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Hey all, I guess what I'm struggling with right now is balance. Specifically, I'm having trouble balancing the interiority of my characters, description, and dialogue. I know "show, don't tell" is sometimes given as advice in places where it might not be relevant, but I do think I might be...

Please, O goddess of writing, roast me until I am crisp. Burn this manuscript down before I inflict more of it upon the world. Then, quench the fire with my salty little tears. (If you'd rather I write more than two chapters before you roast so my ugly baby can grow into an ugly teen, I can do...

I mean, it worked for Gabriel García Márquez! I don't have a lot of fics on here, but I did write a lot of overdramatic works in high school. Though honestly, my mastery of language might have been better then. Well, at least I'm writing again now!

Hey, I've not completed a long-form WIP yet (though I have several in the works aside from what's on the site) so I'm all ears.

See, my momma is a Bene Gesserit & she always told me “Thou shalt not make a machine in the likeness of a human mind." I read my Orange Catholic Bible & I praise Leto the God-Emperor. Seriously, though, it eats up RAM space that could be used for far more interesting endeavors. Until we have...

Tbh, I only take a peek at readers who publish stories. I'm kind of interested in seeing what someone who likes my stuff would write. Not that people who are just here to be readers are unappreciated! I'm just (relatively) new here and want to expand my horizons a bit, is all.

This probably feels the most natural to me, just based on thinking about it. That being said, Emotica's points feel salient too. Aaand there's this. Definitely a worry for me. But tbh, in my case, it depends on outlining style and how it matches up with how I naturally write. I'm not going to...

What it says on the tin. I know the principle for essays and longer works of nonfiction, but I'm kind of struggling how to make it work from a fiction standpoint. Pantsing kind of comes more naturally to me, and I'll have ideas I like in the middle of a draft. What do y'all think are the most...

Welp, just posted my first chapter on here and kinda sad to see that all the glowing feedback is from scammers. Ah, well. Glad I looked at the forums before replying, at least! The "Hey, buddy" as a form of address was funny, at least. Half tempted to reply with "I'm not your buddy, pal." Edit...