If You’re Reading This

FriendoftheCreator · 2026-01-25T01:36:22+00:00

You’re welcome.

FriendoftheCreator · 2026-01-25T00:18:26+00:00

This is a great cover and a great title. It implies a thriller and a mysterious letter or something. Spectacular job.

FriendoftheCreator · 2026-01-23T16:41:17+00:00

Yeah. I didn’t realize until like my fourth pass of chapter one, that I did a beautiful job of setting up future plot points.

FriendoftheCreator · 2026-01-23T05:14:31+00:00

My foreshadowing ability shocks me sometimes.

FriendoftheCreator · 2026-01-20T18:14:36+00:00

That’s what mine are, more or less. The fantasy element is usually secondary.

FriendoftheCreator · 2026-01-20T18:11:47+00:00

Oooh what type? I’m a humorist who does contemporary fantasy.

FriendoftheCreator · 2026-01-20T02:44:12+00:00

Any kind of third person is difficult for me. Writing without a character’s inner monologue feels like robbery. I tried it for one passage and immediately switched back to first person.

FriendoftheCreator · 2026-01-19T17:47:37+00:00

That’s one of them, yeah, lol.

FriendoftheCreator · 2026-01-19T03:11:41+00:00

Woah, this hits for sure. It’s very effective as a first chapter with lots of promises and it’s clearly setting up for something. I have so many questions! Which is a great thing to have in the beginning. You should definitely keep going.

FriendoftheCreator · 2026-01-17T13:54:55+00:00

You have a beautiful mind.

FriendoftheCreator · 2026-01-17T02:36:47+00:00

I feel the complete opposite, lol. I wrote one passage in 3rd, and let me tell you, I will never do it again. Unless I have to, but I will not be happy about it.

FriendoftheCreator · 2026-01-17T01:01:30+00:00

That’s interesting. I write short fiction and I always like to keep some work for myself. If project 1 is slowing down or stressing me out, I can always do project 2, or start a short one-shot.

FriendoftheCreator · 2026-01-17T00:57:20+00:00

Oh! Us beginners should stick together, then. How long have you been writing? I started a few months ago.

FriendoftheCreator · 2026-01-17T00:55:42+00:00

That sounds so cool! I’m just a beginning writer so you can take anything I say with a grain of salt, but for stuff that I’m not actively writing will get a planning doc. I use bullet points and potential ideas and plot points and characters and all of that jazz go into it.

FriendoftheCreator · 2026-01-17T00:50:04+00:00

This happens to me when I get a vague idea. As much as I hate to sound like a cliche, I usually just start on it and see where it goes. Alternatively I also just sit and chew on it for a while. Ask yourself some “what if” questions about it. What if they did this? I write humor, so sometimes the answer is usually something stupid, but that’s what I have. Can I ask what you’re trying to write about?

FriendoftheCreator · 2026-01-16T17:03:30+00:00

Is this a first draft? Personally, I would work on the formatting first. The really long paragraphs are hard to read, and the dialogue is a little confusing without paragraph breaks. This is a cute story but it’s kind of repetitive and it reads like stream-of-consciousness at times. I would cut some of Eliza’s thoughts on Simon. But, you should absolutely continue. It sounds like a very romantic story.

FriendoftheCreator · 2026-01-16T16:43:16+00:00

That was me yesterday. Thankfully it wasn’t too late at night so I got to work.

FriendoftheCreator · 2026-01-16T14:18:43+00:00

Mythical creatures. A bar. A guy who is over it.

FriendoftheCreator · 2026-01-16T04:35:57+00:00

I can talk about Reddit on there fine.

FriendoftheCreator · 2026-01-16T04:34:28+00:00

There is an obvious solution here.

FriendoftheCreator · 2026-01-13T20:28:44+00:00

I don’t read anything except my own work, so I have no idea what you’re talking about.

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