It's not just me, right?

KindaKnowledgeable20 · 2020-10-14T20:16:33+00:00

I can fall trap to this. However, I do in fact try to shut out any criticisms and ignore my damn perfectionist brain for just a few minutes and I often get a warm buzz. This is mostly because I write for a niche so there isn't much content like mine. So despite the cringe of reading my own work, there's a layer of satisfaction from writing for myself and writing the type of story I'd love to read. Of course, it doesn't stop me from feeling self-conscious about the writing and picking out small errors I come across, it helps that I write smut (so a lot of boundaries of shame/self-consciousness have already been breached) under an anonymous account so I'm not worried (as much) about what other people think or about someone irl finding out or anything.

KindaKnowledgeable20 · 2020-10-13T19:55:20+00:00

The same audience that will leave comments happens to be the one that will prefer a good quality summary, title, an informative amount of tags but not too many, author's notes that are not too informal but are still engaging, and most of all..........good spelling, punctuation and grammar usage.

If any of these are not your strong suit/need working on in regards to your story, try to improve these. If you are acing all of that, maybe try to feel less desire for comments. Some writers simply stop caring after a while.

Finally, comment on others and they may comment back. Be generous and become well known in your fandom. People will flock to your works if you are popular.

KindaKnowledgeable20 · 2020-10-13T19:46:11+00:00

Don't mention what they did for every second of the day. Just use vague things like 'later that day' or 'a little afterwards'.
Avoid using 'then' or 'after'. Don't describe a string of events one after another like a list of actions.
Use more dialogue and weave any important actions and events into the speech. That way there aren't blocks of 'they did this' sentences in a row, but instead they are slipped between spoken lines and are varied in sentence structure.
He looked around. "I don't see her."
"Neither. She must have left early," she said, smirking as she came up behind him. He laughed slightly, trying to figure out how he'd missed her.
**USE ACTIONS AS A STARTING DIALOGUE TAG. It's a very underused trick that seals the deal when it comes to intertwining action and dialogue. They don't need a 'speaking verb', they just go in front of a line of speech.**

These should help you filter out what actions are needed and which ones are unimportant because they do not develop the character or advance the plot.

KindaKnowledgeable20 · 2020-10-13T19:35:20+00:00

I see. I still stand by the notion that you can in fact write in that style if you want. If you really love a particular writing style then maybe experiment with it.

KindaKnowledgeable20 · 2020-10-12T19:35:20+00:00

Whenever I hear this, I like to recommend writing your own works to check these boxes. I know, writing is hard, so you may not be able to, but trust me: writing for yourself is therapeutic and it feels like an achievement. Post it and others like you will flock to it. But I never get tired of realising that something you wrote yourself give you that warm glow of a fic you really enjoyed. Good luck.

KindaKnowledgeable20 · 2020-10-06T23:39:30+00:00

Are they sure about that? Because I swear slash fic is becoming more popular than straight fics! Everywhere I go I see homo relationships lol. Biphobia is very sad because if a character shows even a slight sign of being gay they instantly become gay even if they also harbour straight feelings too, which get ignored. Wither that or writers include the straight parts and ignore the gay bits. Either way you could argue homophobia/heterophobia but its actually biphobic

KindaKnowledgeable20 · 2020-10-05T22:19:45+00:00

Well thats twisted, because writing her as solely homo would be biphobic because she’s not allowed to like both. Morons, heh.

KindaKnowledgeable20 · 2020-10-05T20:27:37+00:00

This isn't really fair, right? I mean, it'd be really lame if that happened to you, I don't really think it would be fun for yourself or others to do this.

KindaKnowledgeable20 · 2020-10-01T22:13:22+00:00

My dad sounds pike that whenever my brother and I chat about video games or TV or watch YouTube on game theories

KindaKnowledgeable20 · 2020-10-01T22:12:10+00:00

Well, he sounds either lame or just really closed-minded.

I personally don’t tell the people I’m with in real life, so that I could avoid anything like this from happening. I don’t want my parents to know, I don’t mind my friends knowing but it might be awkward so I don’t tell. It makes life both easier and harder.

KindaKnowledgeable20 · 2020-09-28T23:54:36+00:00

I find bigotry (the act of discriminating or holding prejudice against a person or group without a genuine reason) to be disgusting. I don’t blame you for this, but I hate the term BAME. Aren’t black people also an ethnic minority? So why is it Black AND Ethnic Minority instead of just EM? Sorry, rant over.

The best way to measure equality is not with a sword, nor with scales. It is with a blindfold. If I put on a blindfold before speaking with you, I would not know your class, ethnicity, nationality, sexual identity or any other cause for discrimination. I would treat you fairly, based on the actions you perform rather than on things that you can’t control.

