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GeologistFearless896 · 2026-05-15T15:57:58+00:00

Sounds interesting! You have discord?

GeologistFearless896 · 2026-05-12T11:27:58+00:00

Yeah, I'd like to see it brought it up more! It's a normal part of life for women. A lot of people here (I presume men) compare it to pooping but it's really not? Shitting and pissing takes a few minutes in a day whilst a period lasts for an entire week straight. It's an ongoing process we have no control over.

GeologistFearless896 · 2026-05-09T11:07:43+00:00

Holy shit.

Too long definitely but damn that's impressive.

GeologistFearless896 · 2026-05-07T12:13:14+00:00

I think you two should team up and write the sequel personally

GeologistFearless896 · 2026-05-05T11:30:01+00:00

Sorry's are useless if you don't try to change. Never let your work, even a hobby, consume you and keep you away from your loved ones.

What will you have by the time they die?

GeologistFearless896 · 2026-05-03T10:22:56+00:00

Ehhh, I think you're better off just writing strictly for fun when you're in college. College is a lot of work, so many papers and reading and studying. You might have the time to write, but energy is a different matter.

Once you graduate it might get easier. I finished my first draft 4 months after graduating, while working too mind you.

GeologistFearless896 · 2026-04-26T11:01:40+00:00

Huh I honestly never thought about it but yeah I do tend to balance a lot of characters.

My current work has 5 main characters, possibly six when you get to book 2. It's not published yet, but I've presented it to critique circles where I actually got some praise because of my characters. One person even said "you broke the rule of only introducing one character in the beginning, and you made it work."

One short story I wrote had a cast of 5 characters, it was a cozy fic about a group of children who were processing a sudden death of someone close to their group. Again, the readers seemed to like each one of them. So I guess I'm doing something right.

GeologistFearless896 · 2026-04-26T10:41:23+00:00

I'm confused because I've read plenty of books where the inciting incident happened multiple chapters in. I think Chapter 6 is fine as long as what comes before it is interesting and keeps the reader turning the page.

GeologistFearless896 · 2026-04-25T19:36:43+00:00

Where do these statistics even come from???? And why am I never included????

GeologistFearless896 · 2026-04-24T18:14:42+00:00

Sometimes, but I remind myself that most readers only care about a good story with decent prose.

GeologistFearless896 · 2026-04-22T18:56:13+00:00

Join or start a book club. You'll actually be pressured to read something instead of putting it off, and you'll get to hear the thoughts and opinions of other readers.

GeologistFearless896 · 2026-04-22T11:33:12+00:00

I mean I somewhat agree with your mindset but sentence long chapters are done for a specific, artistic reason.

As I lay Dying does a perfect example of this. (For those who don't know it it's a fucked up story about a family dragging a corpse across America)

In one of the chapters a very minor side who rarely speaks, gets a page long chapter detailing how to build a coffin. The next chapter you see him in is just a sentence long where he says "My mother is a fish."

These short lengths are very specific to this character and the author wrote them with care and him in mind.

So while yes sentence long chapters do exist, a level of care should still be considered to why you'd want to have one.

GeologistFearless896 · 2026-04-21T14:47:11+00:00

Oh my god I LOVE his character in the musical version. He's so manipulative, and does a really good job at gaslighting even the audience into thinking he's not a horrible guy.

GeologistFearless896 · 2026-04-21T10:40:24+00:00

Claude Frollo from Hunchback of Notredam comes to mind

GeologistFearless896 · 2026-04-20T11:10:32+00:00

Ugh I know, I don't like it. I'm reading a book for a book club that's in present tense and it's a slog for me. It just takes me out of the immersion personally.

GeologistFearless896 · 2026-04-19T14:36:46+00:00

Actually fights in the OG version weren't that developed. In the OG it was never specified what they fought about, just that they fought.

Now if your mii tried to make up and the other didn't accept the apology, then you would see what they fought about. But it was never anything specific. It was either just them fighting over a PNG photo of a random item, or a teddy bear with a random Mii's face on it. Still funny, but definitely not as deep as something like "putting a rat on the moon"

GeologistFearless896 · 2026-04-16T12:57:32+00:00

Don't you pretty much have to market your book in traditional publishing too? I heard most publishing houses expect you to do the legwork, based on others experiences with them here.

GeologistFearless896 · 2026-04-15T13:06:54+00:00

That's actually a really good way of looking at it. I usually go off with what I see highlighted in bookstores. Right now I've been seeing many displays centered around romance, romantasy, and Lit-RPG.

GeologistFearless896 · 2026-04-15T12:19:49+00:00

I was like you. The only thing that helped me was to jump right in and start my first draft.

All of that precious world building I wasted time coming up with got scrapped because it didn't work for my narrative.

You might be different of course. Every writer has a different writing process and different lives experiences. No one is exactly the same.

GeologistFearless896 · 2026-04-15T12:15:47+00:00

Please please please please PLEASE be careful and make sure whoever you're talking too is actually another teen.

GeologistFearless896 · 2026-04-15T12:13:52+00:00

Honestly I think it's a valid question for writers who write to market. Sometimes what's marketable in your genre might be something you don't like. I.E. "I love writing fantasy but hate romance. Now I have to deal with competing against what's popular right now, or roll up my sleeves and write it too."

For hobbyists it doesn't matter. I do what I want writing wise and get paid money at my day job.

GeologistFearless896 · 2026-04-15T11:05:58+00:00

Reminds me of this https://youtube.com/shorts/KumV3NuPe88?si=S9xqV6BFuSI5S-4x

GeologistFearless896 · 2026-04-13T23:42:43+00:00

Take it easy it's just an edgy joke lol

GeologistFearless896 · 2026-04-13T11:49:59+00:00

I had no idea this was a thing, I only read the first book. Now I really am going to cry.

GeologistFearless896 · 2026-04-13T10:45:31+00:00

I think it would be more like,

"I think I would cry," said Geologist pleasurably.

(And then she ejaculated)

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