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I'm having this argument right now on RR. The article is correct. Most men don't read. Then again, most men who think they are reading, really aren't. But the latter phenomenon isn't gender-specific. Most women who think they are reading aren't, either. On the RR thread, people can't...

Fantasy? Magic? Those are not crutches. They don't give you license to invent. Believable relationships begin with experience. Why? Because readers can only relate through experience. (Or not.)

Beanie Babies are due for a comeback.

@laccoff_mawning 100% You won't believe the fights I've gotten into with so-called authors on Royal Road over just what you're writing about. False Ratings. False "Reading" counts. False "Follow" counts. And fraudulent reviews, worst of all. (Or maybe you would believe it.) All that...

Hey Nolff... :) Please relax. For the good of your ticker.

I can't speak for every writer here. But I've come to places like this to post fan fiction. So yeah. Hobby. Semi-professional: e-pub to Amazon Prime, Barnes&Noble, and other epub/booksellers, with legitimate ISBNs linked into Goodreads. Promote Goodreads through social media. Yes, I tried it...

I thought so too, but I read the OP and rolled with it. This topic is also interesting to some of us, so it's all good.

Wherever it was, I've likely been there. I've tried out Quotev, Wattpad, AO3, FF.Net, RR, Inkitt... heck. And others. Lost count, tbh. An editor at Goodreads even linked my Wattpad posts into Goodreads, so I was sort of there too, indirectly. Until I pulled the plug on Wattpad. All these...

Do you guys realize this conversation could never be held in the RR forums? There's a reason why RR members come here to have rational conversations with writers who give a damn about craft. You wanna talk bullies, TinaMigario? RR's forum is a fucking pigpile. Pardon my language, but it's...

RR is the last place I'm currently posting fiction. (Still lurking here.... I like this place lots more so maybe, we'll see...) I have some organically grown readers and unsolicited reviews at RR. I have a backlog 2 1/2 complete novels long, and readers want me to keep posting. But I HATE...

There's no downside for them. They do it to protect list placement and positioning. There's a huge downside to anyone else who wants to use the platform. Quid pro quo ratings, quid pro quo shoutouts, even quid pro quo reviews.... it's all just placement manipulation. Disencentivizes just...

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Just to expand on BreadNought (above) and a couple other comments: There is a prevailing myth that authors can let the story go where it takes them, or that the characters in the story can lead the author on some path, or that the characters can find their voice or grow in the role as they...

If you're attempting to write poetry in a language that is not your own, don't. And don't attempt to use a translation program on whatever you do write. Translation programs do. not. work. on poetry. And quite likely won't, for at least another hundred years.

1. The character is implausible (either due to the flaw itself or failure to adjust the rest of the character's persona to it). 2. The character fails reader expectations (same dynamic). 3. The character somehow triggers the reader (same dynamic). Reader expectations are depressingly...

Your last line is wrong. It's ungrammatical. I don't mean that it breaks the rules of English. I mean, it breaks the rules of your poem. In poetry anything goes, but only to a point. One can change the rules of the language in a poem, but one must change them consistently. The poem must...

Go to the bathroom, first. Flush, and wash your hands. Then post.

Yes. Quit. And repeat after me: Would you like fries with that?

Yes, sorry we went off, but you just hit one of my buttons: it bugs me that so many of the bloodsoaked swashbuckler type books around here also click the "Romance" tag, just because a couple of the characters get it on when they're not killing everyone in sight and maybe even each other...

You guys are funny. Two things. First, blame Harry. Don't shoot the messenger. Second, Harry's right. (Go ahead, shoot the messenger.) There's a Romance genre. There's not a "Just Friends" genre. (Easy, I'm messing around.) Friends are great. Sure. But I'm trying to think of a book I...