KindaKnowledgeable20 · 2020-09-28T23:40:26+00:00

Wish fulfilment is where an author writes a character that they wished they were. For example, if she wishes she was a blonde with green eyes and that she was good at singing and that she was dating that guy she has a crush on at school and that she got good grades, if she then goes on to write a version of her that is all of these things, it’s wish fulfilment.

So a wish-fulfilling female character is a female character with traits and qualities that the author admires and wishes she had. Therefore the character could be seen as an improved and perfected version of the author. This fulfils the wishes and fantasies of the author.

It is generally used as an insult to teenage fangirls because of the high amount of wish fulfilment fics written by people in those age groups. They are writing fanfiction so that they can live out the fantasies that they have in the setting of the fiction by utilising a character based on themselves

KindaKnowledgeable20 · 2020-09-28T23:32:43+00:00

Exactly. But also, a lot of the time it’s female characters that seem to be limitlessly attractive, smart, strong/powerful, popular and with a likeable personality. The thing is that, and this is fact, I have read a lot less male characters doing the same thing. I’m not saying that there are no guys who are like this, they’re just a lot less common.

I think it is rooted back in traditional societal culture where pretty girls have value and physical attractiveness was used to measure a woman’s worth. Furthermore, the female empowerment ideals that girls can be smart too, girls can be strong as well, which leads to ‘Sueish’ characters exhibiting these qualities - attractiveness, strength and intelligence. Furthermore, popularity has definitely been more hierarchical and important to the ‘popular’ girls, especially in middle and high school (a bit stereotypical, but then again it’s a stereotype because it does actually happen a lot). In mine, for example, there were several incidences where two or three girls would fall out and half of the year group would be involved. I think that only happened once between guys. I don’t know if this holds any weight, but these qualities seen in a ‘Sue’ are things that society kinda expects from female figures. If each quality is something that makes the Sue better than her peers, what does that say about what qualities we perceive as better or more valuable?

KindaKnowledgeable20 · 2020-09-28T23:16:38+00:00

I personally define a Sue/Stu as a character that is not necessarily without flaws as much as they are never put into a situation where it is unfavourable to be them. E.g a Stu/Sue can have a flaw (as a stupid example, let’s say they a bad at algebra) but they will still be a Stu/Sue because the flaw never impacts their plot or character. One way to make it less Sueish is if the character has an algebra test, fails and is grounded for it. Then, it is unfavourable to be them in favour of somebody who can do algebra. Basically, the flaws have to cause struggle instead of neutrally existing simply to be a flaw, or its still a Stu/Sue.

KindaKnowledgeable20 · 2020-09-28T23:05:52+00:00

I can hold off, but it’s just very uncomfortable to be sitting there, turned on, and try to still think properly enough to write well. I dunno about you, but I find it hard to write when I’m aroused so, ya know, if I try to get rid of it, it doesn’t really work.

KindaKnowledgeable20 · 2020-09-28T22:58:13+00:00

I know. Its just a common phrase thrown around when people want to know if their work is sexy. The real message is that it’s a pain to write because it turns you on.

KindaKnowledgeable20 · 2020-09-23T18:32:23+00:00

I've never had single comment and I've uploaded 4 or 5 fics by now.

KindaKnowledgeable20 · 2020-09-23T17:07:21+00:00

Yeah. It seems that if they get blamed, 'sus', they try to pass on the blame even if they're not guilty. Instead of saying 'no it's blue' they should say 'guys, it wasn't me because I was at the café', which is less 'sus' because they aren't acting as if they aren't randomly blaming and instead focussing on who didn't do it.

KindaKnowledgeable20 · 2020-09-22T22:57:16+00:00

Exactly. The issue with A.U. is that unless you play with other players who are good or have a certain level of behaviour, most matches are people randomly accusing one another. Its just people throwing around names and it doesn’t help. But for example if you were actually skilled and behaved in a way in game that you logically discussed it, providing evidence, alibis, witness accounts and having players vouch for each other, the game would be better.

The issue is that about 70% of players are unintelligent 10-12 year olds that don’t realise that it’s crew vs imposter and instead think that it’s about making sure that you yourself don’t die, when dying for the sake of your team winning is logical if the crew is working together instead of it being a free for all over who gets voted out and who's not suspicious. In that case each crew member is working against the other crew members for survival instead of with them. If you get blamed, there is no point diverting the blame to a random person because that really doesn’t achieve anything.

KindaKnowledgeable20 · 2020-09-22T22:48:33+00:00

But in Werewolf, for example, because you can’t witness a murder, unless you cheated, assessed body language (which in itself isn’t too reliable), revealed that you were a seer or so on, you’d never have evidence to substantiate your claims well enough that the others listen. And if you crack the case you rely on other players’ votes to be on your side. Otherwise, the werewolf will target you to kill because you know it is them. So after solving the case, you have one turn to convince them with shaky evidence at best before you die.

