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I like to have my main story pretty set before I start. Then, when writing, I try to keep my mind spinning to ideas for subplots, character beats, thematic motiffs and stuff like that, the better to create a sense of depth and complexity.

Carlson and Peeters!

Well the sort-of-good-news is that you only have ten views on your first page, would seem to indicate its not that everyone's dropping your novel because its bad, rather they aren't picking it up at all. Couple of things you might perhaps tweak: - I personally wouldn't click on the cover art...

What would it take to convince you to die on a hill? :P

For 1, I always heard you are meant to keep dialogue tags minimal, without extra details. Personally thats one I struggle to keep to, I can't help but let my little peeps have a sip of coffee while they chat! :)

So let me apologise in advance, I might be nosing a bit too far into your worldbuilding here, but if you want them to come off as underdogs, how about not giving them a proper name at all? Suppose the guild only allows teams that have achieved a considerable fame and notoriety to choose a custom...

The Challenge Runners?

My all-time favourite book is probably Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell. Such a perfect feature-length dark fairy tale, and a real shame the author's not done anything meaty since. Least favourite - and I wouldn't call him bad, more just that I find him frustrating - is Brandon Sanderson. I did...

I suppose if you conceive of your class as a single 'choice', D&D's answer is just to provide lots more dependent choices. You want to be a fighter, ok do you want to be a battlemaster, or eldritch knight, or horse-riding cavalier? What weapons do you want to be expert in? What feats will you...

I suppose I'd be rather unsettled, especially given the number of kitsune slavegirl harems that seem to be knocking about this place :unsure:

I'd say that writing and playing heavy RPG games tend to occupy the same brain space. When I'm not writing I'll plan out a complex character build on Pathfinder or Baldur's Gate, but when I am, I prefer something linear and simple like Assassins' Creed or Super Mario Galaxy. And there is...

So I'd say the biggest thing to keep in mind, especially if you're quite a new writer, is that you have a new hobby, and everything you write is a way to express yourself artistically and improve your ability. If you're at peace with writing something entirely for your own satisfaction, you're...

The convention is for magical texts to be written in a foreign language (thinking real world medieval Latin) and the protag speaks it only imperfectly. He can recall it all, but usually needs to stop and make an effort to make sense of the sentences. For especially difficult bits he needs to...

The 'White Palace' theme from the game Hollow Knight, set to just barely audible, via a longplay ASMR Youtube vid. Best served on a big comfy armchair with a laptop on your knees and all the lights off. Hot drink is optional, but if you do it right you'll be so immersed that the mug will be...

I really like the additive component of it, the way saying both together is worth more than the sum of its parts!