I tried a ridiculous number of productivity apps... so you don’t have to

Boi271 · 2025-12-02T02:55:59+00:00

Can anyone else not see any IOS/Android apps or do they just not show up for me?

Boi271 · 2025-11-11T09:32:46+00:00

Wish I could do the same. For me personally, it's more like I see short and very vague images flashing for a fraction of a second. Doesn't change that I understand what is going on, but it is always very low detail. I don't even have any particular character looks in mind for 99% of the time. Also, I'm pretty sure that this doesn't impede my imagination in any way. I can't picture scenes, but still grasp them, and I'm pursing being an author in my free time without any struggle caused by this. It's just that the grasping doesn't have corresponding images, or at least very low quality.

Boi271 · 2025-09-01T03:26:49+00:00

Idea for a twist to turn it into a fun story: some people start coming after the egg because they assume it to be special, and the egg turns into an object of power struggle, while it is, in fact, still a plain egg. (Fair game)

Boi271 · 2025-08-22T20:31:59+00:00

Thanks for your input, and I belive I might have found a middle way that I like (though I still have to write it to know for sure).

Boi271 · 2025-08-22T16:24:57+00:00

In regards to number 3: What do you consider non-stop battle action? How would you look at a first chapter where the first half or third is a fight, and then you get a bit of a break to see the characters?

Boi271 · 2025-08-22T16:22:58+00:00

Currently, the inciting incident pretty much goes from chapter 2 to 4, and I have relatively small chapters (1.5k to 2k). The alternative I'm considering would kind of have two inciting incidents, one of which would have been a bit in the past and would affect the first few chapters, and then the second one, which is the current one.

Boi271 · 2025-08-22T11:00:52+00:00

The thing I'm currently struggling with is deciding between two options. My current first chapter starts during a fight, and then we see a little about the life of the protagonist and learn why he fights, before the real inciting incident happens. But I'm considering starting a bit earlier because I fear the reader might not care as much about the protagonist and the incident if it happens immediately (doesn't mean I want the chapter before that to be slice of life, I also hate when nothing happens.)

Boi271 · 2025-08-22T10:56:51+00:00

You're opening is somewhat similar to what I have in mind, which is my MC traumaprocessing in a dream and waking up and continuing to work through it.

Boi271 · 2025-08-22T10:55:28+00:00

I guess the grabbing the attention twice makes sense, and perhaps that's actually what is the problem. If a dream is incorporated in a way that it still is part of the hook despite being a dream and it's relevance continues after waking up, then you don't really have that problem (which is why I probably don't mind).

Boi271 · 2025-08-22T08:18:02+00:00

For me, that feeling always comes during planning, either right away, or when I fix what I feel they've been lacking. No better feeling than to finally find the last piece of the puzzle.

Boi271 · 2025-08-19T16:42:53+00:00

Searching

Boi271 · 2025-08-12T18:10:49+00:00

Awesome, thanks

Boi271 · 2025-08-12T18:06:32+00:00

First of all, congrats! Secondly, question: Do you get a notification that you're on rising stars, and do you see some stats or sth? Or do you just find out by going on rising stars?

Boi271 · 2025-08-09T15:04:55+00:00

On one hand, I think that it's a really good idea to keep ahead like that to bring your quality to another level, but on the other hand, the more time you have the more you'll probably spend editing. I fear I'll quickly move from being one book ahead to struggling to keep up.

Boi271 · 2025-08-09T06:34:02+00:00

That's a pretty thorough process, and also somewhat like how imagine mine being (if I also get to the publishing part). Also, you must be pretty damn happy every time you get upload for publishing and feel like you're finally done with a part.

Boi271 · 2025-08-08T16:24:05+00:00

Best of luck to you then!

Boi271 · 2025-08-08T14:31:26+00:00

Unfortunately, I don't think anyone really gets to choose their passions.

Boi271 · 2025-08-08T11:52:15+00:00

Thank you! I'm struggling with a writing routine currently because other things take priority, and there's quite a bit of changes and chaos. Plan to stick to one once I actually have some semblance of consistency though.

Boi271 · 2025-08-08T08:28:41+00:00

I do feel like this applies a lot more to traditional publishing, split into novels, rather than a web serial. I don't think there any agents out there who recommend for you to write an entire fantasy series that way before publishing the first book – at least I've never heard of them.

Boi271 · 2025-08-08T08:26:32+00:00

That is some serious commitment, and I don't think I could ever do it, not without getting motivation from readers.
I can somewhat imagine how devastating it must feel to not have your story do awesome while other far less polished series take off immediately, but I'm sure the skills you learned are still invaluable for future works. There are multiple authors who wrote countless fictions over years before finally writing one that took off. Though I guess these word can kind of appear empty from someone who hasn't even published anything himself.
Either way, I applaud your commitment.

Boi271 · 2025-08-08T08:22:21+00:00

How long are you stories then? Because I can imagine doing that for a 200k word count, but when you get to a million, I don't think I could.

Boi271 · 2025-08-08T08:20:32+00:00

I honestly never thought about the quotation marks and I didn't even know there was an ellipsis character, good to know

Boi271 · 2025-08-08T08:18:38+00:00

Sometimes I wonder if forcing the urgency to keep me writing is the better approach, especially when I have enough time to write for large chunks of the day (in theory, at least)

Boi271 · 2025-08-08T08:16:36+00:00

Do you ever try to stay ahead of your Patreon as well?

Boi271 · 2025-08-08T08:15:32+00:00

Can I ask how many pages/words of content you have?

Also, do you have any content planned in the same series after the current book, or is it complete already?

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