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I can't write a synopsis to save my life. I feel like anything I say is going to spoil it.

That would be a spoiler. That would be a spoiler. I could tell you, but then I'd have to kill you.

Thirteen years ago I received advice on writing erotica, and I have found it useful for writing fights as well. Basically, you want to focus on action -> response. Action -> response. Bob punches Bill in the face. Bill turns to the side and answers with a right hook. Bob blocks that and...

I made it about ⅔ through and gave up. I really liked the beginning. You painted the scene very well. I felt like I was in the world, seeing everything. Then I guess he was in some sort of dream? I got lost about what was going on, and after a while it just kinda kept going and not going...

Some readers don't like 1st person. I've never met a reader who didn't like 3rd person, so there's that. I write in 1st because years ago when I started this story I figured "maybe I want to do Roshomon on this thing" and figured isolating the POV to just the one MC's perception would...

What I just read sounds more like world building than a synopsis. You name three characters, but what do they want?

This is littered with typos: misspelled words, wrong words, poor comma usage along with other punctuation. That's minor and easily fixed. I don't have a good sense of the layout. I think there's only two protagonists, Bel and Lacius, and six orcs, and each party is on a hill, then they both...

Here's a combat scene from my most recent chapter: I looked everywhere. I didn’t see her. We passed by a plain of packed grass with sparse trees and harsh sunlight overhead, and came into a dense grove of bushes with large, blue, saw-blade leaves that bloomed eight feet up from thick...

Wow, you're like me. Here's my shameless self-plug. To answer your issues: There's explicit sex, but not for a while, and it's not the plot. Rather, it drives & reflects the plot. I prefer to think of it as "uncensored." MC is not exactly Chad Thundercock, either. He's more of a...

I got about halfway through the prologue. Even that was a slog. You have [some character] talking to [some character], neither of whom have any personality, going through a list of different countries like it's some kind of school lesson. Maybe there's tension buried somewhere in the...

One example: CH0021 — introduce mysterious book in the library in strange script CH0043 — MC learns that no one can read it CH0057 — passing comment to remind reader that mystery book exists CH0078 — librarian gives tour and explains its origin, shows characters a letter written by the...

Shoehorning [there's probably another word for this but IDGAS] is when the author insists on shoving some piece of plot element in where it doesn't belong because [at the time] it feels important. I have, traditionally, been quite guilty of this, especially when it comes to new ideas I want to...

? Song of Ice and Fire chapters length are typically 4000-5000 words. Harry Potter series is about 5500 words. Lord of the Rings is north of 7000, with some chapters breaking 10,000 words. Wheel of Time books is about 6000

Question: what is it about SoL that makes it SoL?

The hardest part for me is compartmentalization. I have these glorious ideas in my head, and the matter of how to limit the scope of each chapter to a singular unit without over-indulging on the details at the same time adding enough content to give it a proper heft matters.

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Presently, from chapter 62-69, MC came to another castle where all the conscripts are being held with the intention of recruiting his team. There are 77 recruits, and he needs 9 of them. I watched a few episodes of the Bachelorette for ideas, and yeah, kept a running list of every one of...

MC's pregnant girlfriend is killed

The three seashells?

Question in the title. And yes, this is a very important question.