the cupboard to check what was inside, probably searching for her handy pan that was so old the paint peeled...

Indeed. It's just like with drawing. The saying 'you get better the more you draw' is bullshit, you need to learn observation, perspective, anatomy, lighting, color theory, etc... to improve. Same with writing. If the only thing you do is keep writing without learning, the only thing you will...

To each their own styles. One of my favorite webnovel was written on a theater format, so no description other than location indication, like : [Evening, party hall] Character : "Woah, this venue is splendid !" But also, one of the most well known French author, Emile Zola (we study almost all...

The whole idea is to give your readers as much content as they have waited. So if you only write one chapter per week, try to go towards 3000 or more, and if you write one every day, go towards 1000 Less than 1000 is very short for a chapter, it's not enough content, it would be better to fuse...

That's true ! Now I have to keep my brain from hyperfocusing on this new story and finish the current ones...

Yeah, it's a bit like Hitchcock, except after the planning phase I actually have to write the stuff, I can't let people play in front of a camera... Right now, I'm trying to cheat myself into speedrunning the ending by skipping less interesting parts, or explaining them in a single paragraph...

I don't do it on purpose ! Sometimes I try to keep things blurry, but then in the shower or while I boil water, suddenly the scenes play in my mind and suddenly the chapters are done :blob_teary:

I've seen very good stories where A work, but the MC is doing it on purpose so that the second character misunderstands. Very funny stuff. I've seen incredible stories where C works, when the MC has killers after him and doesn't want to involve the second character. Gives you the feels if it's...

That's the annoying part. For IBANIF, I planned everything perfectly, I have the next 50 chapters in mind and the perfect conclusion, but since I already imagined it, then it's not interesting for my brain to think about it again and write it. So when I go do it, I block and end up thinking...

Hello, it's your favorite (real) French woman ! I've been inactive on the forum because I'm battling my greatest foe : The creative burnout. I don't know if it's because my brain is wired differently, but I have this thing were I can't stop creating. Whatever time of the day it is, no matter...

My brain does things I can't begin to comprehend. The same day I can write chapters for 3 different stories, and all of them are in a different genre