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Yeah, I figured the odds of the reader actually being from Japan AND coming here to see it were slim to none. It costs nothing to try though. Plus I think this post got someone from Singapore to start reading too. So, hello Singapore!

You'll get accused of using AI for writing with good grammar or three-syllable words. Don't dumb yourself down. Em dashes are opt-shift-hyphen on a Mac, in case you need it.

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Just wanted to say hi to whoever spent the last few days binging my series in Japan…thank you! Hope you liked it.

Oh so we’re writing smut-smut. :blobrofl: In that case, I humbly submit Power is Mine by Lords of Acid

Here's an example. It's probably the most blatant one, should be easy to spot. For context, the MC (Eya) has just done something that caused her grave moral injury. She knew what she was doing and why it needed to be done, but it represented a relapse into past behavior that she had been...

Hell if I know. I've got one comment and no reviews. :unsure: I do it for my own amusement mostly, but I think that even if you don't pick up on the reference directly it still acts as a kind of subconscious soundtrack if that makes sense? Like your brain registers the emotional connection to...

Yes, and when a song is inspiring a particular scene I like to slip a reference to the lyrics into it as an easter egg.

Congrats! Those milestones are everything.

Wait, are they a butt stabber who is fluffy, or a stabber of fluffy butts?

When it comes to unsolicited thoughts on something you want to write about, I like to think back on the immortal words of The Dude, His Dudeness, or uh, Duder, or El Duderino, if you’re not into the whole brevity thing:

"Some cause happiness wherever they go; others, whenever they go." Cap it off with "Anyway...goodbye,"

"He is so stupid it would take him an hour to figure out who shit in his pants. Then he'd get it wrong."

"I don’t think I’ve laughed this much during a serious and impactful narrative maybe ever." Felt good because it meant I'd struck the balance I was trying for.

It's the appropriate way to interrupt a clause. Most of the time when people overuse commas, they should be using an em dash. Hyphens can be used for a stutter, but an em dash is the correct way to show someone interrupting a thought or someone else's speech. En dashes are only for things...

This is definitely a real, live humans person I can tell having also been a real humans person for many years. I bet they do all the things that humans do like breathe air and buy groceries like I, another humans person, does.

Never mind, I retract my response. Carry on.

A well-timed fart joke can let the wind (no pun intended) out of even the most pretentious, high-minded monologue. 💨 Now who let that low-flying duck in here?

My advice? Humor should be character-driven. That is, your characters should be funny in their own way without tipping your hand as "the funny author". Having a variety of humor helps. Each character should have their own register. The dry wit, the foul-mouth sarcastic one, the goofy...