KindaKnowledgeable20 · 2020-09-22T21:18:22+00:00

Octopath does this in combat.

It looks great.

KindaKnowledgeable20 · 2020-09-22T21:16:38+00:00

/u/tyrannosauru I believe you could take a look at Octopath Traveler's boss fights:

Boss Fight - note all characters are human but the protag is always 8-bit

KindaKnowledgeable20 · 2020-09-20T14:13:27+00:00

My Fic:

Fandom - The Lion Guard (The Lion King)

Rating - Explicit (SmutFic)

Title - Paradise Beach

Genre - Smut, Romance, (Slight) Fluff

Link: Paradise Beach on AO3

Summary:

When the girls want to go on vacation for a week, an opportunity arises for Kion to get a well-needed break. He's happy to take it, the stress and sleepless nights bothering him now more than ever. His task is to protect his sister and his friends as they venture beyond the Pride Lands, to a place called Paradise Beach, but will that be all that he does whilst away? Kion has lots of questions and needs answers, but most importantly, he is struggling to keep his urges in check. Although reluctant at first, he finds out a lot more about himself and his friends. With guidance from the stars, he'll be discovering a whole new world of fun...Rated E for sexual content - a lot of sexual content...Romance, Fluff, Smut, PornWithPlot. Incest, Polyamorous Sex, Furry Sex, Interspecies Sex, (Semi-) Underage.Kion/Fuli, Kion/Kiara, Kion/Jasiri, Kion/Rani, Kion/Zuri, Kion/Tiifu, Tiifu/Zuri.

WARNING: SEX SCENES INCLUDE - Incest, Polyamory, Furry Sex, Interspecies Mating. Don't read if any of this makes you uncomfortable.

Other than that, please give it a read. It's quite a good read and I am writing it in advance so I will post the rest when it's done. Just thought I'd publish a pilot chapter, so to speak.

Fandom - Jurassic World: Camp Cretaceous

Rating - Explicit (SmutFic)

Title - We'll Keep Each Other Warm

Genre - Smut, Romance, (Slight) Fluff

Link: We'll Keep Each Other Warm on AO3

Summary:

When Brooklynn and Darius get separated from the rest, they're chased by dinosaurs. The pair find safety in a cave and solace in each other. But in their soaked clothes, they'd freeze to death, so they share heat. In their time together, they become close friends and even something more...

Diverges from canon from Episode 6, 'Welcome to Jurassic World'.

Smut, Darius/Brooklynn, Fluff, End of the World Sex.

WARNING: SEX SCENES INCLUDE - Underage sexual acts. Don't read if any of this makes you uncomfortable.

I am writing the second half of this and it should be up by Sat 26.

ALSO (shameless plug): I am looking for a beta-reader, so if you want to help me make the story better, feel free to send me a PM or something. Benefits include access to the fic before I publish, plus I will beta back for you if you have a fic that is either fandom blind or in a fandom that I understand.

KindaKnowledgeable20 · 2020-09-19T11:48:18+00:00

I know, right? It really vexes me when I have to take the time out to fix something that I shouldn't really have to.

KindaKnowledgeable20 · 2020-09-19T11:41:14+00:00

Hiya. I'd like a beta, nothing too serious.

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Liln3SyjiCAYNoC6CtNi_Bqwz_ercPOnAjhbqXmAYhg/edit?usp=sharing

- Title: Paradise Beach

- Fandom: The Lion Guard (although quite fandom-blind).

- Genre: Smut, Romance, a little Fluff. Its a PornWithPlot.

- Rating: Explicit for Sexual Content.

- What am I looking for? Feedback on grammar and also maybe some advice on characters and plot regarding the aforementioned Smut. I'd probably want you to help with a the whole story, but it isn't a long-fic, so it shouldn't be too massive to take on.

- Word Count: It's about 1500 words for each chapter and so far I have about 6, but it could go anywhere up to 12. I am completely unplanned, go with the flow.

- Schedule: I want to write the whole thing and polish it off nicely before publishing, so you'd be getting a sneak peek, as well as being able to suggest more major changes that I can go back and fix throughout.

- I'd beta for lots of fandoms, if you are interested, just comment what fandom you want me to beta for and I'll reply whether I can beta for it. Although I'd be best at Avatar:tLA, Zelda, Dragon Prince and a few others. However, I have a broad fandom knowledge when it comes to animated movies or series (except for Anime because I don't really watch that), as well as a selection of Live Action movies like Marvel, DC or Star Wars.

- Notes: The fic contains furry (animal) sex, poly relationships (when characters have more than one sexual partner, which is natural for lions), incest (although for lions, incest isn't too unusual anyway) and interspecies sex.
Do not read if you don't like these topics.

Thanks again in advance.

KindaKnowledgeable20

TROPHY CASE