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To be clear, I’m not saying private planning or deep setting notes are useless. I’m saying they are not the same thing as story value. A world becomes dramatically more alive when its structures create pressure on people rather than sitting beside the story like labeled scenery.

Some are already doing this, but I often see a lot of topics where people are asking, “How do I build the thing better?” when for me there’s a more critical question first: the things and the people need to be one. A magic system is not interesting simply because it has seven schools and a...

As many as it needs to have for what you're trying to say about it. If you're not saying anything about the administration system then don't even mention it. But I would say put intention behind whatever you do not just window dressing to say you dressed the window.

"Nope..." [runs and hides intelligently, she is a busty blond and genre savvy so they would make sure she and her friends are safe]

Black square-chan is soo edgy <3

Art is bullshit. The more bullshit you can pull out of something to talk about it and sound smart the more art something is. I had a professor who talked about a little girl in a story climbing a tree as a sexual metaphor. Typically art is the stuff a story is saying which is not the stuff that...

Sexy muscular tanned beach boyfriend. He is such a himbo. I could've done better.

You should use whatever helps you. Don't worry about what other folks think when it comes to what tools you want to use and what is most comfortable to you with practice, reflection, and working through the positive and negatives. Thank you for posting this thread and lots of cheer and support...

I have a ton of sleep paralysis stuff that freaks me out mostly it's like the doorway of my bedroom darkening when it seems like I'm awake I've also seen flashes of light. Nothing truly unexplainable but enough to put in my stories and try to exorcise from my brain.

"I have expired yogurt more interesting than you."

Claims not to be any good at English composes a lengthy, articulate doctoral thesis :p You're fine. I use AI extensively for checking on my work because it will catch things that my brain is blind to. In fact I fed it 1.3 million words recently and it discovered continuity connections that I...

That's a lot to ask of a reader at the beginning most recommend to have like a little introduction or prologue before hitting someone with something deep like that it can absolutely work but it's definitely a lot to ask of a first time reader

Believable friendships have a history they're not perfect they differ by gender and personality outgoing friendships versus introverted friendships toxic relationships might look completely normal on the surface but they have something out of whack. Consider the characters fully and what reasons...

I wrote an opening lesbian snuggles scene to a new chapter.

Late 1986. A train story :)

One of the key problems with AI is you have to be a decent or at least experienced writer before you start using it. Because its ideas tend to be garbage. You need to be able to call bullshit on it. It will rise or sink to the level you seek of it. It is a mirror. If you are inexperienced it...

My main character bursts through the wall of a fae UFO to rescue the others, who are seconds from being killed by a mannequin-like army, while riding a giant, winged, one-eyed monster with oversized genitalia.

I'll be minding my own business and suddenly my Muse who I have since visualized so I can give a face to my tormentor will just run in and slap me in the face with a fish of ideas and run off giggling "have fun with that, loser!" So I don't get inspiration, inspiration gets me when I least...

I wrote four novels between 2 to 3 months and then two of them took almost 6 months. And then the most recent has been about two years because of some gaps.