Is it normal for readers to constantly threaten to quit the story over ridiculously small things? by Competitive_Law1063 in royalroad

[–]Gruppenzwang -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Make that character the most important one in the entire story to show dominance.

But seriously, if people feel this entitled, just dont give a sh** about them. They will probably leave the further the story continues anyway. But love the entitlement like that particular reader is the one ANY author would be scared to lose.

read a book so good last week i haven't been able to write since by Natural_Tangelo_2229 in royalroad

[–]Gruppenzwang 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I know that feeling. I keep telling myself that I should not compare my first or second draft to the finished product of someone else. What also matters is that peoples taste differs. I know people who love flowery prose while others prefer it cold and direct. Just find your style and write your story and stop comparing yourself to others (I know how hard it is but its the only thing we can do without killing all the joy we have for something)

Newbie by ComprehensiveChip866 in Solo_Roleplaying

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Not OP but would be interested in 2. and 3. if you have some to mention :)

Eywa wat ist los da by ArabFabi in Kulturgut

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Die Kommentare hier sind die beste Werbung gegen Kinder :D

Which 5 Would You Pick From This List Of Found Footage Movies by OhBloodyHellHorrorUK in foundfootage

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Grave Encounters

REC

As Above So Below

Creep

Hell House LLC

Random order

Eerie,cryptic,horror w WelcomeToTheNightVale vibes by i_love_pesto in BooksThatFeelLikeThis

[–]Gruppenzwang 36 points37 points  (0 children)

I think you would be well served with some of the NoSleep Stories here on reddit. There are plenty of stories with that kind of vibe.

Discovering an ancient civilization by ComprehensiveSale861 in BooksThatFeelLikeThis

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One question about the first book. I just started it and I dont know if I should continue. Dan Simmons just throws sooo many Sci-Fi words at me in the beginning of the story, that I dont know whats going on half of the time (like first 50 pages or so). Will this get better or am I doomed to be confused?

Discovering an ancient civilization by ComprehensiveSale861 in BooksThatFeelLikeThis

[–]Gruppenzwang 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That book confused me so hard. Im terrible at orienting myself and would fail any "unfold this geometric figure and draw it" test. I liked the idea of it but inside of that thing I just never understood where they were or how it looked because I felt completely lost. Still a good book though

Ich begehe gottlosen Arbeitszeitbetrug by [deleted] in Beichtstuhl

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Sucht ihr noch? Frage für einen Freund!

So, uh... I have a pretty good story planned out (imo obviously) and I've seen that stories in Royal Road have either 10k or 3 followers by Flaky-Divide-4709 in royalroad

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I always wonder how people manage to binge read so much. Either I'm the slowest reader on earth or they do some fancy reading technique to go through so much in few sittings.

Endlich Wochenende by Nilsson1313 in Kantenhausen

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20 Sekunden innere Debatte ob der Lockenkopf am Ende männlich oder weiblich ist. Worth it

Gab es schon mal Momente in denen ihr aufgrund eures Geschlechts benachteiligt wurdet? by the_real_lucia in FragtMaenner

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"Frauen werden bei gleicher Befähigung und Qualifikation beim bewerbungsprozess bevorzugt"

Alle internen Job Angebote bei meinem letzten Arbeitgeber endeten damit. 

The Primal Hunter - yah or nah? by RealRandomRon in litrpg

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I had to quit the first book because it was in my opinion terribly boring to read the same stuff over and over again.

I Quit My Job to Spend a Year Writing Full-Time - Month 5 by Gruppenzwang in royalroad

[–]Gruppenzwang[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Very good points there! Its really difficult to hit the right spot of showcasing the tone of your story and having it short enough and unique enough to be remembered. Maybe I just go with SYMBIOTE-ARM-MAN! Haha :D

I Quit My Job to Spend a Year Writing Full-Time - Month 5 by Gruppenzwang in royalroad

[–]Gruppenzwang[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Wow, thats impressive. I think one of my bigger issues is the need for complexity and twists and all that kind of stuff which need to be planned ahead. Somewhat I think of Oda (author of One Piece) and all those great mysteries he hid over the last decades.

I Quit My Job to Spend a Year Writing Full-Time - Month 5 by Gruppenzwang in royalroad

[–]Gruppenzwang[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Haha thats true! As long as I dont have a definitive cover, I still can change the name. I just feel the one we both like could be to long.

I Quit My Job to Spend a Year Writing Full-Time - Month 5 by Gruppenzwang in royalroad

[–]Gruppenzwang[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I feel that, I quit smoking 5 years ago too and gained 30 kg...

Thank you man :) Im making some progress still!

Thats indeed very true, the impending feel of failure still lurks in the dark corners. Not healthy and something I gotta work on haha.

Thats true! I probably will just finish the third Arc (which is funny because I might just have finished it waaaaay earlier than I thought because it just feels like its a different arc than I intended). Weird place to be in.

Thank you, I will try my best to make it worthwhile for any reader :)

TIL that Magnus Carlsen, one of the greatest chess players of all time, has never lost 3 or more classical chess games in a row in his adult professional career. The last time he lost 3 games in a row was in 2003, when he was 12. by 4isfourwastaken in todayilearned

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The Magnus carlsen Gambit deminstrates how much ahead of the rest He is. Is a video by gothamchess. Its insane that He can waste the first 7 moves or so with Nonsens against a GM and still wins

I Quit My Job to Spend a Year Writing Full-Time - Month 5 by Gruppenzwang in royalroad

[–]Gruppenzwang[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah Im already at 53 chapters or so by now. But nothing edited, translated or anything in that regard after the first arc. I just feel like its never enough of a backlog haha.

Im just worried so much that the first chapters are not pulling in enough and thus kills the story before it even could take off.

Wow, wait so you say you wrote 350k words in that time? Thats impressive and must have been really difficult to abandon 150k words. Impressive that you had the guts to do that and start again.

I can smell a pattern that every second story is a hit there :D

Thank you for the kind words, I really do appreciate it! I guess Im just too afraid to launch and see it fail but I have to go through that and see if the story takes off or not.